Azure Update Story

Update's chronological storyline in context of the previous updates, related to the referenced services
Date Services Event / Source Title / Link / Storyline
Mar 14 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus now supports TLS & mTLS based scraping
Feb 29 2024
18:02:27 UTC
GA
Azure Stack HCI version 23H2 is generally available
Feb 28 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Disable network policy in AKS for migration
Feb 28 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
GA: Istio-based service mesh add-on for Azure Kubernetes Service
Feb 28 2024
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Capacity Reservations support in AKS
Feb 28 2024
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
AKS support for node soak duration for upgrades
Feb 28 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
OS SKU in-place migration for Linux nodes
Feb 28 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Kubernetes 1.29 support in AKS
Feb 21 2024
08:47:48 UTC
Notice
Enable Change Tracking and Inventory for Arc Onboarded Machines (Windows and Linux)
Feb 20 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Regional Disaster Recovery by Azure Backup for AKS
Feb 19 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Execute Azure Monitor Logs connector on exact time range provided dynamically (preview)
Feb 13 2024
18:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcing New Monitoring and Scaling Updates in Azure Firewall
Feb 12 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
AKS cluster control plane metrics in managed Prometheus
Feb 01 2024
19:53:53 UTC
Preview
Azure Storage Blog
Announcing the Public Preview of Metadata Caching for Azure Premium SMB File Shares
Feb 01 2024
17:37:03 UTC
GA
Azure Monitor- Announcing General Availability of Azure Monitor Metrics Data Plane API
Feb 01 2024
17:03:20 UTC
Notice
AKS enabled by Azure Arc is now available on Azure Stack HCI 23H2
Jan 31 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Kube-reserved resource optimization in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Jan 31 2024
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Outbound type migration in AKS
Jan 31 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Disable Secure Shell (SSH) support in AKS
Jan 31 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Node OS API options feature for AKS
Jan 31 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
Visual Studio Code extension update for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Jan 31 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Upgrade support in Istio add-on for AKS
Jan 31 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Istio add-on for AKS now supports plug-in certificate authority (CA)
Jan 31 2024
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Announcing General Availability of Azure Monitor Metrics Data Plane API
Jan 30 2024
22:26:59 UTC
Notice
Azure Arc-Enabled Kubernetes now available on Azure Marketplace!
Jan 30 2024
20:09:00 UTC
Notice
Announcing HCIBox support for Azure Stack HCI 23H2
Jan 29 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
Azure Red Hat OpenShift January 2024 updates
Jan 25 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
Dedicated clusters in Azure Monitor logs now support any commitment tier
Jan 24 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
New Features for graph-match KQL Operator: Enhanced Pattern Matching and Cycle Control
Jan 23 2024
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Monitor VM Insights Dependency Agent support for RHEL 8.6 Linux VMs
Jan 23 2024
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
General availability: Azure Data Explorer adds new geospatial capabilities
Jan 22 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
Azure Advisor integration with Azure Monitor Log Analytics Workspace
Jan 08 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Data Explorer connector for Apache Flink
Dec 22 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Change tracking and inventory with Log Analytics agent in Azure Automation will be retired on 31 August 2024
Dec 22 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
On 31 August 2024, both the update management feature of Azure Automation and the Log Analytics agent it uses will be retired
Dec 18 2023
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Multi-line Logging Feature in Azure Monitor - Container Insights
Dec 12 2023
16:15:50 UTC
Preview
Public Preview of the Arc Visual Studio Code Extension
Dec 07 2023
21:44:04 UTC
Notice
Challenges of Containerized App Portability in Kubernetes
Dec 06 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Node autoprovision support in AKS
Dec 06 2023
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
AKS support for API breaking change detection
Dec 06 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
New AKS cost views for standard and premium tier clusters
Dec 04 2023
19:58:30 UTC
Notice
Achieving Distributed High Availability: Stack HCI and AKS Hybrid
Dec 01 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
Application Insights Availability Tests TLS 1.3 Enablement
Dec 01 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Pod Security Policy is being deprecated with AKS 1.25 and 2023-06-01 API version
Nov 30 2023
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry-based Distro for ASP.NET Core Applications
Nov 27 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Create and manage Azure Monitor managed Prometheus rules in Azure portal
Nov 22 2023
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
General Availability - Azure Backup for AKS
Nov 21 2023
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
General Availability of Azure App Configuration Kubernetes Provider
Nov 20 2023
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Collect Syslog from AKS nodes using Azure Monitor Container Insights
