| Name | Link | Description | Publication Day | Category |
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| Generally Available: Windows Gen 2 VM support in AKS | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-windows-gen-2-vm-support-in-aks/ | YOu can now use Gen 2 VM SKUs for Windows nodepools in AKS. | Tuesday | Azure Updates |
| Public preview: Azure Modeling and Simulation Workbench | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-azure-modeling-and-simulation-workbench/ | 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 […] | Tuesday | Azure Updates |
| Generally Available: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) support for 5K Node limit by default for standard tier clusters | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-azure-kubernetes-service-aks-support-for-5k-node-limit-by-default-for-standard-tier-clusters/ | You can now scale your AKS cluster to larger than 1000 nodes without having to request any special limit increases or whitelisting. | Tuesday | Azure Updates |
| Public preview: Trusted launch support in AKS | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-trusted-launch-support-in-aks/ | Administrators can now deploy AKS nodes with verified and signed bootloaders, OS kernels, and drivers. | Tuesday | Azure Updates |
| Generally Available: Instance level Public IP tags in AKS | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-instance-level-public-ip-tags-in-aks/ | You can now utilize Azure routing preference for your cluster, public node IPs in AKS | Tuesday | Azure Updates |
| Generally Available: HostPort auto assign in AKS | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-hostport-auto-assign-in-aks/ | AKS now lets you deploy pods without manually specifying host ports. | Tuesday | Azure Updates |
| Generally Available: Host Network Security Group (NSG) control in AKS | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-host-network-security-group-nsg-control-in-aks/ | You can now directly configure allowed ports in your nodepool settings. | Tuesday | Azure Updates |
| Generally Available: VM IP based load balancer in AKS | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-vm-ip-based-load-balancer-in-aks/ | You can now choose IP-based backend pool membership for new or existing clusters in AKS. | Tuesday | Azure Updates |
| Generally Available: Azure CNI overlay dual stack Support in AKS (Linux only) | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-azure-cni-overlay-dual-stack-support-in-aks-linux-only/ | You can now deploy AKS clusters in dual stack mode which now enables resource connection through IPv4 or IPv6. | Tuesday | Azure Updates |
| Public preview: Deployment safeguards in AKS | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-deployment-safeguards-in-aks/ | 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 […] | Tuesday | Azure Updates |
| Public preview: Azure CNI static block IP allocation support in AKS | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-azure-cni-static-block-ip-allocation-support-in-aks/ | You can now scale beyond the current 65k Pod IPs and scale up to 1 Million Pods. | Tuesday | Azure Updates |
| Generally Available: Custom kubelet configuration for Windows in AKS | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-custom-kubelet-configuration-for-windows-in-aks/ | You can now modify default values for kubelet parameters when using Windows nodepools in AKS. | Tuesday | Azure Updates |
| Generally Available: Kubernetes 1.29 support in AKS | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-kubernetes-129-support-in-aks/ | You can now take advantage of Kubernetes 1.29 version with AKS in production environment. | Tuesday | Azure Updates |
| Public preview: Windows GPU support in AKS | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-windows-gpu-support-in-aks/ | You can now run GPU workloads, such as machine learning, video encoding, large simulations, and gaming, on Windows nodepools in AKS. | Tuesday | Azure Updates |
| Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus is available in 13 additional Azure regions | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-monitor-managed-service-for-prometheus-is-available-in-13-additional-azure-regions/ | 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 […] | Tuesday | Azure Updates,Azure Monitor,Container insights |
| You can now opt in automatically renew your reservation at time of purchase. | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/you-can-now-opt-in-automatically-renew-your-reservation-at-time-of-purchase-2/ | You can now opt in automatically renew your reservation at time of purchase, which provides an easy way to continue getting reservation discounts. | Tuesday | Azure Updates |
| Generally Available: Cost analysis add-on for AKS | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-cost-analysis-addon-for-aks/ | 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 […] | Tuesday | Azure Updates |
| Public preview: Kubernetes AI Toolchain Operator (KAITO) add-on for AKS | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-kubernetes-ai-toolchain-operator-kaito-addon-for-aks/ | You can now choose from preset LLMs with images hosted by AKS and split inferencing across multiple lower-GPU count VMs | Tuesday | Azure Updates |
