# April 2025

## What's new

### :tada:[<mark style="color:blue;">**New simplified and streamlined DCD Interface**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/set-up-ionos-cloud/get-started/log-in-dcd)

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**April 30**

At IONOS, we are excited to announce the launch of our new and improved interface, designed with users in mind. The DCD application interface features a redesigned [<mark style="color:blue;">top navigation menu</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/set-up-ionos-cloud/get-started/log-in-dcd#the-top-navigation-menu), a [<mark style="color:blue;">left navigation menu</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/set-up-ionos-cloud/get-started/log-in-dcd#the-left-navigation-menu), and a [<mark style="color:blue;">DCD dashboard</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/set-up-ionos-cloud/get-started/log-in-dcd#the-dcd-dashboard), providing the following advantages:

* **Simplified navigation:** Easy access to the product categories and groupings.
* **Better organization:** Better and logical product groupings that make browsing and discovering them and associated services easier.
* **Improved user experience:** Whether you are a first-time visitor or a returning user, the new interface ensures a smoother, more enjoyable journey.
* **Consistency:** A consistent look and feel across all sections and optimized for all devices. This update is part of our ongoing commitment to providing a user-friendly experience that helps you easily find the right products. As a result, you can also see that we have already updated the images in certain sections of the documentation portal, while the rest are still in progress.
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### [<mark style="color:blue;">**Support for Kafka Version 3.8.0**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/data-analytics/kafka/overview#supported-kafka-versions)

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**April 30**

Event Streams for Apache Kafka service will now support Kafka version 3.8.0 starting 30 April 2025. In this context, we will mark version 3.7.0 as deprecated.

Starting 28 May 2025, creating new Kafka instances in version 3.7.0 will no longer be possible. We will then migrate existing instances from version 3.7.0 to version 3.8.0 without requiring any action from you or service interruption.
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### [<mark style="color:blue;">**Microsoft SQL Server Image Availability**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/storage-and-backup/images-snapshots/public-images/microsoft-sql-server-images)

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**April 16**

[<mark style="color:blue;">IONOS Public Images</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/storage-and-backup/images-snapshots/public-images) now supports using Microsoft SQL Server Images to configure [<mark style="color:blue;">Block Storage</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/storage-and-backup/block-storage). The following combinations are available:

* **MSSQL-2019 (All Editions) on Windows-2019**
* **MSSQL-2022 (All Editions) on Windows-2022**

These images are available through both the [<mark style="color:blue;">DCD</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/storage-and-backup/images-snapshots/public-images/microsoft-sql-server-images/how-tos) and the [<mark style="color:blue;">API</mark>](https://api.ionos.com/docs/cloud/v6/#tag/Images). The [<mark style="color:blue;">Microsoft SQL Enterprise Server Images</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/storage-and-backup/images-snapshots/public-images/microsoft-sql-server-images/how-tos/enterprise-server-images) are available only on contacting [<mark style="color:blue;">IONOS Cloud Support</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/support/general-information/contact-information).
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### [<mark style="color:blue;">**New Location Support for Event Streams for Apache Kafka**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/data-analytics/kafka/overview#locations)

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**April 15**

We are excited to announce the launch of Event Streams for Apache Kafka in our **Las Vegas, United States (us-las)**, **France, Paris (fr-par)**, and **Spain, Logroño (es-vit)** data centers in addition to the existing location support in Germany, United Kingdom, and the United States. Supporting these new locations ensures we can offer a co-located Managed Kafka at any of our existing data centers. The new endpoints are `kafka.us-las`, `kafka.fr-par`, and `kafka.es-vit`.
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### [<mark style="color:blue;">**Activated KMS Service for Windows Guests**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/storage-and-backup/images-snapshots/microsoft-kms)

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**April 2**

At IONOS, we are excited to announce the integration of Key Management Service (KMS) for seamless activation and management of Microsoft Windows operating systems within our cloud infrastructure. While the activation process for new Windows instances will continue to occur automatically, this enhancement will facilitate the reactivation and management of existing Windows instances.
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### [<mark style="color:blue;">**Server Type Selection for Kubernetes Node Pools**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/containers/managed-kubernetes/how-tos/management-of-node-pools)

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**April 1**

IONOS offers greater flexibility and simplicity for users to choose the server type as either **Dedicated Core** or **vCPU** for their Managed Kubernetes nodes. You can also choose to update the server type even after the node pool creation. This capability is supported both through the DCD and the [<mark style="color:blue;">API</mark>](https://api.ionos.com/docs/cloud/v6/#tag/Kubernetes). To support this function, in the DCD, you see the new field **Server type** in the **Node Template** section while creating a Kubernetes node pool.
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### [<mark style="color:blue;">**Discontinuing support for AMD Opteron Servers on IONOS Public Cloud in Frankfurt**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/compute-services/compute-engine/migrate-amd-opteron-servers)

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**April 1** IONOS announces the upcoming phasing out of AMD Opteron servers in the Frankfurt (`de/fra`) data center. This decision is part of our ongoing efforts to improve the product and align it with more efficient and future-proof solutions.

**Alternative options:** For continued functionality, you can transition to [<mark style="color:blue;">Dedicated Core</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/compute-services/compute-engine/dedicated-core) server with AMD Epyc CPU architecture or to a [<mark style="color:blue;">vCPU Server</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/compute-services/compute-engine/vcpu-server). You can manually change to one of these options from April 1, 2025, until May 13, 2025. Starting on May 13, 2025, eligible systems running AMD Opteron-based Compute Engine workloads will automatically begin transitioning to AMD Epyc processors within the Frankfurt location.
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