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Oracle’s Container Engine for Kubernetes to offer managed virtual nodes
Oracle on Monday said it is adding virtual nodes to its managed Kubernetes service called Oracle Container Engine for...
Docker’s bad week
Docker had a bad week. What’s less clear is whether Docker deserved it.For those who haven’t heard, last week Docker...
Select Batch Pool autoscale service-defined variables will be retired on 31 March 2024
Remove references in your autoscale formula for the service-defined variables
Retirement Announcement: Assigning alert trigger playbooks within Microsoft Sentinel analytics rules
Effective 15 March 2026, adding playbooks within Microsoft Sentinel analytics rules creation/edit will be deprecated.
Azure Batch classic compute node communication model will be retired on 31 March 2026
Transition Batch pools to the Simplified compute node communication model
We’re retiring Cluster Configuration with Flux v1 on 24 May 2025 – transition to GitOps extension for Kubernetes to move to Flux v2
Migrate to GitOps Extension for Flux v2 by 24 May 2025
Container insights recommended alerts (custom metrics) (preview) will be retired on 14 March 2026
Transition to Prometheus recommended alert rules (preview) before 14 March 2026.
Retirement notice: The Azure Storage PHP client libraries will be retired on 17 March 2024
Azure Storage PHP client libraries will be retired on 17 March 2024
Public preview: Listener TLS certificates management available in the Azure portal
You can now manage the TLS certificates associated with Listeners through Azure portal.
AWS Chatbot now integrated into Microsoft Teams
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has integrated its AWS Chatbot into Microsoft Teams to allow enterprise users to interact...
Sovereign clouds are becoming a big deal again
Cloud-using industries such as banking, insurance, healthcare, and the public sector face additional challenges...
Preview: JSON support for Active Geo-Replication on Azure Cache for Redis
Work with JSON-style documents synced across multiple regions.
Public Preview: PgBouncer monitoring metrics for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
Monitor the PgBouncer process health for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server via Azure Monitor metrics and...
General Availability: Performance workbooks for Azure PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
New troubleshooting experiences via monitor workbooks for Azure PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
Azure SQL—General availability updates for mid-March 2023
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-March 2023
Azure Load Testing support for JMeter 5.5
Azure Load Testing now uses Apache JMeter version 5.5 for running load tests.
Azure Machine Learning – Generally availability updates for March 2023
New features now available in GA include the ability to visualize timeseries models, and create a Compute Instance on...
Generally available: Azure Monitor integration with Azure Container Apps
You can now choose different destinations for your Azure Container Apps logs
Now available: Azure Kubernetes Service Edge Essentials
Azure Kubernetes Service Edge Essentials is a Microsoft supported lightweight Kubernetes distribution that is fine...
Generally available: Azure SQL Database offline migrations in Azure SQL Migration extension
The Azure SQL Migration extension allows offline database migrations of on-premises and cloud SQL Server databases to...