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Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) virtual node is in preview
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) virtual node allows developers to elastically provision additional pods inside Container Instances that start in seconds.
November 2018
Azure Container Instances now available in Canada Central
Azure Container Instances supports Linux and Windows container groups in Canada Central.
October 2018
Azure Container Instances custom Virtual Network support is 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.
Public preview: Azure Container Instances support of managed identities
Azure Container Instances announces the public preview of managed identity support in all Container Instances regions.
Azure Container Instances now available in Central India and South Central US
Target availability: Q4 2018
Azure Container Instances supports Linux and Windows containers in two new regions: Central India (Pune) and South Central US (Texas).
September 2018
Linux preview support of custom virtual networks on Azure Container Instances
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.
July 2018
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.
June 2018
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.
May 2018
Visual Studio Team Services | Azure DevOps Projects
Use Azure DevOps Projects to start running your application on Azure App Service or Virtual Machine hosts.
Azure Container Instances on Windows and Linux
Azure Container Instances offers an on-demand compute service delivering rapid deployment of containers with no virtual machine management and elastic cloud scale.
GUID migration: Container Instances
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.
April 2018
General availability: Azure Container Instances
Azure Container Instances is generally available, with a decreased price, an improved Azure portal experience, new features, and expanded regions.
February 2018
Azure Container Instances: February updates
Recent updates for Azure Container Instances include DNS name label support, streaming logs, and setting restart policies.
December 2017
General availability: Azure CNI plug-in
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.
October 2017
Azure Batch updates
Learn about recent Batch updates for custom images, virtual networks, low-priority GA, and more.
July 2017
Azure Container Instances
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.
Nested virtualization in Azure
We're excited to announce that you can now enable nested virtualization using the Dv3 and Ev3 virtual machine sizes.
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