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Support has ended for Gen 4 hardware on Azure SQL Database
Gen 4 hardware on Azure SQL Database is no longer supported, effective March 31, 2023. Databases may remain on Gen 4...
Cognitive Services Custom Commands feature is being retired on April 30, 2026
Custom Commands voice commanding solution will be retired on 30 April 2026.
Linux Foundation launches TLA+ language foundation
TLA+ (Temporal Logic of Actions), a programming language for modeling programs and systems, particularly concurrent...
Repatriating cloud apps and data? Think it through
My January post on cloud repatriation seems to have struck some nerves. Indeed, I found the reactions a bit polarized...
Designing user management for machine-to-machine interactions
If a user lacks human traits and doesn’t have much of a personality, there might be a good reason for this. The user...
General Availability: Support for Linux clients to use identity-based access to Azure file shares over SMB
Linux SMB clients can now use Azure Files identity based authentication and authorization. This capability is...
Azure CycleCloud 8.4.0 release
We’re excited to announce the release of CycleCloud 8.4.0. Here is the list of the improvements and bug fixes: New...
Public preview: Azure Container Apps available in Azure China
You can now use Azure Container Apps in Azure China.
Global cloud spending expected to jump 21.7% as IaaS leads the way
Infrastructure-as-a-service is fueling global end-user spending on cloud services, according to the latest forecast by...
Generally Available: Kubernetes 1.26 support in AKS
Benefit from Kubernetes 1.26 features in production.
Public preview: AKS service mesh addon for Istio
Installing and using Istio on your AKS clusters is now easier.
Karpenter support in AKS
Karpenter support in AKS simplifies the task of having the right infrastructure for your workloads.
Generally Available: Long term support version in AKS
You now have the option to enable long term support for a specific Kubernetes version.
Public preview: Fail Fast Upgrade on API Breaking change detection
Use this feature to reduce time you have to spend on post upgrade workload troubleshooting
Hotpatch is now available on preview images of Windows Server VMs on Azure with the Desktop Experience installation mode
Hotpatch is available for preview images of Windows Server Azure Edition VMs running the Desktop Experience...
Cosmonic WebAssembly PaaS connects with Kubernetes
Cosmonic, a WebAssembly PaaS (platform as a service), has reached its open beta stage. With the launch, Cosmonic now...
Generally Available: Azure App Service – New Premium v3 Offerings
Introducing two new offerings in the Premium v3 (Pv3) service tier on Azure App Service
Public Preview: Isovalent Cilium Enterprise through Azure Marketplace
Isovalent Cilium Enterprise is now available to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) customers in the Microsoft Azure...
How to succeed with cloud computing during an economic downturn
I’m starting to see articles in the business press calling for a downturn in cloud spending since the economy is...
Solving the serverless cloud cost conundrum
Serverless computing adoption soared in 2022, according to the 2022 CNCF Cloud Native Survey. With this growing...