Azure HorizonDB Adds PostgreSQL 18 Support in Public Preview
Azure HorizonDB, Microsoft’s fully managed PostgreSQL-compatible database service, added PostgreSQL 18 support to its public preview on September 25, 2026. For teams that want PostgreSQL 18’s performance work without running their own major-version upgrades, this is the managed path, and it is worth understanding both what HorizonDB is architecturally and what the preview does not […]
Ubuntu 26.04 Comes to AKS in Public Preview: Inside the Ubuntu2604 OS SKU
Azure Kubernetes Service added public preview support for Ubuntu 26.04 on September 30, 2026, through a new versioned OS SKU called Ubuntu2604. The SKU is built on Ubuntu Minimal rather than the standard Ubuntu Server image, which changes what lands on your nodes before a single container starts. Anyone who manages Ubuntu node pools should […]
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes reach general availability
Running code you do not trust is one of those problems that sounds solved until you actually have to do it. If you build agentic applications, multi-tenant platforms, or CI/CD systems, the options have traditionally been roll your own microVM fleet, bolt together gVisor or Firecracker yourself, or accept the blast radius. This week Microsoft […]
eBPF Host Routing Hits General Availability in Advanced Container Networking Services for AKS
Running high throughput or low latency distributed systems on Kubernetes often hits an unexpected bottleneck inside the Linux kernel network stack. Microsoft has officially announced the general availability of eBPF Host Routing within Advanced Container Networking Services (ACNS) for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). This release fundamentally transforms how network packets move between pods and nodes […]
AKS control plane metrics now generally available with Managed Prometheus
Azure has made control plane metrics collection for AKS generally available, and it runs on Azure Monitor Managed Service for Prometheus. Until now, getting visibility into the managed Kubernetes control plane meant either accepting whatever Azure surfaced in its own dashboards or standing up your own Prometheus and scraping whatever you could reach. This closes […]
AKS Application Routing with Gateway API hits GA, simplifies Kubernetes traffic management
What is Application Routing with Gateway API? Azure Kubernetes Service now supports the Kubernetes Gateway API natively for ingress traffic management, and it’s generally available. This isn’t just another ingress controller option. The Gateway API is a different approach to routing altogether, and the AKS implementation comes with Azure DNS and Key Vault TLS integration […]