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Upgrade Azure Database for MySQL to MySQL v8.0 before support for v5.7 ends
Target retirement date: September 30, 2025
Oracle retiring MySQL v5.7 on Oct 31, 2023. Azure extending support for Single Server until Sep 16, 2024, and Flexible Server until Sep 30, 2025. Upgrade to MySQL v8.0 advised.
Generally Available: Azure Functions v4 Programming model for Node.js
Work in a more intuitive Azure Functions development experience.
Public preview: Azure Functions Support for Node.js 20
You can now develop functions using Node.js 20 locally and deploy them to all Azure Functions plans on Linux and Windows.
GA: Vertical Pod Autoscaling add-on for AKS
Use Vertical Pod Autoscaling add-on for AKS to improve cost-efficiency, and cluster utilization for your workloads
Public preview: AKS support for Kubernetes version 1.28
Take advantage of the latest features in Kubernetes version 1.28 with AKS.
General Availability: Share VM images publicly with community gallery - Azure Compute Gallery feature
Target availability: Q3 2023
With community gallery, you can now share VM images with the broader Azure community.
Generally available: Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry-based Distro for Node.js and Python
Target availability: Q3 2023
Use OpenTelemetry-based instrumentation with vender-neutral APIs to power metrics, logs, and distributed traces in Azure Monitor application insights.
June 2023
General availability: 32 TB storage in Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
Extend storage up to 32 TB to host databases with a size greater than 16 TB for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server.
May 2023
General availability: NLog Sink for Azure Data Explorer
Azure Data Explorer now supports ingestion of data from .NET Applications via the NLog Sink.
Private Preview: Kafka Input and Output with Azure Stream Analytics
Target availability: Q2 2023
You can connect directly to Kafka to ingest from Kafka clusters or output data to Kafka clusters in your Azure Stream Analytics (ASA) job.
General Availability: Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus
Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus is now Generally Available.
Public Preview: Azure Monitor announces Network Observability AKS add-on
The new Network Observability AKS add-on provides complete observability into the network health and connectivity of your AKS cluster.
Preview: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.2 support for AMD confidential VMs
User of AMD-based confidential VMs can now select the RHEL 9.2 technical preview as their guest OS.
Public preview: Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes
Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus is now extending monitoring support for Kubernetes clusters hosted on Azure Arc.
Public Preview: Azure Monitor Container insights introduces "Cluster Optimization" workbook
Customers can now use Azure Monitor Container insights “Cluster Optimization” workbook to optimize container limits and request, identify event anomalies and detect liveness probe failures.
Generally Available: Azure Monitor announces managed services for Prometheus
Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus delivers the best of the open-source ecosystem while automating complex tasks such as scaling, high-availability, and long-term data retention.
AKS DevX Extension Updates for Visual Studio Code
Easily create and deploy GitHub Actions to automate your deployments.
Public Preview: Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Distro for ASP.NET Core, JavaScript (Node.js), Python
Onboard to Azure Monitor Application Insights using standard, cloud-native APIs and SDKs with rich data collection capabilities and a first-class Azure experience.
April 2023
General Availability: Support for Linux clients to use identity-based access to Azure file shares over SMB
Target availability: Q2 2023
Linux SMB clients can now use Azure Files identity based authentication and authorization. This capability is available to devices that are domain joined to either customer-managed Microsoft AD DS or Azure AD DS.
Azure CycleCloud 8.4.0 release
Target availability: Q2 2023
We’re excited to announce the release of CycleCloud 8.4.0. Here is the list of the improvements and bug fixes: New Features • Slurm 3.0 is now supported o Support for dynamic nodes, and dynamic partitions via dynamic nodearrays, supporting both single and multiple VM sizes o New slurm versions 23.02 and 22.05.8 o Cost reporting via azslurm CLI o azslurm cli based autoscaler o Ubuntu 20 support o Removed need for topology plugin, and therefore also any submit plugin • Encryption-At-Host is now supported • Added Event Log for auditing storage credentials • Cluster usage schema now includes VM size details • New regions supported for pricing, including Poland, Sweden, and Jio India Resolved Issues • VMSS which were removed outside of CycleCloud could trigger a null-pointer exception. • Users were not able to interact with checkboxes in forms • node.json was not parsed using utf-8 encoding on Windows • Pricing for Ultra disks was not collected correctly • VMs using Ultra disks failed to be created if there was no price information • Restoring from backup sometimes picked an older version to restore from • Restoring from backup did not work if port 80/443 were in use • LSF example template was broken • In certain cases, nodes could be added to the cluster but not counted against the limits • Users were not able to change their password • CVE-2021-43980 is mitigated Here’s a link to the release notes in our public documentation: Release Notes v8.4.0 - Azure CycleCloud | Microsoft Learn UPGRADING CYCLECLOUD Please follow these links depending on the customer’s configuration: Upgrading on Debian or Ubuntu Upgrading on Enterprise Linux (RHEL) clones Upgrading from the Microsoft Download center More info: Upgrade or Migrate - Azure CycleCloud | Microsoft Docs QUESTIONS? Please feel free to reach out at askcyclecloud@microsoft.com, or the AskCycleCloud Teams channel
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