Azure updates

Public preview: Artifact streaming support in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

You can now scale your AKS workloads without having to fully wait for images to be pulled into the clusters.

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Features

Public preview: Image integrity support in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

You can now ensure that only signed container images are deployed to your AKS clusters.

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Azure Container Registry
• Security
• Features

Preview: Azure Container Storage in AKS

You can now easily deploy and use Azure Container Storage (in preview) seamlessly via the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) preview CLI experience.

• Azure Container Storage
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Managed Disks
• Regions & Datacenters
• Features

Azure Elastic SAN updates: Snapshots, Security, and Usability

Introducing the latest update to Azure Elastic SAN (in preview), which now offers snapshot capabilities, enhanced security features, new features for a more simplified use experience, and an entirely new integration with Azure VMware Solution

• Azure Elastic SAN
• Azure VMware Solution
• Azure Disk Storage
• Features

Public preview: Application Gateway IPv6 support

Azure Application Gateway v2 enables dual-stack (IPv4 and IPv6) connectivity from the clients, providing more flexible and reliable access to the backend Applications.

• Application Gateway
• Services
• Security
• Features

Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus is available in 7 additional Azure regions

Azure Managed Prometheus was announced GA in May 2023 and is available in 19 regions, with this new update Azure Managed Prometheus will be available in 7 additional regions.

• Regions & Datacenters

Public Preview: Azure integration with Canonical’s Snapshot Service for safe deployment

Azure Guest Patching Service and Azure Kubernetes Service will now apply the same package update from a specific date to all regions following safe deployment principles.

• Linux Virtual Machines
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Operating System
• Features
• Open Source

Public preview: Traffic Splitting for Azure Static Web Apps

Split traffic to your Azure Static Web Apps across multiple environments to gradually rollout features and compare versions being tested.

• Features

Public preview: Snippets for Azure Static Web Apps

Inject snippets into your website’s pages to add analytics, customizations and integrations, or to optimize performance without changing your source code.

• Features

Public preview: Disable Secure Shell (SSH) support in AKS

You can now disable secure shell (SSH) in AKS

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Features

Public preview: Azure NetApp Files standard storage with cool access

Azure NetApp Files standard storage with cool access is now in public preview. With the new cool access feature, you can enable standard volumes with the ability to transparently store data more cost-effectively on Azure storage accounts based on its access pattern.

• Azure NetApp Files
• Pricing & Offerings
• Features

Public preview: Built-in Azure Monitor alerts for Azure Site Recovery

Learn about the new and improved alerting capabilities offered for Azure Site Recovery, via Azure Monitor

• Azure Backup
• Azure Monitor
• Management

Public preview: Flush data operation for Azure Cache for Redis

Target availability: Q4 2023

Basic, Standard, and Premium tier caches now support a built-in flush operation that can be started as a management operation.

• Azure Cache for Redis
• Features

Public preview: Update channel for Basic, Standard and Premium Caches

Target availability: Q4 2023

Receive early updates by configuring the update channel for your Basic, Standard and Premium tier cache instances.

• Azure Cache for Redis
• Features

Public Preview: VMSS Automatic Instance Repairs - Reimage, Restart Repair Actions

New recovery options available on automatic instance repairs provides the capability for less-disruptive repair actions on sensitive workloads.

• Virtual Machine Scale Sets
• Features

Azure Machine Learning - Public Preview for October

Four features now available in Public Preview enable you to customize your compute instance experience by using curated or custom environments, collect all model dependencies in a single operation to generate a package than can be move and deployed across environments, label your images at each pixel level with high quality, and conenct and fine-tune Azure OpenAI models with Azure Machine Learning. 

• Azure Machine Learning
• Azure OpenAI Service
• Features

Private Preview: Regional Disaster Recovery by Azure Backup for AKS

Customers can now utilize Azure Backup for AKS to recover their containerized applications and data during a regional disaster scenario.

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

Announcing Public Preview of Azure API Management Pricing Tiers: Basic v2 and Standard v2

Target availability: Q4 2023

We're thrilled to announce the public preview launch of our latest Azure API Management pricing tiers: Basic v2 and Standard v2. These new tiers address highly sought-after customer requests, bring quality-of-service enhancements, and offer a flexible starting point for API Management, allowing organizations of any size to embark on their API journey.

• API Management
• Features