October 2023 – Page 4 – What About Cloud?

Windows Server 2012/R2 reaches end of support

Windows Server 2012/R2 reaches end of support today on October 10, 2023. Microsoft has several options for organizations to remain

Upgrade Azure Functions to use Python 3.9 or above. Read more at Microsoft

Resize capability for Azure dedicated hosts is now generally available Read more at Microsoft

Resize capability for Azure dedicated hosts is now generally available Read more at Microsoft

Starting November 2023, Virtual Machine Scale Sets created on PowerShell and Azure CLI will automatically default to Flexible orchestration mode.

Starting November 2023, Virtual Machine Scale Sets created on PowerShell and Azure CLI will automatically default to Flexible orchestration mode.

Customers can now utilize Azure Backup for AKS to recover their containerized applications and data during a regional disaster scenario.

Customers can now utilize Azure Backup for AKS to recover their containerized applications and data during a regional disaster scenario.

Provision up to 10 read replicas in universal regions on Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server. Read more at

General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in early-October 2023.    Read more at Microsoft