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RSS feedJanuary 2024
Announcing Public Preview of the Azure Arc Visual Studio Code Extension
Learn more about the Public Preview of the new Azure Arc Visual Studio Code Extension.
November 2023
Public Preview: Azure IoT Operations
Azure IoT Operations is now in Public Preview. Azure IoT Operations addresses an enterprise’s fundamental needs, but also wrangles edge data to generate local insights and brings interoperability and scalability to IoT solutions.
September 2023
Generally Available: Azure Update Manager
Azure Update Manager, previously known as Update Management Center, is now generally available.
May 2023
Public preview: Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes
Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus is now extending monitoring support for Kubernetes clusters hosted on Azure Arc.
March 2023
Now available: Azure Kubernetes Service Edge Essentials
Azure Kubernetes Service Edge Essentials is a Microsoft supported lightweight Kubernetes distribution that is fine tuned to run on edge devices with constrained resources.
December 2022
General availability: Azure Arc-enabled servers in Azure China
Secure, govern, and manage your hybrid servers from Azure
Public preview: Azure Arc enabled Azure Container Apps
You can now run Azure Container Apps on your own Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes clusters (AKS and AKS-HCI).
August 2022
Public preview: Azure Arc-enabled servers in Azure China
Target availability: Q3 2022
Secure, govern, and manage your hybrid servers from Azure
Generally available: Azure Arc-enabled servers in South Africa North
Secure, govern, and manage your hybrid servers from Azure
June 2022
General availability: Azure Machine Learning announcements for June 2022
New features include MLflow enhancements and train and deploy models in Azure hybrid and multi-cloud.
Public preview: Azure Arc-enabled System Center Virtual Machine Manager
Azure Arc-enabled System Center Virtual Machine Manager enables on-premises System Center Virtual Machine Manager environments to be connected to Azure, unlocking Azure-based self-service for end users and developers.
May 2022
Generally available: Landing zone accelerator for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes
New landing zone accelerator for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes gives you tools to accelerate and simplify hybrid and multicloud Kubernetes deployments.
Generally available: Azure Arc-enabled servers support for private endpoints
Target availability: Q2 2022
Enhance your security posture by leveraging Azure private endpoints to connect your on-premises servers to Azure Arc privately.
March 2022
Public preview: Azure Arc integration with VMware vSphere and Azure VMware Solution
Manage the lifecycle and guest OS operations of VMware vSphere VMs through Azure Arc by connecting your VMware vCenter servers (on-premises or on Azure VMware Solution) to Azure.
November 2021
Public preview: New Azure Arc capabilities in November 2021
Azure Arc is announcing new functionality, which includes improved machine learning capabilities, and new features for Azure Arc-enabled data services.
General availability: Azure Monitor container insights for Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes
Azure Monitor container insights for Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes is now generally available. You can now monitor all Kubernetes, AKS or non-AKS through container insights.
Private preview: New Azure Arc capabilities in November 2021
Azure Arc is announcing new functionality, which includes enhanced lifecycle management on VMware and Azure Stack HCI virtual machines.
August 2021
Public preview: Apply settings inside machines using Azure Policy's guest configuration
Azure Policy can audit or configure settings inside a machine, both for machines running in Azure and Arc-enabled hybrid machines.
May 2021
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) on Azure Stack HCI is now generally available
AKS on Azure Stack HCI is a Kubernetes based platform that developers and administrators can use to build, deploy and manage containerized applications in their datacenters and edge locations.
Public preview: Run App Service on Kubernetes or anywhere with Azure Arc
You can now run Web Apps against a range of fully managed App Service plans or choose to deploy against Azure Kubernetes Service or your own Kubernetes clusters connected through Azure Arc that are running on-premises, at the edge, or in other clouds.
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