Skip to main content

Azure updates

Get the latest updates on Azure products and features to meet your cloud investment needs. Subscribe to notifications to stay informed.

RSS feed
Product category
Status:

October 2022

Oct 26

Public preview: Azure CNI Powered by Cilium

IN PREVIEW

Leverage next generation eBPF dataplane for pod networking, Kubernetes network policies and service load balancing.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
Oct 26

Public preview: Mariner container optimized OS

IN PREVIEW

Get reliability and consistency from cloud to edge across the AKS using the Mariner container optimized OS.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
Oct 26

Public preview: K8s 1.25 support

IN PREVIEW

You can now benefit from the latest features in Kubernetes version 1.25.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
Oct 26

Generally available: CSI Extensible API for AKS

NOW AVAILABLE

The CSI Extensible API is now generally available in AKS.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
Oct 26

Dapr extension for AKS and Arc-enabled Kubernetes now support Dapr v1.9.0

NOW AVAILABLE

Take advantage of the latest features in Dapr v1.9.0 with Dapr extension for AKS and Arc-enabled Kubernetes.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Open Source
Oct 26

Public preview: ASO makes it easy to manage database and connection

IN PREVIEW

Azure Service Operator (ASO) now has an integration with Workload Identity.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
Oct 26

Public preview: IPVS load balancer support in AKS

IN PREVIEW

You can now use the IP Virtual Server (IPVS) load balancer with AKS, with configurable connection scheduling and TCP/UDP timeouts.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
Oct 26

Public preview: AKS image cleaner

IN PREVIEW

You can now more easily remove unused and vulnerable images stored on AKS nodes.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Security
  • Features
Oct 26

Generally available: Premium SSD v2 disks available on Azure Disk CSI driver

NOW AVAILABLE

Premium SSD v2 support is now generally available on AKS.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Azure Disk Storage
  • Features
Oct 26

Public preview: Vertical Pod Autoscaler

IN PREVIEW

Vertical Pod Autoscaler can help you reduce operational overhead, increase savings and improve stability of your cluster.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
Oct 26

Generally available: AKS support for Ubuntu 22.04

NOW AVAILABLE

AKS will start using Ubuntu 22 instead of Ubuntu 18 as the Ubuntu version for node pools.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
Oct 12

General availability: AMD-based confidential VMs for Azure Kubernetes Service

NOW AVAILABLE

Announcing the general availability of confidential node pools on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) with AMD SEV-SNP confidential VMs.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Security
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Open Source
  • Services
  • Features
  • Operating System
Oct 12

Generally available: ARM64 support in AKS

NOW AVAILABLE

Benefit from ARM64's better price, compute performance, and lower power utilization in AKS node pools.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
Oct 12

Public preview: Kubernetes apps on Azure Marketplace

IN PREVIEW

Benefit from independent software vendor (ISV) created Kubernetes solutions in the Azure Marketplace that offer simple, click through deployments.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Services
Oct 12

Public preview: Azure Active Directory workload identity support in AKS

IN PREVIEW

Workload identity provides a simpler approach for managing identities and overcomes limitations of Azure Active Directory pod-managed identity.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
Oct 12

Generally available: Windows server 2022 host support in AKS

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now benefit from the latest Windows Server 2022 features in AKS.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
Oct 12

Generally available: 5,000 node scale in AKS

NOW AVAILABLE

Generally available: 5,000 node scale in AKS

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
Oct 12

Generally available: Event Grid integration with AKS

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now get notification via Event Grid when a new Kubernetes version is available on AKS.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
Oct 12

Public preview: Azure Kubernetes Service hybrid deployment options

IN PREVIEW

Azure Kubernetes Service has new hybrid deployment options.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Microsoft Ignite
Oct 12

Generally available: Azure Hybrid Benefit for AKS and Azure Stack HCI

NOW AVAILABLE

We are expanding Azure Hybrid Benefit for Windows Server Software Assurance (SA) customers to easily modernize with Azure, wherever they are.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Azure Stack HCI
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Operating System

Azure at Microsoft Build

Resources

Read the Azure blog for latest news and announcements.

Blog

Get answers to your questions from Microsoft and Community experts.

Community support

Read commonly asked questions on Azure updates.

FAQ

Find the latest news, updates, and resources for Azure partners.

Azure Partner Zone

Tell us what you think of Azure and what you want to see in the future.

Provide feedback

Azure is available in more regions than any other cloud provider.

Check product availability in your region