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May 2024

May 8

New version of AKS extension in Visual Studio Code now available

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now take advantage of new enhancements available in version 1.4.3

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Visual Studio Code
  • Open Source
  • SDK and Tools
May 8

Public preview: Initialization taints in AKS

IN PREVIEW

You can now use node initialization taints in AKS e.g. in scenarios where you may need extra time to setup your nodes.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
May 8

GA: Support for disabling Windows outboundNAT in AKS

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now manually disable Windows outboundNAT when creating new Windows node pools in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Security
  • Features
May 8

Public Preview: NFS Azure Files volume mount support in Azure Container Apps

IN PREVIEW

You can now mount NFS file shares in Azure Container Apps.

  • Azure Container Apps
  • Features
May 8

General availability: Customer-managed keys on existing accounts

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q2 2024

Configure customer-managed keys for your existing Azure Cosmos DB account.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
May 8

Public Preview: SQL Server on Azure VM storage configuration deployment experience with support for Premium SSD v2

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q2 2024

Customers can now choose Premium SSD v2 for the Ebdsv5 and Ebsv5 virtual machine series with the additional ability to opt-in for NVMe support.

  • SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
  • Features
May 8

General availability: Latest version of the TimeScaleDB extension on Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q2 2024

Upgrade to the latest TimeScaleDB extension on Azure for enhanced time-series data handling and improved performance.

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Features
May 8

General availability: Latest PostgreSQL minor versions supported by Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q2 2024

Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server now supports minor versions 16.2, 15.6, 14.11, 13.14, and 12.18.

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Features
May 8

General Availability: Azure Cosmos DB Data Explorer keyboard shortcuts

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q2 2024

Work Smarter: Enhance Productivity with Azure Cosmos DB Data Explorer shortcut keys.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
May 8

General availability: Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB RU supports version 5.0 and 6.0

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q2 2024

Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB now supports MongoDB v5 and v6.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
May 7

Generally Available: Azure Red Hat OpenShift v4.14 at install time

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Red Hat OpenShift version 4.14 is now available at install time.

  • Services
  • Features
May 7

Public Preview: Azure Storage Actions is now available in 14 more regions

IN PREVIEW

Azure Storage Actions is a fully managed platform that helps you automate data management operations for object storage and data lakes. The preview is now available in 14 more regions.

  • Azure Storage Actions
  • Azure Blob Storage
  • Azure Database for MariaDB
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features
May 6

General Availability: Microsoft Azure now available from new cloud region in Mexico

NOW AVAILABLE

Microsoft has announced the opening of its first hyper-scale cloud region in Mexico.

  • Security
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Services
May 6

Azure Front Door log scrubbing of sensitive data is general available

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Front Door supports removing sensitive data from Azure Front Door access log.

  • Azure Front Door
  • Security
  • Features
May 6

General Availability - Azure API Center

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q2 2024

Azure API Center is now generally available, providing a centralized solution to manage the challenges of API sprawl, which is exacerbated by the rapid proliferation of APIs and AI solutions. Azure API Center offers a unified inventory for seamless discovery, consumption, and governance of APIs, regardless of their type, lifecycle stage, or deployment location.

  • API Management
  • Features
May 3

Action needed: Update Azure Autoscale Notifications to using additional email addresses for notifications

IN DEVELOPMENT

Azure Classic roles will be retired by 31st August, 2024 – transition to using only additional email addresses for Azure Autoscale Notifications as Azure Autoscale is dependent on the Azure Classic Roles.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Retirements
May 2

Azure Governance Update - Management Groups

NOW AVAILABLE

Beginning May 3, 2024, Azure will start enabling the root management group for tenants that have not enabled it yet. Using Azure management groups leverages best practices when applying Azure Policy and having it pre-enabled reduces the initial set up work to follow the best practices. 

  • Azure Management Groups
  • Azure Policy
  • Azure Resource Manager
  • Management
May 2

Azure Virtual Network Manager user-defined route (UDR) management now in public preview

IN PREVIEW

UDR management in Azure Virtual Network Manager is now in public preview, enabling users to describe their desired routing behavior via configuration, simplifying the management of routing behaviors at scale.

  • Azure Virtual Network Manager
  • Services
  • Features
May 1

Generally available: Azure IoT Edge v1.5.0 (LTS) release

NOW AVAILABLE

The Azure IoT Edge release of v1.5 is the latest LTS version of Azure IoT Edge.

  • Azure IoT Edge
  • Open Source
  • Services

April 2024

Apr 30

Azure Spring Apps Feature Update Q1 2024: Save up to 47% with Azure savings plan

NOW AVAILABLE

Announcing the exciting feature updates for Azure Spring Apps in Q1 2024. Save up to 47% with Azure Savings plan.

  • Features

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