[Launched] Generally Available: Storage account default maximum request rate limit increase to 40,000 requests per second

The default maximum request rate for general-purpose v2 and Blob storage accounts has been increased from 20,000 to 40,000 requests per second in the following regions: East Asia Southeast Asia Australia East Brazil South Canada Central Source: Microsoft Azure – aggiornamenti

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[Launched] Generally Available: Parallel Image Pulls by Default in AKS

There are two types of container image pulls: serialized and parallel. By default, AKS versions earlier than 1.31 use serialized image pulls. Starting with AKS version 1.31 preview, AKS defaults to parallel image pulls. Generally, serialized image pulls Source: Microsoft Azure – aggiornamenti

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[In preview] Public Preview: AKS Communication Manager

The AKS Communication Manager, now in public preview, simplifies notifications for all your AKS maintenance tasks by leveraging Azure Resource Notification and Azure Resource Graph frameworks. It provides timely alerts on event triggers and outcomes, all Source: Microsoft Azure – aggiornamenti

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[In preview] Public Preview: IMDS restriction support in AKS

Currently, all pods on AKS nodes can access the AKS worker node’s Azure Instance Metadata Service (IMDS) endpoint. AKS now offers a managed solution that restricts IMDS endpoint access for customer pods. Only AKS system pods and user pods with host networ Source: Microsoft Azure – aggiornamenti

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[Launched] Generally Available: Open-source feature update: vLLM model serving in KAITO

KAITO now supports high throughput model serving with the open-source vLLM serving engine. In the KAITO inference workspace, you can deploy models using vLLM to batch process incoming requests, accelerate inference, and optimize your AI workload by defaul Source: Microsoft Azure – aggiornamenti

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[In preview] Public Preview: Windows GPU – Driver type selection

AKS now supports GPU-enabled Windows node pools, in public preview, to run compute-intensive Kubernetes workloads. AKS specifies a default GPU driver type for each supported GPU-enabled VM. Because workload and driver compatibility are important for funct Source: Microsoft Azure – aggiornamenti

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[Launched] Generally Available: Force attach/detach API support in AKS

With the release of Kubernetes v1.30, the Azure Disk CSI driver has adopted the force detach capability. This feature allows the driver to force detach zone-redundant storage (ZRS) data disks from VM nodes in a failed zone and attach them to another VM, r Source: Microsoft Azure –[…]

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[In preview] Public Preview: KAITO managed add-on now available in the AKS Visual Studio Code extension

The AI toolchain operator (KAITO) managed add-on is now available in the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Visual Studio Code extension. With an intuitive and visually engaging UI, this add-on is designed to simplify AI inference development. Customers can e Source: Microsoft Azure – aggiornamenti

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[Launched] Generally Available: Vaulted backup for AKS

Azure Backup now supports vaulted backups for AKS, enabling cross-region disaster recovery, long-term retention and immutable security. This simplifies compliance and strengthens resilience for cloud-native applications. Customers can protect clusters du Source: Microsoft Azure – aggiornamenti

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[In preview] Public Preview: AKS support for private ingress on cluster create or through API

When you enable the application routing add-on with NGINX, it creates an ingress controller configured with a public facing Azure Load Balancer. Starting with Kubernetes 1.30, you can control this behavior when enabling the add-on by choosing if it gets a Source: Microsoft Azure – aggiornamenti

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