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December 2018

Dec 4

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) virtual node is in preview

IN PREVIEW

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) virtual node allows developers to elastically provision additional pods inside Container Instances that start in seconds.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Microsoft Connect

November 2018

Nov 6

Azure Container Instances now available in Canada Central

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Container Instances supports Linux and Windows container groups in Canada Central.

  • Azure Container Instances
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Services

October 2018

Oct 31

Azure Container Instances custom Virtual Network support is in preview

IN PREVIEW

With Virtual Network support, Azure Container Instances now supports deploying containers to new or existing Azure virtual networks. Azure Container Instances containers can have secure communication with other resources, such as Azure Kubernetes Service clusters, residing in the same virtual network.

  • Azure Container Instances
  • Virtual Network
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Services
Oct 23

Public preview: Azure Container Instances support of managed identities

IN PREVIEW

Azure Container Instances announces the public preview of managed identity support in all Container Instances regions.

  • Azure Container Instances
  • Services
  • Features
Oct 11

Azure Container Instances now available in Central India and South Central US

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2018

Azure Container Instances supports Linux and Windows containers in two new regions: Central India (Pune) and South Central US (Texas).

  • Azure Container Instances
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Services

September 2018

Sep 25

Linux preview support of custom virtual networks on Azure Container Instances

IN PREVIEW

You can now provision Linux containers into new or existing virtual networks with Azure Container Instances. This support is in preview for Linux in two regions: West US and West Europe.

  • Azure Container Instances
  • Virtual Network
  • Features

July 2018

Jul 18

Azure Container Instances now available in Australia East, East US 2, and Central US

Azure Container Instances is available in three new regions. This change is in addition to new Azure CLI updates and moving to GA pricing.

  • Azure Container Instances
  • Features

June 2018

Jun 11

Azure Container Instances: June updates

Azure Container Instances enables multiple features in the newest API release, such as YAML support for deployment/export via AZ CLI 2.0, Log Analytics integration, secure environment variables, and liveness probes.

  • Azure Container Instances
  • Features

May 2018

May 21

Visual Studio Team Services | Azure DevOps Projects

NOW AVAILABLE

Use Azure DevOps Projects to start running your application on Azure App Service or Virtual Machine hosts.

  • Azure DevOps
  • Features
May 21

Azure Container Instances on Windows and Linux

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Container Instances offers an on-demand compute service delivering rapid deployment of containers with no virtual machine management and elastic cloud scale.

  • Azure Container Instances
  • Features
May 7

GUID migration: Container Instances

NOW AVAILABLE

Container Instances is now available in the West US, West US 2, East US, West Europe, North Europe, and Southeast Asia regions. Starting July 1, 2018, the global GUIDs will be split out into regional GUIDs.

  • Azure Container Instances

April 2018

Apr 25

General availability: Azure Container Instances

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Container Instances is generally available, with a decreased price, an improved Azure portal experience, new features, and expanded regions.

  • Azure Container Instances
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Services
  • Features
  • Pricing & Offerings

February 2018

Feb 20

Azure Container Instances: February updates

IN PREVIEW

Recent updates for Azure Container Instances include DNS name label support, streaming logs, and setting restart policies.

  • Azure Container Instances
  • Services
  • Features

December 2017

Dec 18

General availability: Azure CNI plug-in

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure CNI allows your containers to be part of an Azure Virtual Network and leverage the rich set of capabilities that a virtual network offers.

  • Virtual Network
  • Features

October 2017

Oct 13

Azure Batch updates

Learn about recent Batch updates for custom images, virtual networks, low-priority GA, and more.

  • Batch
  • Features

July 2017

Jul 27

Azure Container Instances

IN PREVIEW

We're extremely excited to announce a new Azure service that makes it even easier to deploy containers. The very first service of its kind in the cloud, Azure Container Instances is a new Azure service delivering containers with great simplicity and speed, and without any Virtual Machine infrastructure to manage.

  • Features
Jul 21

Nested virtualization in Azure

NOW AVAILABLE

We're excited to announce that you can now enable nested virtualization using the Dv3 and Ev3 virtual machine sizes.

  • Features

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