Monthly recap of Azure updates
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An easy-to-scan roundup of our newest, most important highlights. Let’s have a look what interested Azure updates are share. Read carefully through the updates, especially the products and support that are announced as becoming retired.

This month a lot of things went Generally Available, next to retired services like the Microsoft.AlertsManagement.Alerts API.

Most important two around Security / Sovereign Engineering are the possibility of using Customer Managed Keys for encryption in Backup Vaults and the support of Azure Trusted Launch VMs in Azure Site Recovery is starting with Windows VMs.

Top 5 you don’t want to miss
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Advanced network Observability in AKS using Cilium or Retina. Retina delivers Windows Node Support. Looking for an brief introduction?, read my latest blog called Introduction into Retina Network Observability for Kubernetes.
When working with Kusto databases using tools like Azure Data Explorer, the recently added command to .update records became GA. Really helpful for ingestion use cases.
Take a moment to inform your procurement department. Microsoft is discontinuing the EA and MCA-E Support Plan Promotional Offer on 30 June 2024. New alternative Support plans are available. Additonal some new capabilities are added to the Azure Monitor Basics Log Plan.
Some improvement features are now available for ExpressRoute like FastPath integration support with VNets and UDR and Traffic Collector support for provider circuits. FastPath helps to increase performance and throughput.
Deleting or resetting Azure Site Recovery appliances is now available. A long waiting feature.