August 16th, 2024 Update

Changes ,August 16th, 2024

Public Preview: Private registry support in Azure Deployment Environments
IN PREVIEW
Use private Azure Container Registry (ACR) with the extensibility model in Azure Deployment Environments for more secure, customizable deployments.

Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files now supports 50 GiB minimum volume sizes
IN PREVIEW
Volume enhancement: Azure NetApp Files now supports 50 GiB minimum volume sizes.

Generally Available: Dedicated log analytics tables in Application Gateway
NOW AVAILABLE
Resource specific tables provide a dedicated and optimized way to store and query logs for Application Gateway. The resource specific tables allow for better data manipulation and enhanced performance in terms of ingestion latency and query times.

Retirement: Azure App Service Environment v1/v2 will be retired on 31 August 2024
RETIREMENT
This article contains important information about required actions and post-retirement activities related to the retirement of Azure App Service Environment v1/v2 on 31 August 2024.

Generally Available: Cross Region Restore of SQL and HANA database backups from a vault with Private Endpoints enabled
NOW AVAILABLE
Azure Backup now supports performing Cross-Region Restore of SQL and HANA backups from a vault which has Private Endpoints enabled.

Retirement: Upcoming TLS changes for Azure Event Grid
RETIREMENT
Ensure that your client applications can support TLS 1.2 or TLS 1.3.

Generally Available: Double encryption at-rest for Azure NetApp Files
NOW AVAILABLE
Multiple encryption layers for increased data security.

Public Preview: FIPS mutability support in AKS
IN PREVIEW
You can now enable or disable FIPS on an existing node pool in AKS.

Public Preview: Azure CNI Powered by Cilium & Azure CNI Overlay support in AKS
IN PREVIEW
You now have greater control over your network traffic within your Kubernetes environment in AKS.

Public Preview: Azure CNI overlay Windows support in AKS
IN PREVIEW
You can now implement and manage dual-stack IPv4 and IPv6 network configurations on your Windows nodepools in AKS clusters.

Generally Available: New features in AKS extension for Visual Studio Code
NOW AVAILABLE
This AKS extension update for the Visual Studio Code includes several new features including deployment file generation, GitHub Actions, and more.

Generally Available: Enable multifactor authentication for your tenant by 15 October 2024
NOW AVAILABLE
Enable multifactor authentication to maintain access to admin portals.

Generally Available: Azure Chaos Studio supports a new Network Isolation fault for virtual machines
NOW AVAILABLE
Azure Chaos Studio now supports a new Network Isolation fault for virtual machines

Retirement: Azure Synapse Runtime for Apache Spark 3.2 disablement
RETIREMENT
Effective September 12th, 2024, disablement of jobs running on Azure Synapse Runtime for Apache Spark 3.2 will be executed.

Public Preview: High Scale mode for Azure Monitor – Container Insights
IN PREVIEW
Using the new High Scale mode in Container Insights, customers can send up to 50K logs per second per node from their AKS clusters.

Generally Available: Terraform support for geo-restore in Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
NOW AVAILABLE
Use Terraform to perform geo-restore for Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server.

Generally Available: Enforce passwordless authentication with Azure Cache for Redis
NOW AVAILABLE
Disable access keys for Azure Cache for Redis authentication when using Microsoft Entra ID.

Generally Available: Azure Policy support for Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
NOW AVAILABLE
Help ensure compliance and security with Azure Policy support for Azure PostgreSQL - Flexible Server.

Generally Available: Navigate your data more easily in Azure Cosmos DB Data Explorer
NOW AVAILABLE
Discover enhanced navigation and data management with the latest Azure Cosmos DB Data Explorer update.

Generally Available: Azure SQL updates for mid-August 2024
NOW AVAILABLE
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-August 2024.

Generally Available: Azure Database for MySQL Flexible Server supports Managed HSM
NOW AVAILABLE
Use HSM-backed encryption keys to protect data at rest in Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server.

Generally Available: Dev Containers templates for Azure SQL Database
NOW AVAILABLE
Simplify your development process with Dev Container templates for Azure SQL Database.