Monthly recap of Azure updates#
An easy-to-scan roundup of our newest, most important highlights. Let’s have a look what interested Azure updates are share. One thing is for sure, we have noticed a lot of great new features that are entering Azure Public Preview state and even others entering the Generally Availability state.
Most important update is Kubernetes 1.29 support in AKS has entered Public Preview.
Top 5 you don’t want to miss#
- The Istio-based service mesh add-on for AKS is entering
Generally Availability. - AKS cluster control plane metrics are arrived in
Managed Prometheusand enteringPublic Preview. - On-demand Capacity Reservations is now
Generally Availablefor AKS. - Great new feature for
Continuous model monitoringis nowGenerally Availablein Azure Machine Learning. - Private preview has been started to support
Trusted Launch VMsrecovery with Azure Site Recovery.
Look at the comprehensive list below for more information.
Azure updates#
- General Availability: Encryption at host for Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Disks is now available in more regions
- Public preview: Internet inbound for Network Virtual Appliances in Virtual WAN Hubs
- Public preview: Azure Functions Support for HTTP Streams in Node.js
- Public preview: Kubernetes 1.29 support in AKS
- Public preview: OS SKU in-place migration for Linux nodes
- Generally Available: Node Soak Duration for Upgrades
- Generally Available: Capacity Reservations support in AKS
- GA: Istio-based service mesh add-on for Azure Kubernetes Service
- Public preview: Disable network policy in AKS for migration
- Public preview: AKS support for node soak duration for upgrades
- Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for late-February 2024
- General availability: Latest PostgreSQL minor versions supported by Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
- General availability: Azure SDKs support for Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
- General availability: Azure CLI support for Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
- General availability: Application Gateway for Containers
- Enable replication for added VMware VM data disks
- Public preview: Azure Application Gateway introduces support for TLS and TCP protocols
- Announcing NBCROW Compression in Kusto’s TDS Implementation
- Sending a log search alert with cross tenant target resource will no longer be supported
- Update records in a Kusto Database (public preview)
- Public Preview: Regional Disaster Recovery by Azure Backup for AKS
- General Availability: Azure NetApp Files Standard Network Features - Edit Volumes
- Public preview: Configuration-as-code customizations in Microsoft Dev Box
- Public Preview: Azure Storage Actions — Serverless storage data management
- Generally available: Support for Azure VMs using Ultra disks in Azure Backup
- Generally available: Support for Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 in Azure Backup
- Execute Azure Monitor Logs connector on exact time range provided dynamically (preview)
- General Availability: Trusted launch for Azure VMs in China regions
- Generally available: Azure Blob Storage Cold Tier support on Change Feed and Object Replication
- General availability: Azure SQL updates for mid-February 2024
- General availability: Customer managed key encryption for Enterprise tier caches
- Public preview: Migration service in Azure Database for PostgreSQL
- Public preview: Azure SQL migration assessment enabled by Azure Arc
- Azure Firewall: Flow Trace Logs and Autoscaling based on number of connections are now generally available
- Azure Firewall: Parallel IP Group update support is now in public preview
- Azure Elastic SAN is now generally available
- Public preview: AKS cluster control plane metrics in managed Prometheus
- Generally available: Zone Redundant Storage for Azure Disks is now available in Canada Central
- General availability: Improvements in Azure Key Vault
- Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files Standard Network Features - Edit Volumes in US Gov Regions
- Generally available: Support for up to 100 TB of storage for the FHIR service
- Azure Ultra Disk Storage is now available in Canada East
- Mount Azure Storage as a local share in App Service Linux Now supports NFS
- Announcing General Availability to migrate Virtual Network injected Azure Data Explorer Cluster to Private Endpoints
- Support for log alert rules that use cross-workspace queries with resource names or qualified name identifiers will be retired on 31 May 2024
- Azure Virtual Network Manager security admin rule generally available in 30 regions
- Azure Virtual Network Manager topology view now generally available
- Private Preview: Azure Site Recovery support for Azure Trusted Launch VMs (Windows OS)
- Generally Available: Azure Stack HCI latest feature release
- Generally Available: Continuous model monitoring in Azure Machine Learning