| Open-Source Fleet Workload Placement Scheduling and Override | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/opensource-fleet-workload-placement-scheduling-and-override/ | You can now schedule workloads in Fleet based on cost and availability of resource heuristics. | Tuesday | Azure Updates |
| Billing for Azure Monitor stateful log search alerts | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/billing-for-azure-monitor-stateful-log-search-alerts-2/ | Starting from May 1, 2024, you will be charged for stateful log alerts in Azure Monitor. | Wednesday | Azure Updates,alerts |
| Microsoft open sources Retina: A cloud-native container networking observability platform | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/open-source-retina/ | 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, […] | Wednesday | Azure Updates,#Kubernetes #open Source #Observability #monitoring |
| Operator and CRD support with Azure Managed Prometheus | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/operator-and-crd-support-with-azure-managed-prometheus/ | 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 […] | Wednesday | Azure Updates,Azure Kubernetes Service,Azure Monitor,Container insights,prometheus |
| Generally available: Azure Health Data Services DICOM service with Azure Data Lake Storage | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-azure-health-data-services-dicom-service-with-azure-data-lake-storage/ | With the integration of Azure Data Lake Storage and the DICOM service, organizations can now enjoy full control over their imaging data and increased flexibility for […] | Wednesday | Azure Updates |
| General availability: Listener TLS certificates management in the Azure portal | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/ga-listener-tls-certificates-management-available-in-the-azure-portal/ | You can now manage the TLS certificates associated with Listeners through Azure portal. | Wednesday | Azure Updates,ApplicaionGateway,AzurePortal,certificates |
| Generally available: Application Gateway (v2) IPv6 support | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-application-gateway-v2-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. | Thursday | Azure Updates,Application Gateway,Features |
| Public preview: Database watcher for Azure SQL | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-database-watcher-for-azure-sql/ | Enable in-depth, managed monitoring of Azure SQL databases, elastic pools, and managed instances. | Thursday | Azure Updates |
| Public preview: Public IP Domain Name Label Scope | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-public-ip-domain-name-label-scope/ | 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. | Friday | Azure Updates |
| Public Preview: Next generation of general purpose service tier for Azure SQL Managed Instance | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-next-generation-of-general-purpose-service-tier-for-azure-sql-managed-instance/ | The next generation of general purpose service tier brings improved performance, 32 TB storage and higher database density. | Friday | Azure Updates |
| General Availability: Azure NetApp Files support for 1 TiB capacity pools | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-azure-netapp-files-support-for-1-tib-capacity-pools/ | Azure NetApp Files now supports smaller 1 TiB capacity pool sizes, lowered from 2 TiB, when used with volumes using standard network features. | Friday | Azure Updates,Azure NetApp Files,Features,Services |
| General Availability: Azure Files geo-redundancy for standard large file shares | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-azure-files-georedundancy-for-standard-large-file-shares/ | Azure Files geo-redundancy for 100TiB standard SMB file shares is now generally available. | Friday | Azure Updates |
| Important Notice: Azure Product Retirement: End of Life Announcement of Azure Maps Creator Feature State Service Versions 31 March 2025 | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/important-notice-azure-product-retirement-end-of-life-announcement-of-azure-maps-creator-feature-state-service-versions-31-ma/ | Azure Maps Creator Feature State Service will be retired on 31 March 2025. | Saturday | Azure Updates |
| Name | Link | Description | Publication Day | Category |
|---|
| How to connect Azure Key Vault from Python App Service using managed identity | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/how-to-connect-azure-key-vault-from-python-app-service-using/ba-p/4088152 | In this blog, we will explore how to securely access Azure Key Vault from a Python App Service using managed identity. This method enhances security by […] | Monday | Tech Community |
| Azure ARC, Azure Monitoring and Azure Workbooks | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-infrastructure-blog/azure-arc-azure-monitoring-and-azure-workbooks/ba-p/4083453 | Overview This blog discusses an overall approach for monitoring very commonly encountered uscases e.g. performance monitoring for CPU, disk, network, port connections, service status for hybrid […] | Monday | Tech Community |
