Ashish Sharma

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry-based Distro for ASP.NET Core Applications Use OpenTelemetry-based instrumentation with vender-neutral APIs to power metrics, logs, and distributed traces in Azure Monitor application insights. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General Availability: Azure Automation supports PowerShell 7.2 runbooks Azure Automation supports PowerShell 7.2 runbooks (General Availability). Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Announcing General Availability of Microsoft Defender for APIs The general availability of Defender for APIs, a new offering as part of Microsoft Defender for Cloud, that helps organizations prevent, detect, and respond to API threats with an integrated cloud security context. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Create and manage Azure Monitor managed Prometheus rules in Azure portal You can now create and manage Azure Managed Prometheus rule groups, alert rules and recording rules in the Azure Portal Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General Availability: Azure NetApp Files support for 2 TiB capacity pools Azure NetApp Files now supports smaller 2 TiB capacity pool sizes, lowered from 4 TiB, when used with volumes using standard network features. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General Availability: Azure Automation supports PowerShell 7.2 runbooks Azure Automation supports PowerShell 7.2 runbooks (General Availability). Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Announcing General Availability of Microsoft Defender for APIs The general availability of Defender for APIs, a new offering as part of Microsoft Defender for Cloud, that helps organizations prevent, detect, and respond to API threats with an integrated cloud security context. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Create and manage Azure Monitor managed Prometheus rules in Azure portal You can now create and manage Azure Managed Prometheus rule groups, alert rules and recording rules in the Azure Portal Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Extended support for .NET 7 (STS) ends on 14 May 2024 Extended support for .NET 7 (STS) ends on 14 May 2024 - upgrade your apps to .NET 8 (LTS) Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General Availability - Azure Backup for AKS Azure Backup is announcing General Availability of Azure Backup for AKS allowing customers to protect their applications by providing ability to backup and restore AKS clusters. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Change data capture in Azure Cosmos DB analytical store We are announcing the general availability of the CDC capability from Azure Cosmos DB analytical store. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General Availability of Azure App Configuration Kubernetes Provider Azure App Configuration Kubernetes Provider lets you centrally configure the applications running in Kubernetes clusters. The latest version offers workload identity authentication in the provider and dynamic refresh of the configuration data. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General Availability: Standard network features support in US Gov regions Standard network features for azure NetApp files are now available in the US Gov regions Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Encryption using Customer Managed Keys for Backup Vaults Encryption of data in Backup vaults using Customer Managed Keys is now in Public Preview. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General Availability: Encryption at host for Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Disks Encryption at host for Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Disks Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Encryption with customer-managed keys in Azure Health Data Services The ability to encrypt health data in the cloud with customer-managed keys using Azure Health Data Services is generally available. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates GA: Ultra Disk performance updates Azure Ultra Disk Storage now provides maximum throughput of up to 10 GBps and IOPS of up to 400K IOPS per disk. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Reservations for Microsoft Fabric You can now save up to 40.5% on Microsoft Fabric capacity when you commit to one-year reservations. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally Available: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.3 now supported on Azure Virtual Machines Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.3, the latest version of RHEL 9 from Red Hat is now generally available on Azure Virtual Machines (VMs). Availability of RHEL 9.3 for VMs on Azure is a step forward towards offering a more scalable, flexible Linux platform that pairs container innovation with a strong security posture. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Additional Azure ExpressRoute peering locations ExpressRoute lets you extend your on-premises networks into the Microsoft cloud over a private connection with the help of a connectivity provider or a direct connection with ExpressRoute Direct. With ExpressRoute, you can establish connections to Microsoft cloud services, such as Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Logic Apps workflow assistant in public preview Bringing the power of AI to Azure Logic Apps for the first time, this workflow assistant answers any questions you have about Azure Logic Apps from directly within the designer. Currently in public preview, this chat interface provides access to Azure Logic Apps documentation and best practices without requiring you to navigate documentation or search online forums.   Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Start and stop load (Azure Load Testing) faults in Azure Chaos Studio Add a previously created load test (from Azure Load Testing) to your chaos experiment. Choose when exactly in your chaos experiment you would like to start and stop load. