Updates Archives
Monthly updates for January 2024
Announcing General Availability of Azure Monitor Metrics Data Plane API
General Availability of Azure Monitor Metrics Data plane API We are excited to share Azure Monitor Metrics Data Plane API is Now Generally Available! Unlock enhanced insights into the monitoring of your Azure resources with our powerful API. Explore its features and elevate your monitoring experience today!
Public Preview: Azure API Center – January Updates
Target availability: Q1 2024
Azure API Center is your one-stop solution for inventorying and managing your organization’s APIs. In this update, we are bringing you new features and improvements to help you discover, reuse, and consume your APIs more easily and efficiently. These features are designed to help you streamline your API lifecycle, improve your developer experience, and increase your API adoption.
Public preview: Istio add-on for AKS now supports plug-in certificate authority (CA)
You can now bring your own certificates and keys to use with Istio add-on for signing workload certificates for improved security.
Generally Available: Support for Cross Region Restore for PostgreSQL backups
Cross region for Backup vault using Azure Backup is now generally available.
Public preview: Upgrade support in Istio add-on for AKS
You can now upgrade to new Istio revisions as they are made available in the Istio add-on for AKS.
Public Preview: New major version of durable Functions extension
Durable Functions extension v3.0.0 is currently in public preview. This new major version introduces major changes that benefit those using Azure Storage backend.
Public Preview: Azure Functions Support for Java 21 on Linux
Azure Functions now supports Java 21 in preview on dedicated, consumption, and premium plans for Linux.
Generally Available: Azure Container Apps supports additional TCP ports
You can now run containers apps that accept TCP connections on multiple ports.
Public Preview: Distributed tracing v2 for durable Functions
Distributed tracing v2 for durable Functions is in public preview. This version supports all languages and storage backends and provides detailed spans.
Visual Studio Code extension update for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
You can use VS Code extension update for AKS to interact with a new create cluster experience, abort/reconcile cluster, and more.
Public preview: Node OS API options feature for AKS
You can now get Node IP for tasks such as troubleshooting, without needing kubectl access
Public preview: Disable Secure Shell (SSH) support in AKS
You can now disable SSH for AKS to reduce the attach surface on your cluster.
Generally Available: Outbound type migration in AKS
You can now update the outbound type of existing clusters without having to rebuild the cluster
Public preview: Kube-reserved resource optimization in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
You will see AKS reserve up to 20% less memorry on nodes.
General availability: PgAudit in Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
Target availability: Q1 2024
Database session and object audit logging of database activities in Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL.
General Availability: Read replica in special regions with Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
Target availability: Q1 2024
Read replica now available in Microsoft Azure operated by 21Vianet and Azure Government regions.
General availability: Azure SQL updates for late-January 2024
Target availability: Q1 2024
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late-January 2024.
General Availability: Server logs for Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
Target availability: Q1 2024
Enhance your database monitoring with the new server log feature for Azure Database for PostgreSQL, offering customizable retention and straightforward downloading for operational excellence.
Public preview: Azure SQL updates for late-January 2024
Target availability: Q1 2024
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late-January 2024.
General availability: Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL Customer-managed keys (CMK)
Target availability: Q1 2024
Customer-managed keys allow you to use your own key for cluster data encryption at rest.
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