| Azure Event Hubs IP address changes | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/messaging-on-azure-blog/azure-event-hubs-ip-address-changes/ba-p/4089091 | What is Changing? The infrastructure layer of Azure Event Hubs is being upgraded which will cause the IP addresses used by customer namespaces to change. These changes […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Optimize GPU compute costs: Pause your VMs to save! | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-high-performance-computing/optimize-gpu-compute-costs-pause-your-vms-to-save/ba-p/4085563 | We’re excited to announce that in April, Azure will be offering customers the ability to optimize GPU compute costs by enabling hibernation on Virtual Machines […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| New Azure NC H100 v5 VMs Optimized for Generative AI and HPC workloads is now Generally Available | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-high-performance-computing/new-azure-nc-h100-v5-vms-optimized-for-generative-ai-and-hpc/ba-p/4087034 | Azure NC H100 v5 virtual machines (VMs) are an excellent platform for executing diverse AI and High-Performance Computing (HPC) workloads. These workloads demand substantial computational power, […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| Java client changes to support TLS 1.3 with Azure Service Bus and Azure Event Hubs | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/messaging-on-azure-blog/java-client-changes-to-support-tls-1-3-with-azure-service-bus/ba-p/4089355 | Microsoft is looking to enable TLS 1.3 for Azure Service Bus, and Azure Event Hubs. We found however that there is a problem with some clients […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| How to Install GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-developer-community/how-to-install-github-copilot-in-visual-studio/ba-p/4088771 | GitHub Copilot is a coding assistant powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), which can run in various environments and help you be more efficient in your daily […] | Tuesday | Tech Community |
| How to export data from Defender for Endpoint to Azure Data Explorer | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/core-infrastructure-and-security/how-to-export-data-from-defender-for-endpoint-to-azure-data/ba-p/4089821 | In the lush grass of my backyard, Raven, my miniature Schnauzer, finds her bliss. She lies there, soaking in the sun’s rays, much like the data […] | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| Connect to Azure Cosmos DB using Managed Identity from Logic App | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-integration-services-blog/connect-to-azure-cosmos-db-using-managed-identity-from-logic-app/ba-p/4089505 | The Azure Cosmos DB managed connector can connect to Azure Cosmos DB using Logic App managed identity on both Logic App Consumption and Standard. The built-in connector […] | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| Custom DHCP support in Azure | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-networking-blog/custom-dhcp-support-in-azure/ba-p/4089674 | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a network protocol used to dynamically assign IP addresses and other network parameters to devices on a network. […] | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| Join me at JDConf 2024 to celebrate all things Java | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-developer-community/join-me-at-jdconf-2024-to-celebrate-all-things-java/ba-p/4085725 | With nonstop breakthroughs in AI and cloud computing, the pace of technological innovation never slows. But our dedication to empowering Java developers to achieve more doesn’t […] | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| Istio-based service mesh add-on for Azure Kubernetes Service now in General Availability (GA)! | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/istio-based-service-mesh-add-on-for-azure-kubernetes-service-now/ba-p/4090334 | Modern applications are typically architected as distributed collections of microservices, with each collection of microservices performing some discrete business function. This distributed microservices architecture allows multiple […] | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| Logical Networks in Azure Portal for HCI: Setting the Stage for Software Defined Networking | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-stack-blog/logical-networks-in-azure-portal-for-hci-setting-the-stage-for/ba-p/4090485 | At this past Microsoft Ignite 2023, we officially announced the public preview of logical networks in Azure Portal for Azure Stack HCI. These logical networks, also […] | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| Microsoft Automation and Integration day in Toronto! | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-integration-services-blog/microsoft-automation-and-integration-day-in-toronto/ba-p/4090783 | On April 25th, 2024 there is a unique opportunity to hear the latest about Power Automate and Azure Integration Services in a local event. This […] | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| Build a full-stack React application with Azure Static Web Apps and managed functions | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/build-a-full-stack-react-application-with-azure-static-web-apps/ba-p/4090838 | React is the most popular framework for frontend web applications, and Azure Static Web Apps is the best place to host these applications on Azure. With […] | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| Build a full-stack, server-rendered Nuxt site with Azure Static Web Apps | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/build-a-full-stack-server-rendered-nuxt-site-with-azure-static/ba-p/4092256 | Nuxt is a powerful frontend JavaScript framework for Vue.js, with full-stack and server-side capabilities such as server-side rendering and server routes. Since Nuxt 3, we can […] | Thursday | Tech Community |
