New Azure features and functionality for April 2023
It’s been a busy month as far as new Azure features and functionality go! Just in case you’ve missed something, we’ve collected all of the announcements from March 2023 in one place. Be sure to give this list a read through, as there’s a wealth of exciting new functions and updates to check out!
General Availability
- Azure Advisor VM/VMSS right-sizing recommendations with custom lookback period
- Centrally Managed Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server
- Continuous Language ID in Azure Speech Service
- Azure Monitor alerts now suggests signals to alert on
- Operation Abort in AKS
- Inbound IP restrictions for Azure Container Apps
- TCP support for Azure Container Apps
- Synthetic GraphQL
- API Management Authorizations
- Cross-region service endpoints for Azure Storage
- Support for Linux clients to use identity-based access to Azure file shares over SMB
- Kubernetes 1.26 support in AKS
- Long term support version in AKS
- Azure CNI Overlay for Linux
- OpenCost for AKS cost visibility
- Azure Active Directory workload identity with AKS
- Azure Service Operator stable release version 2.0
- Azure App Service – New Premium v3 Offerings
- Azure Storage Mover
- Azure CNI Overlay
- Connect Azure Stream Analytics to Azure Data Explorer using managed private endpoint
- Use Stream Analytics to process exported data from Application Insights
- Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL REST APIs
- Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL cluster compute start and stop
- Azure App Health Extension – Rich Health States
- Improved scaling model for Azure Functions with Target Based Scaling
- Read replicas for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server
- New burstable SKUs for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
- Static Web Apps support for Python 3.10
- App Configuration geo-replication
- NGINXaaS – Azure Native ISV Service
- Large disk support for disaster recovery of Hyper-V VMs using Site Recovery
- IP Protection SKU for Azure DDoS Protection
- New General-Purpose VMs – Dlsv5 and Dldsv5
Updates
- Azure SQL – updates for late-April 2023
- Azure Service Fabric 9.1 Third Refresh Release
- Azure SQL – updates for mid-April 2023
- Azure Machine Learning updates for April
- Azure DevOps updates for 2023 Q1
Misc
- New Azure Virtual Desktop features to answer our customers’ top needs
- Retirement notice: transition to the Authentication methods policy for Azure Active Directory
