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February 2024

Feb 28

GA: Istio-based service mesh add-on for Azure Kubernetes Service

NOW AVAILABLE

You can deploy an officially supported Istio addon for AKS

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
Feb 28

Public preview: Disable network policy in AKS for migration

IN PREVIEW

You can now temporarily disable your network policy engines to perform a migration.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
Feb 20

Public Preview: Regional Disaster Recovery by Azure Backup for AKS

IN PREVIEW

Customers can now utilize Azure Backup for AKS to recover their containerized applications and data during a regional disaster scenario.

  • Azure Backup
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
Feb 12

Public preview: AKS cluster control plane metrics in managed Prometheus

IN PREVIEW

You can now monitor the health, load and performance of the API server and etcd in the control plane of your AKS clusters

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Azure Monitor
  • Features

January 2024

Jan 31

Public preview: Istio add-on for AKS now supports plug-in certificate authority (CA)

IN PREVIEW

You can now bring your own certificates and keys to use with Istio add-on for signing workload certificates for improved security.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
Jan 31

Public preview: Upgrade support in Istio add-on for AKS

IN PREVIEW

You can now upgrade to new Istio revisions as they are made available in the Istio add-on for AKS.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
Jan 31

Public Preview: Azure Functions Support for Java 21 on Linux

IN PREVIEW

Azure Functions now supports Java 21 in preview on dedicated, consumption, and premium plans for Linux.

  • Azure Functions
  • Features
Jan 31

Generally Available: Azure Container Apps supports additional TCP ports

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now run containers apps that accept TCP connections on multiple ports.

  • Azure Container Apps
  • Features
Jan 31

Public Preview: Distributed tracing v2 for durable Functions

IN PREVIEW

Distributed tracing v2 for durable Functions is in public preview. This version supports all languages and storage backends and provides detailed spans.

  • Azure Functions
  • Features
Jan 31

Visual Studio Code extension update for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

NOW AVAILABLE

You can use VS Code extension update for AKS to interact with a new create cluster experience, abort/reconcile cluster, and more.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
  • Open Source
Jan 31

Public preview: Node OS API options feature for AKS

IN PREVIEW

You can now get Node IP for tasks such as troubleshooting, without needing kubectl access

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
Jan 31

Public preview: Disable Secure Shell (SSH) support in AKS

IN PREVIEW

You can now disable SSH for AKS to reduce the attach surface on your cluster.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Security
  • Features
Jan 31

Generally Available: Outbound type migration in AKS

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now update the outbound type of existing clusters without having to rebuild the cluster

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
Jan 31

Public preview: Kube-reserved resource optimization in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

IN PREVIEW

You will see AKS reserve up to 20% less memorry on nodes.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
Jan 29

Azure Red Hat OpenShift January 2024 updates

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2024

Azure Red Hat OpenShift now offers Resource Health for clusters with integration with Azure Monitor via Signals and Alerts.

  • Azure Red Hat OpenShift
  • Azure Monitor
  • Features
Jan 8

Public Preview: Azure Data Explorer connector for Apache Flink

IN PREVIEW

Azure Data Explorer connector for Apache Flink (Public Preview)

  • Azure Data Explorer
  • HDInsight
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • SDK and Tools
  • Features
  • Open Source

December 2023

Dec 18

Generally Available: Multi-line Logging Feature in Azure Monitor - Container Insights

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2023

Multi-Line Logging in Azure Monitor - Container Insights is designed to simplify and streamline your Log Analysis. This feature allows you to seamlessly collect and store multiple lines of log data within a single log entry, enhancing the ease with which you can view and analyze logs from your containerized applications.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
Dec 8

Retirement: Azure Container Apps preview API versions 2023-04-01-preview

Target retirement date: March 06, 2024

Azure Resource Manager API version 2023-04-01-preview will be retired in March 2024. Upgrade to a newer version before then.

  • Azure Container Apps
  • Retirements
Dec 6

Generally Available: AKS support for API breaking change detection

NOW AVAILABLE

AKS now alerts you on API breaking changes on minor version change cluster upgrades.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
Dec 6

Public preview: Node autoprovision support in AKS

IN PREVIEW

AKS can now take care of VM SKU selection based on the workloads you are scheduling rather than you having to pre-allocate node pools of a certain SKU type.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features

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