release-notes.md

New features are released at a biweekly cadance.

July 2, 2021 Release

• New Kubernetes distributions support, OpenShift Kubernetes and GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine).
• Autoscale support. If the user-managed Kubernetes cluster enables the autoscale, the cluster will be automatically scaled out or scaled in according to the volume of active runs and deployments.
• Performance improvement on job laucher, which shortens the job execution time to a great deal.

August 10, 2021 Release

• New Kubernetes distribution support, K3S - Lightweight Kubernetes.
• Deploy AzureML extension to your AKS cluster without connecting via Azure Arc.
• Automated Machine Learning (AutoML) via Python SDK
• Use 2.0 CLI to attach the Kubernetes cluster to AML Workspace
• Optimize AzureML extension components CPU/memory resources utilization.

August 24, 2021 Release

• Compute instance type is supported in job YAML.
• Assign Managed Identity to AMLArc compute

Sept 16, 2021 Release

• New regions available, WestUS, CentralUS, NorthCentralUS, KoreaCentral.
• Job queue explanability. See job queue details in AML Workspace Studio.
• Auto-killing policy. Support max_run_duration_seconds in ScriptRunConfig. The system will attempt to automatically cancel the run if it took longer than the setting value.
• Performance improvement on cluster autoscale support.
• Arc agent and ML extension deployment from on-prem container registry

Oct 14, 2021 Release

• PV/PVC volume mount support in AMLArc training job.