Nov 20 2023
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
General availability: Azure Monitor Application Insights Browser SDK Loader for Node.js
Nov 16 2023
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
General availability: Integration of Azure Monitor Agent support with Connection Monitor
Nov 15 2023
23:32:20 UTC
Notice
Announcing GA: Multi-Line Logging in Azure Monitor - Container Insights
Nov 15 2023
18:01:49 UTC
Notice
What’s new in Azure Monitor @ Ignite 2023
Nov 15 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Confidential containers on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Nov 15 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
GA: Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager
Nov 15 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
Kubernetes AI toolchain operator
Nov 15 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Cost analysis add-on for AKS
Nov 15 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure IoT Operations
Nov 15 2023
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
General Availability of Application Insights Enhancements for Azure Logic Apps (standard)
Nov 14 2023
17:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcing GA: Collect Syslog from your AKS nodes using Container Insights
Nov 13 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Monitor Alerts integration with Event Grid for Azure Key Vault system events
Nov 13 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Monitor Agent JSON log collection
Nov 08 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
Azure Monitor Logs archive provides up to 12 years of retention
Nov 07 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Image integrity support in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Nov 07 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Artifact streaming support in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Nov 07 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Dual-stack networking in Azure CNI Overlay for AKS
Nov 07 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
GA: Application routing add-on for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Nov 07 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
GA: Kubernetes 1.28 support in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Nov 07 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
GA: Kubernetes Event-driven Autoscaling (KEDA) Add-on for AKS
Nov 07 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
Provider for running Karpenter on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Nov 06 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus is available in 7 additional Azure regions
Nov 06 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
Ability to add dynamic values in Alert’s custom fields
Nov 06 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Preview: Azure Container Storage in AKS
Nov 02 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure integration with Canonical’s Snapshot Service for safe deployment
Oct 30 2023
08:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Project Flash update: Advancing Azure Virtual Machine availability monitoring
Oct 25 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Built-in Azure Monitor alerts for Azure Site Recovery
Oct 25 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
GA: Bring our own keys (BYOK) on Ephemeral OS Disk
Oct 25 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Disable Secure Shell (SSH) support in AKS
Oct 11 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Regional Disaster Recovery by Azure Backup for AKS
Oct 09 2023
21:30:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Compute Blog
Public Preview Announcement: Azure VMSS Zonal Expansion
Oct 06 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Migrate to Azure Monitor agent–based VM insights by 31 August 2024
Oct 02 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Log Alerts support for Azure Resource Graph (ARG)
Sep 29 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Azure Monitor support for OpenCensus will end on 30 September 2024 - transition to using Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Python Distro
Sep 29 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Action required: Migrate to using ARG query for “Get Alert Summary” in Azure Monitor
Sep 29 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Transition to the ContainerLogV2 table by 30 September 2026
Sep 27 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
GA: Node OS patching - NodeImage feature in AKS
Sep 27 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
AKS support for Kubernetes version 1.28
Sep 27 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
GA: Dedicated table support for AKS diagnostics logs
Sep 27 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
GA: AKS image cleaner
Sep 27 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
GA: Vertical Pod Autoscaling add-on for AKS
Sep 22 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
HTTP application routing add-on (preview) for AKS will retire 03/03/2025
Sep 22 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Transition to using standard tests for single-step availability testing in Azure Monitor application insights by 30 September 2026
Sep 22 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Azure Monitor Data Collection API Retirement 
Sep 22 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Azure Monitor for AKS-Engine will not be supported on 14 September 2026
Sep 21 2023
08:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Manage your big data needs with HDInsight on AKS
Sep 20 2023
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry-based Distro for Node.js and Python
Sep 18 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Alerts timeline view
