Azure Updates

The ability to change the partition key of a container in Azure Cosmos is now available in preview for NoSQL API. ​The ability to change the partition key of a…

Mirroring Azure SQL Database provides an easy experience to continuously replicate SQL DB data directly into Microsoft Fabric. ​Mirroring Azure SQL Database provides an easy experience to continuously replicate SQL…

Reduced latency by distributing managed functions to regions of high demand. ​Reduced latency by distributing managed functions to regions of high demand. 

Using AKS on VMware (Preview), customers can now centrally manage all their VMware workloads using a single-step deployment process by connecting the VMware vCenter Server to Azure Arc.

As part of our commitment to enhancing workspaces (in Public Preview) within Azure API Management, we are implementing several critical breaking changes effective June 14, 2024. These changes are designed…

Azure App Service is pleased to announce general availability of the "Automatic Scaling" feature. ​Azure App Service is pleased to announce general availability of the "Automatic Scaling" feature. 

Azure Container Storage is a fully managed volume orchestration service built natively for containers. New capabilities include support for Temp SSD, simplified installation via AKS CLI, and scalable storage for…

Azure VM backup now supports agentless multi-disk crash consistent backups in public preview.

Azure Maps Creator Feature State Service will be retired on 31 March 2025.   ​Azure Maps Creator Feature State Service will be retired on 31 March 2025.   

The Connector for AWS in the Cost Management service will be retired on 31 March 2025. By that date, please consider alternative cost management reporting for AWS available in the market.

Support for Standard_M192idms_v2 will be retired on 31 March 2027 ​Support for Standard_M192idms_v2 will be retired on 31 March 2027 

Community support for Standard_M192idms_v2 is ending on 31 March 2027 ​Community support for Standard_M192idms_v2 is ending on 31 March 2027 

Support for Standard_M192ims_v2 will be retired on 31 March 2027. ​Support for Standard_M192ims_v2 will be retired on 31 March 2027. 

Support for Standard_M192is_v2 will be retired on 31 March 2027. ​Support for Standard_M192is_v2 will be retired on 31 March 2027. 

Azure HDInsight 4.0 will be retired on 31 March 2025 - migrate your HDInsight clusters to 5.1 ​Azure HDInsight 4.0 will be retired on 31 March 2025 - migrate your…

Azure HPC Cache is retiring. End of support is 30 September 2025.

Avere vFXT for Azure is retiring. End of support is 30 September 2025.

Azure Files geo-redundancy for 100TiB standard SMB file shares is now generally available.

Force detach zone redundant disks during zone outage and take advantage of ZRS ability to achieve an RPO of 0.

Azure NetApp Files now supports smaller 1 TiB capacity pool sizes, lowered from 2 TiB, when used with volumes using standard network features.

The next generation of general purpose service tier brings improved performance, 32 TB storage and higher database density. ​The next generation of general purpose service tier brings improved performance, 32…

Announcing the public preview for a new capability in Azure public IP address that can prevent DNS subdomain takeover while still allowing for re-use of DNS names.

Enable in-depth, managed monitoring of Azure SQL databases, elastic pools, and managed instances. ​Enable in-depth, managed monitoring of Azure SQL databases, elastic pools, and managed instances. 

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

You can now manage the TLS certificates associated with Listeners through Azure portal.

Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus will support CRD-based configs for scrape jobs to collect metrics from workloads running in your AKS cluster. With this new update, customers can use custom resources…

The Microsoft's Azure Container Networking team is announcing Retina, a cloud-native container networking observability platform that enables Kubernetes users, admins, and developers to visualize, observe, debug, and analyze Kubernetes’ workload…

Starting from May 1, 2024, you will be charged for stateful log alerts in Azure Monitor. ​Starting from May 1, 2024, you will be charged for stateful log alerts in…

You can now choose from preset LLMs with images hosted by AKS and split inferencing across multiple lower-GPU count VMs ​You can now choose from preset LLMs with images hosted…

You can now better understand the infra costs associated with running applications at the namespace and cluster levels and identify opportunities to optimize resource utilization through an Azure native experience.…

You can now schedule workloads in Fleet based on cost and availability of resource heuristics.

YOu can now use Gen 2 VM SKUs for Windows nodepools in AKS. ​YOu can now use Gen 2 VM SKUs for Windows nodepools in AKS. 

You can now run GPU workloads, such as machine learning, video encoding, large simulations, and gaming, on Windows nodepools in AKS. ​You can now run GPU workloads, such as machine…

You can now take advantage of Kubernetes 1.29 version with AKS in production environment. ​You can now take advantage of Kubernetes 1.29 version with AKS in production environment. 

You can now modify default values for kubelet parameters when using Windows nodepools in AKS. ​You can now modify default values for kubelet parameters when using Windows nodepools in AKS. 

You can now scale beyond the current 65k Pod IPs and scale up to 1 Million Pods. ​You can now scale beyond the current 65k Pod IPs and scale up…

You can now use deployment safeguards to implement Kubernetes best practices and get warnings on deployment or deny the deployment of manifest files that are not following best practices. ​You…

You can now deploy AKS clusters in dual stack mode which now enables resource connection through IPv4 or IPv6. ​You can now deploy AKS clusters in dual stack mode which…

You can now choose IP-based backend pool membership for new or existing clusters in AKS. ​You can now choose IP-based backend pool membership for new or existing clusters in AKS. 

You can now directly configure allowed ports in your nodepool settings. ​You can now directly configure allowed ports in your nodepool settings. 

AKS now lets you deploy pods without manually specifying host ports. ​AKS now lets you deploy pods without manually specifying host ports. 

You can now utilize Azure routing preference for your cluster, public node IPs in AKS ​You can now utilize Azure routing preference for your cluster, public node IPs in AKS 

Administrators can now deploy AKS nodes with verified and signed bootloaders, OS kernels, and drivers. ​Administrators can now deploy AKS nodes with verified and signed bootloaders, OS kernels, and drivers. 

You can now scale your AKS cluster to larger than 1000 nodes without having to request any special limit increases or whitelisting. ​You can now scale your AKS cluster to…

Azure Modeling and Simulation Workbench is a new service that provides a fully managed work environment for engineering development, accelerating project startup, and enabling secure collaboration between development teams.

Azure Managed Prometheus was announced GA in May 2023 and was available in 26 regions, with this new update Azure Managed Prometheus will be available in 13 additional regions.

You can now opt in automatically renew your reservation at time of purchase, which provides an easy way to continue getting reservation discounts. ​You can now opt in automatically renew…

On 15 March 2027, the Application Gateway WAF v2 Configuration will be retired. To continue using this service, switch to the Application Gateway WAF v2 Policy before the retirement date.

Starting from May 1, 2024, you will be charged for stateful log alerts in Azure Monitor. ​Starting from May 1, 2024, you will be charged for stateful log alerts in…

Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus now supports TLS & mTLS based scraping for Prometheus instance served with TLS. To enable TLS and mTLS based scraping, you can configure the…