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Generally Available: Custom kubelet configuration for Windows in AKS
You can now modify default values for kubelet parameters when using Windows nodepools in AKS.
Public preview: Azure CNI static block IP allocation support in AKS
You can now scale beyond the current 65k Pod IPs and scale up to 1 Million Pods.
Public preview: Deployment safeguards in AKS
You can now use deployment safeguards to implement Kubernetes best practices and get warnings on deployment or deny the deployment of manifest files that are not following best practices.
Generally Available: Azure CNI overlay dual stack Support in AKS (Linux only)
You can now deploy AKS clusters in dual stack mode which now enables resource connection through IPv4 or IPv6.
Generally Available: VM IP based load balancer in AKS
You can now choose IP-based backend pool membership for new or existing clusters in AKS.
Generally Available: Host Network Security Group (NSG) control in AKS
You can now directly configure allowed ports in your nodepool settings.
Generally Available: HostPort auto assign in AKS
AKS now lets you deploy pods without manually specifying host ports.
Generally Available: Instance level Public IP tags in AKS
You can now utilize Azure routing preference for your cluster, public node IPs in AKS
Public preview: Trusted launch support in AKS
Administrators can now deploy AKS nodes with verified and signed bootloaders, OS kernels, and drivers.
Generally Available: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) support for 5K Node limit by default for standard tier clusters
You can now scale your AKS cluster to larger than 1000 nodes without having to request any special limit increases or whitelisting.
Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus now supports TLS & mTLS based scraping
Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus now supports TLS & mTLS based scraping for Prometheus instance served with TLS. To enable TLS and mTLS based scraping, you can configure the TLS settings in the ConfigMap.
Public Preview: JVM memory fit in Azure Container Apps
Java apps are now attuned to the container environment and primed for better performance and reliability by default.
Public Preview: Managed Java components in Azure Container Apps
You can now leverage managed Java components in Azure Container apps for service registry and externalized application properties.
Public Preview: Tomcat support in Azure Container Apps
You can now deploy a Java application using a WAR file to Azure Container Apps.
Generally available: Azure Functions Support for Node.js 20
Develop functions using Node.js 20 locally and deploy them to all Azure Functions plans on Linux and Windows.
February 2024
Public preview: Azure Functions Support for HTTP Streams in Node.js
Use this feature for use cases where real time exchange and interaction between client and server over HTTP connections is needed.
Public preview: Kubernetes 1.29 support in AKS
You can now try out Kubernetes 1.29 preview version with AKS and get ready for Kubernetes 1.29 GA in your production environment.
Public preview: OS SKU in-place migration for Linux nodes
You can now migrate nodes from one Linux OS to another without having to create new nodes.
Generally Available: AKS support for node soak duration for upgrades
You can now stagger AKS node upgrades and minimize application downtime.
Generally Available: Capacity Reservations support in AKS
You can now better manage your changing workload demands by using capacity reservation groups.
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