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Experiment templates now available in Azure Chaos Studio Create and customize an experiment from a template. Chaos Studio currently supports AAD Outage and Availability Zone Down scenarios. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Start and stop load (Azure Load Testing) faults in Azure Chaos Studio Add a previously created load test (from Azure Load Testing) to your chaos experiment. Choose when exactly in your chaos experiment you would like to start and stop load. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates GA: Azure Functions supports .NET 8 in the isolated worker model Azure Functions now supports .NET 8, using the isolated worker model. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General Availability: Ubuntu Server to Ubuntu Pro in-place upgrade now available Upgrade from Ubuntu Server (16.04 or higher) to Ubuntu Pro on your existing Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) without redeployment or downtime. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Export cost details using the FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification (FOCUS) Sign up for an early preview of Cost Management exports that provide cost data aligned to the open-source FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification (FOCUS). Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: App Service End-to-end (E2E) Encryption for Linux Multi-tenant Resources Encrypt traffic between multi-tenant App Service front-ends and workers using the new End-to-end (E2E) TLS Encryption (Preview) feature. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for early-November 2023 Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in early-November 2023. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure support for TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 will end by 31 October 2024 If you have resources that interact with Azure services and still use TLS 1.1 or earlier, transition them to TLS 1.2 or later by 31 October 2024 Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus is available in 7 additional Azure regions Azure Managed Prometheus was announced GA in May 2023 and is available in 19 regions, with this new update Azure Managed Prometheus will be available in 7 additional regions. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Monitor Logs archive provides up to 12 years of retention Azure Monitor Logs extends archive retention to up to 12 years Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Preview: Azure Container Storage in AKS You can now easily deploy and use Azure Container Storage (in preview) seamlessly via the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) preview CLI experience. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for early-November 2023 Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in early-November 2023. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Elastic SAN updates: Security, and Usability Introducing the latest update to Azure Elastic SAN (in preview), which now offers snapshot capabilities, enhanced security features, new features for a more simplified use experience, and an entirely new integration with Azure VMware Solution Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Image integrity support in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) You can now ensure that only signed container images are deployed to your AKS clusters. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Preview: Azure Container Storage in AKS You can now easily deploy and use Azure Container Storage (in preview) seamlessly via the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) preview CLI experience. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General Availability: Azure Advisor recommendation improves the reliability of Azure Disks with Zone Redundant Storage Enable disks to tolerate zonal failures without causing disruptions to your application. To learn more, visit Reliability recommendations - Azure Advisor | Microsoft Learn Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Ability to add dynamic values in Alert’s custom fields Alerts help you detect and address issues before users notice them by proactively notifying you when Azure Monitor data indicates there might be a problem with your infrastructure or application. We added to the Custom properties section in the alert payload ability to add dynamic value extracted from the alert payload, or a combination of both can be added to the alert notification payload. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Application Gateway IPv6 support Azure Application Gateway v2 enables dual-stack (IPv4 and IPv6) connectivity from the clients, providing more flexible and reliable access to the backend Applications. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus is available in 7 additional Azure regions Azure Managed Prometheus was announced GA in May 2023 and is available in 19 regions, with this new update Azure Managed Prometheus will be available in 7 additional regions. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Game Dev VM Marketplace Application will be retired on February 1st, 2024 Announcement of Azure Game Dev VM retirement Click here for more information.

Azure service updates GA: gRPC support on Azure App Service Host your gRPC workloads on App Service Linux. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates GA: gRPC support on Azure App Service Host your gRPC workloads on App Service Linux. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Announcing the new Azure Bastion Developer SKU The Bastion Developer SKU represents a novel, cost-effective, and streamlined version of the Bastion service. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates New E-mail templates for Log search alerts - API version 2021-08-01 and up During November, we will replace log search alerts (API version 2021-08-01 and up) that uses non-common schema template with an upgraded and more informative email template. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Blob Storage Cold Tier support on Blob Batch operations Azure Blob Batch operations now support Azure Blob Storage Cold Tier. Click here for more information.