Azure Snippets w/c 13/05/2024
By Jon Lee
Summary of Azure snippets for the week commencing 13th May 2024, grouped by Azure service.
GA = Generally Available
Public/Private Preview = as stated :-)
Azure services with highlighted updates this week:
Application Gateway
- Application Gateway v2 Basic SKU (Public Preview) : AG v2 gets a Basic SKU. Same base functionality and Capacity Units as Standard, with a slightly lower SLA (99.9% vs 99.95%), lower scaling maximums, and none of the advanced stuff (e.g. Private Link, URL rewrites). SKU comparison here. Presumably the fixed cost will be cheaper (once it’s out of preview and being charged for :-)
Azure Kubernetes Service
- New version of AKS extension in Visual Studio Code : The AKS extension in Visual Studio Code has been updated to version 1.4.3. This new release includes general enhancements as well as a new command “Retina capture” (which uses the Retina tool Microsoft recently open-sourced).
- AKS automatic use of Zone-Redundant storage to create managed disks when AKS cluster is deployed across availability zones : With Kubernetes 1.29 and built-in storage classes. As ZRS is more expensive than LRS, this can be overridden with a custom storage class.
Azure Site Recovery
- ASR support for Trusted Launch VMs (Public Preview) : Fills a gap in ASR provision. Few gotchas to check though.