Sep 18 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
Authenticate Azure Monitor logs connector in Logic App with managed identity
Sep 07 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Container Storage Updates: Expanded regions and performance options
Aug 31 2023
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Monitor VM Insights using Azure Monitor Agent
Jun 26 2023
08:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Enhance Kubernetes Troubleshooting with Network Observability add-on in AKS
May 16 2023
17:27:01 UTC
GA
Announcing the General Availability of Azure Monitor HCI Insights
May 10 2023
14:33:17 UTC
Notice
Announcing extended support for minor Kubernetes versions in AKS hybrid
May 03 2023
09:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Microsoft Cost Management updates—April 2023
Apr 18 2023
08:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Isovalent Cilium Enterprise in Azure Marketplace
Apr 17 2023
08:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Announcing the general availability of Azure CNI Overlay in Azure Kubernetes Service
Mar 15 2023
08:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Protect against cyberattacks with the new Azure Firewall Basic
Feb 07 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Azure Red Hat OpenShift for Microsoft Azure Government—now generally available
Nov 10 2022
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
New Project Flash Update: Advancing Azure Virtual Machine availability monitoring
Aug 31 2022
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Elevate your visualizations with Azure Managed Grafana—now generally available
Nov 02 2021
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Innovate with cloud-native apps and open source on Azure
May 26 2021
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Gain flexibility to run open-source applications your way with Microsoft Azure
May 26 2021
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
New Azure capabilities to simplify deployment and management
Apr 29 2021
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Microsoft acquires Kinvolk to accelerate container-optimized innovation
Nov 23 2020
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Guest health feature in Azure Monitor for virtual machines
Nov 17 2020
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Empowering developer velocity and efficiency with Kubernetes
Sep 29 2020
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
New Datadog integration with Azure offers a seamless configuration experience
Jul 15 2020
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Announcements Blog
Azure Monitor for SAP Solutions is now in preview
Jun 25 2020
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Introducing Azure Load Balancer insights using Azure Monitor for Networks
Jun 11 2020
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
New features and insights in Azure Monitor
Apr 28 2020
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Announcing the general availability of Windows Server containers and private clusters for Azure Kubernetes Service
Mar 18 2020
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Announcements Blog
Unified network monitoring with Connection Monitor now in preview
Mar 16 2020
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Announcing the general availability of Azure Monitor for virtual machines
Feb 05 2020
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Announcements Blog
Backup Explorer now available in preview
Dec 02 2019
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Application Gateway Ingress Controller for Azure Kubernetes Service
Sep 24 2019
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
12 TB VMs, Expanded SAP partnership on Blockchain, Azure Monitor for SAP Solutions
May 30 2019
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Integrating Azure CNI and Calico: A technical deep dive
May 17 2019
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Announcements Blog
Announcing the preview of Windows Server containers support in Azure Kubernetes Service
May 06 2019
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Partnering with the community to make Kubernetes easier
Feb 25 2019
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Announcing Azure Monitor AIOps Alerts with Dynamic Thresholds
Dec 11 2018
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Azure Monitor for containers now generally available
Dec 04 2018
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Bringing serverless to Azure Kubernetes Service
Jul 26 2018
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Orchestrating production-grade workloads with Azure Kubernetes Service
Jun 13 2018
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) GA – New regions, more features, increased productivity
May 10 2018
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Enhancements in Application Insights Profiler and Snapshot Debugger
Apr 03 2018
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Introducing a new way to purchase Azure monitoring services
Mar 27 2018
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Azure Monitor–General availability of multi-dimensional metrics APIs
Mar 21 2018
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
The next generation of Azure Alerts has arrived
Mar 31 2017
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Announcing Azure Advisor, Monitor, and resource health general availability
Mar 31 2017
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Announcing the general availability of Azure Monitor
Feb 21 2017
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Kubernetes now Generally Available on Azure Container Service
Feb 13 2017
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Azure Application Insights JavaScript SDK: reliability and performance improvements