Author: David Tucker
This month for Azure we’ve got vulnerabilities, deprecations, and a lot of platform updates. Ready to get up to speed?
For full notes of all the resources, announcements and tools mentioned in this video, follow the links below:
FEATURED ANNOUNCEMENTS
Guidance for OMI Vulnerabilities - https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2021/09/16/additional-guidance-regarding-omi-vulnerabilities-within-azure-vm-management-extensions/
Azure Virtual Machines capacity reservations in public preview - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/guarantee-capacity-access-with-ondemand-capacity-reservations-now-in-preview/
Flexible orchestration for virtual machine scale sets in preview - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/flexible-virtual-machine-scale-sets
Azure App Service support for Availability Zones is GA - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/how-to-zone-redundancy
Mount Azure Storage for Linux App Service apps is GA - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/mounting-azure-storage-as-a-local-share-for-web-apps-deployed-on-app-service-is-generally-available/
AKS support for Kubernetes 1.21 is GA - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-aks-support-for-kubernetes-121-2/
AKS Run command is GA - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-aks-run-command/
AKS support for CSI storage driver is GA - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-csi-storage-driver-support-on-azure-kubernetes-service/
Public DNS support for private Azure Kubernetes Service clusters is GA - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-public-dns-support-for-private-azure-kubernetes-service-clusters/
Scale-down mode in AKS in Preview - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/scale-down-mode
Public preview: Custom policy definitions for AKS clusters - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-custom-policy-definitions-for-aks-clusters/
Cosmos DB Continuous backup with point in time restore is GA - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cosmos-db/continuous-backup-restore-introduction
Cosmos DB extensions for Azure Functions V4 in public preview - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-of-v4-cosmos-db-extensions-for-azure-functions/
PLATFORM UPDATES
Azure Spring Cloud Enterprise Tier in private preview - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/private-preview-azure-spring-cloud-enterprise/
Azure Route Server is now GA - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/overview
Azure Static Web Apps adds public preview support for Private Endpoints - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/static-web-apps/private-endpoint
Azure Monitor support for Availability Zones is GA - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-azure-monitor-support-for-availability-zones/
Azure Disk Storage Zone redundant storage is GA - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/improve-availability-with-zoneredundant-storage-for-azure-disk-storage/
Azure SQL Migration extension in Azure Data Studio in public preview - https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-sql/announcing-azure-sql-migration-extension-for-azure-data-studio/ba-p/2703295
Azure Blob storage Last access time tracking is GA - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-blob-storage-last-access-time-tracking-now-generally-available/
General availability: Azure Archive Storage events for easy rehydration of archived blobs - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-azure-archive-storage-events-for-easy-rehydration-of-archived-blobs/