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General availability: Azure Stack HCI new feature update
This latest update for Azure Stack HCI enables new workloads, new host capabilities, and new management scenarios.
November 2018
Azure Stack security—drift detection
New and updated features are being developed to ensure customers can determine that their Azure Stack system has not been tampered with and can remediate if configuration has drifted.
Azure Government cloud integration for Azure Stack
Azure Stack is now integrated with the Azure Government cloud, enabling connections to Azure Government identity, subscription, registration, billing, backup/DR, and Azure Marketplace.
Azure Stack support for Azure Backup
Azure Stack operators can now backup and recover guest OS, data disks, and volumes using Azure Backup.
Azure China cloud integration for Azure Stack
Azure Stack is integrated with the Azure China cloud, enabling connections to identity, subscription, registration, billing, backup/DR, and Azure Marketplace.
Ability to incrementally add capacity to Azure Stack
Azure Stack operators can now add a node to an existing Azure Stack scale unit within the supported scale unit limits.
Azure Stack Infrastructure—compliance certification guidance
We have created documentation to describe how Azure Stack infrastructure satisfies regulatory technical controls for PCI-DSS and CSA-CCM.
Azure Storage API version 2017-04-17 updated in Azure Stack
The 2017-04-17 version of the Azure Storage API is now available to use in Azure Stack.
Azure Stack integrated systems support for multiple scale units
For customers who want larger Azure Stack integrated systems, we're working on adding support to have multiple scale units in an Azure Stack integrated system.
Azure Stack infrastructure backup and cloud recovery
We're developing enhancements for Azure Stack that will simplify infrastructure backup by eliminating the need for manual operator intervention.
Azure Stack integrated systems with 16 node scale units
Azure Stack is now available to scale up to 16 nodes.
Azure Stack security—updated audit collection
Azure Stack operators will be happy to hear that new and updated features are being developed to ensure Azure Stack integrated systems are "hardened by default."
February 2018
Av2-series and F-series virtual machines in Azure Stack
Av2-series and F-series virtual machines (VM) are now available for Azure Stack.
Expanded VPN Gateway interoperability
We're expanding support for the VPN Gateway to allow Azure Stack users greater flexibility with their settings.
Azure Stack operator experience feature updates
We're developing new and updated features for the monitoring, diagnostics, and servicing experiences to ensure Azure Stack operators can keep the Azure Stack integrated system running and healthy.
Templated Service Fabric cluster deployments
Templated Service Fabric clusters are now available. This will simplify deployment and operations for Azure Stack users.
Service Fabric on Windows Server and Linux VMs
We’re pleased to share that we're now supporting Service Fabric on your Windows Server and Linux virtual machines (VMs) running in Azure Stack.
In development: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) on Azure Stack
Managed Kubernetes with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) on Azure Stack will make it even easier for Azure Stack users to manage and operate Kubernetes environments in the same ways as they do in Azure, without sacrificing portability.
Containers on Windows Server and Linux now available
We’re pleased to share that we're now supporting containers created by Azure Stack users for both Windows Server and Linux.
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