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April 2023

Apr 19

Public preview: Azure Container Apps available in Azure China

IN PREVIEW

You can now use Azure Container Apps in Azure China.

  • Azure Container Apps
  • Regions & Datacenters
Apr 17

General Availability: Azure CNI Overlay

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure CNI Overlay utilizes an overlay network to reduce IP utilization while providing better performance and scale.  

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Virtual Network
  • Features

March 2023

Mar 29

Generally available: Mount Azure Files and ephemeral storage in Azure Container Apps

NOW AVAILABLE

Persist data in Azure Container Apps via mounted volumes.

  • Azure Container Apps
  • Features
Mar 16

Now available: Azure Kubernetes Service Edge Essentials

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Kubernetes Service Edge Essentials is a Microsoft supported lightweight Kubernetes distribution that is fine tuned to run on edge devices with constrained resources.

  • Azure Arc
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Windows for IoT
  • Services
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Operating System
Mar 15

Public Preview: Collect Syslog from AKS nodes using Azure Monitor container insights

IN PREVIEW

Customers can now collect Syslog from their AKS Clusters using Azure Monitor container insights

  • Azure Monitor
  • Features
Mar 15

Public preview: Data API builder instantly creates modern REST and GraphQL endpoints for modern databases

IN PREVIEW

Improve development velocity and efficiency via modern REST and GraphQL API using the new data API builder with support for multiple Azure databases.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Azure Database for MySQL
  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features
Mar 15

Public Preview - Backup for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

IN PREVIEW

Azure Backup is announcing public preview of Backup for AKS allowing customers to protect their applications by providing ability to backup and restore AKS clusters.

  • Azure Backup
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
Mar 1

Public preview: Confidential containers on ACI

IN PREVIEW

ACI now lets you run containers in a trusted execution environment (TEE)

  • Azure Container Instances
  • Features
Mar 1

Public preview: Pod sandboxing in AKS

IN PREVIEW

AKS now allows you to isolate workloads at the kernel level.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features

February 2023

Feb 22

Azure Percept DK Retirement Announcement

Target retirement date: March 30, 2023

Azure Percept DK and support from associated Azure services will be retired on March 30th, 2023.

  • Retirements
Feb 1

Azure Red Hat OpenShift on Azure Government is now Generally Available

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Red Hat OpenShift is now generally available for Azure Government customers (federal, state, local governments, and their partners).

  • Features

January 2023

Jan 24

General availability: Mount Azure Storage as a local share in App Service Windows Code

NOW AVAILABLE

Mounting Azure Storage File share as a network share in Windows code (non-container) in App Service is now generally available.

  • App Service
  • Features

December 2022

Dec 14

Public preview: Azure Arc enabled Azure Container Apps

IN PREVIEW

You can now run Azure Container Apps on your own Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes clusters (AKS and AKS-HCI). 

  • Azure Arc
  • Features
Dec 14

Public preview: New UX for the AKS DevX Extension for Visual Studio Code

IN PREVIEW

Easily containerize non-container applications using Draft.

  • Features

November 2022

Nov 30

Generally available: Azure Blob Storage integration with Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL

NOW AVAILABLE

Now you can interact with your Azure Blob Storage directly from Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL, making it a perfect staging environment for getting your data into the cloud.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features

October 2022

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

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 12

Public preview: Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus

IN PREVIEW

Azure Monitor's new fully managed Prometheus compatible service delivers the best of what you like about open-source ecosystem while automating complex tasks such as scaling, high-availability, and long-term data retention.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Microsoft Ignite
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)
  • Services
  • Security
  • Operating System
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
  • Open Source
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

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