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Azure – Public preview: Aspire dashboard support in Azure Container Apps
You can now access the Aspire dashboard in Azure Portal for your Azure Container Apps project. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Kinesis Data Streams supports data plane logging to AWS CloudTrail
Today, Amazon Kinesis Data Streams announces support for logging data plane APIs using AWS CloudTrail, enabling customers to have greater visibility into data stream activity in their AWS account for best practices in security and operational troubleshooting. Amazon Kinesis Data Streams is a serverless data streaming service that enables customers to capture, process, and store […]

Azure – GA Azure OpenAI Emit Token Metric policy in Azure API Management
We’re thrilled to announce the General Availability of the Azure OpenAI Emit Token Metric policy in Azure API Management! This new feature enables customers to effortlessly configure token usage metrics to be sent directly to Azure Application Insights, providing insights into the utilization of Azure OpenAI models across various applications and teams. Read More for […]

Azure – GA Support for gRPC APIs in Azure API Management Self-hosted Gateway
We’re thrilled to announce the general availability of gRPC support in Azure API Management through the self-hosted gateway. This exciting feature empowers customers to seamlessly manage their gRPC services as APIs within Azure API Management. Read More for the details.

Azure – GA Load Balancer in Azure API Management
The General Availability of the Load Balancer feature in Azure API Management is here! Now, customers can effortlessly create a pool of backends and efficiently distribute the load across multiple endpoints. By establishing backend pools, users can seamlessly balance the load across various backends when integrating multiple backends for an API. Read More for the […]

Azure – GA OData API type in Azure API Management
We’re thrilled to announce the general availability of the OData API type in Azure API Management. This exciting addition extends Azure API Management’s capabilities to include OData APIs, allowing users to apply standard API protections such as authentication, authorization, and rate limiting, alongside OData-specific policies for request validation. Read More for the details.

Azure – GA Circuit Breaker in Azure API Management
The circuit breaker, now generally available in Azure API Management, is seamlessly integrated to provide customers with an easy-to-use solution for enhancing the resilience of their API environments. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public Preview Azure OpenAI Semantic Caching policy in Azure API Management
We’re excited to announce the Public Preview for the Azure OpenAI Semantic Caching policy in Azure API Management! This innovative feature empowers customers to optimize token usage by leveraging semantic caching, which intelligently stores completions for prompts with similar meanings. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public Preview – Azure Compute Fleet
Azure Compute Fleet is a game changer in scaling and optimizing Azure compute resources across different virtual machine (VM) types, availability zones, and pricing models to achieve desired scale, performance, and cost. Read More for the details.
Azure – Microsoft Dev Box introduces new ready-to-code and enterprise management capabilities
Dev Box has been updated with several new developer productivity and enterprise management capabilities. Read More for the details.