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RSS feedMay 2023
Generally Available: Azure Monitor announces managed services for Prometheus
Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus delivers the best of the open-source ecosystem while automating complex tasks such as scaling, high-availability, and long-term data retention.
AKS DevX Extension Updates for Visual Studio Code
Easily create and deploy GitHub Actions to automate your deployments.
Public preview: Multi-cluster update support in Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager
Orchestrate upgrades to your clusters in a planned manner across multiple clusters to achieve a consistent environment across a set of clusters.
Public preview: Custom node config for Windows
You can now modify the node configuration on Windows nodes, as you do with Linux.
Generally Available: Kubernetes marketplace
Access to a vibrant ecosystem of first-party and third-party solutions for building robust enterprise solutions.
Generally Available: Generation 2 VM for Windows
You can now run Windows workloads on Generation 2 VMs.
Generally Available: Azure Linux support in AKS
Deploy Azure Linux as the node pool host OS in the AKS cluster and build apps on top of the preferred container.
Public preview: New features in Azure Container Storage
Azure Container Storage, a unique storage provisioning and management service built natively for containers, is introducing several new features in preview.
April 2023
Generally Available: Operation Abort in AKS
You can now abort long running operations in AKS via the CLI.
Generally Available: Kubernetes 1.26 support in AKS
Benefit from Kubernetes 1.26 features in production.
Public preview: AKS service mesh addon for Istio
Installing and using Istio on your AKS clusters is now easier.
Generally Available: Long term support version in AKS
You now have the option to enable long term support for a specific Kubernetes version.
Public preview: Fail Fast Upgrade on API Breaking change detection
Use this feature to reduce time you have to spend on post upgrade workload troubleshooting
Generally Available: Azure CNI Overlay for Linux
Simplify your AKS cluster management, routing configurations, and efficiently scale your clusters.
OpenCost for AKS cost visibility
Get greater visibility into current and historic Kubernetes spend and resource allocation..
GA: Azure Active Directory workload identity with AKS
You can now use AAD workload identity with AKS in production
Azure Service Operator stable release version 2.0 now available
Create and manage over 100 Azure resources such as databases, storage accounts, VMs, and more from within Kubernetes.
Public Preview: Isovalent Cilium Enterprise through Azure Marketplace
Isovalent Cilium Enterprise is now available to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) customers in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace marking a key milestone in delivering the expansive eBPF-powered Cilium and Isovalent Cilium Enterprise to Azure Kubernetes Service and Azure.
General Availability: Azure CNI Overlay
Azure CNI Overlay utilizes an overlay network to reduce IP utilization while providing better performance and scale.
Public preview: Node Resource Group (NRG) lockdown
You can use this feature to stop unintended changes to AKS resources and reduce support issues.
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