| How to use Comments as Prompts in GitHub Copilot for Visual Studio | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-developer-community/how-to-use-comments-as-prompts-in-github-copilot-for-visual/ba-p/4091503 | GitHub Copilot is a coding assistant powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), which can run in various environments and help you be more efficient in your daily […] | Thursday | Tech Community |
| Azure Monitor: Create Dedicated Clusters Using Any Commitment Tier | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/core-infrastructure-and-security/azure-monitor-create-dedicated-clusters-using-any-commitment/ba-p/4089859 | Hello readers, You might have noticed the supportability for any existing commitment tier, including the small 100, 200, 300, 400 GB/Day ones, for Azure Monitor Logs […] | Thursday | Tech Community |
| Apache Kafka Cluster – TLS encryption on HDInsight | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/analytics-on-azure-blog/apache-kafka-cluster-tls-encryption-on-hdinsight/ba-p/4040125 | In this blog we will go through how to set up Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption for HDInsight Apache Kafka cluster (between Apache Kafka brokers and […] | Thursday | Tech Community |
| Deploy full-stack, server-side rendered SvelteKit applications to Azure Static Web Apps | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/deploy-full-stack-server-side-rendered-sveltekit-applications-to/ba-p/4092981 | SvelteKit is a modern frontend framework based on Svelte, emphasizing reactivity and efficient compilation for creating efficient and performant web applications. With built-in features like server-side […] | Friday | Tech Community |
| Storage Assessment Beginners Guide | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-infrastructure-blog/storage-assessment-beginners-guide/ba-p/4087676 | We have come across customers who are looking for a starting point or a guideline on assessing their on-premises storage for migration or optimizations. This document has […] | Friday | Tech Community |
| Combine FinOps best practices and Microsoft tools to streamline and optimize your workloads | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-governance-and-management/combine-finops-best-practices-and-microsoft-tools-to-streamline/ba-p/4093343 | Cloud adoption is not a one-and-done endeavor, but an iterative process. Constant innovation means there are new and better cloud-based solutions available every day. That impacts […] | Friday | Tech Community |
| Build full-stack Next.js apps with Azure Static Web Apps | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/build-full-stack-next-js-apps-with-azure-static-web-apps/ba-p/4093389 | Next.js is the most popular hybrid rendering frontend framework and is the most popular React framework as well. With Azure Static Web Apps’ recently announced improved […] | Friday | Tech Community |
| How to Leverage Artificial Intelligence with Azure Communication Services | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-communication-services/how-to-leverage-artificial-intelligence-with-azure-communication/ba-p/4094494 | Azure Communication Services offers multichannel communication APIs for adding voice, video, chat, text messaging/SMS, email, and more to developer’s applications and is the same underlying platform […] | Saturday | Tech Community |
| Deploy hybrid rendering frameworks on Azure Static Web Apps for optimized frontend hosting | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/deploy-hybrid-rendering-frameworks-on-azure-static-web-apps-for/ba-p/4094514 | Hybrid rendering frontend frameworks on Azure Static Web Apps Frontend frameworks have evolved to make use of the server to provide optimal hosting for frontend applications. […] | Saturday | Tech Community |
| App Service *.azurewebsites.net TLS Cert Renewal for Web Apps, Functions, and Logic Apps (Standard) | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/app-service-azurewebsites-net-tls-cert-renewal-for-web-apps/ba-p/4094627 | This blog contains information about *.azurewebsites.net TLS certificate changes for Web Apps, Functions, and Logic Apps (Standard). Customers should not be impacted by this change. The scope […] | Saturday | Tech Community |
| How to Use Artificial Intelligence with Azure Communication Services | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-communication-services/how-to-use-artificial-intelligence-with-azure-communication/ba-p/4094494 | Azure Communication Services offers multichannel communication APIs for adding voice, video, chat, text messaging/SMS, email, and more to developer’s applications and is the same underlying platform […] | Saturday | Tech Community |
| Announcing API Management and API Center Community Live Stream on Wednesday, March 27th | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-integration-services-blog/announcing-api-management-and-api-center-community-live-stream/ba-p/4094711 | We’re thrilled to announce our first community stand-up – a live stream event tailored for users of Azure API Management and API Center. Join us for […] | Saturday | Tech Community |