Merge pull request #79089 from erikadoyle/sf65-relnotes

Service Fabric release notes landing page

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+title: Azure Service Fabric releases
+description: Release notes for the latest features and improvements in Service Fabric.
+author: athinanthny
+manager: chackdan
+ms.author: atsenthi
+ms.date: 6/10/2019
+ms.topic: conceptual
+ms.service: service-fabric
+hide_comments: true
+hideEdit: true
+---
+
+# Service Fabric releases
+
+| <a href="https://github.com/Azure/Service-Fabric-Troubleshooting-Guides" target="blank">Troubleshooting Guides</a> 
+| <a href="https://github.com/Azure/service-fabric-issues" target="blank">Issue Tracking</a> 
+| <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/service-fabric/service-fabric-support" target="blank">Support Options</a> 
+| <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/service-fabric/service-fabric-versions" target="blank">Supported Versions</a> 
+| <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/resources/samples/?service=service-fabric&sort=0" target="blank">Code Samples</a>
+
+This article provides more information on the latest releases and updates to the Service Fabric runtime and SDKs.
+
+## **What's new in Service Fabric**
+
+### Service Fabric 6.5
+
+The latest Service Fabric release includes supportability, reliability, performance improvements, new features, bug fixes, and enhancements to ease cluster and application lifecycle management.
+
+#### Breaking changes
+
+- Service Fabric 6.5 is the final release with Service Fabric tools support in Visual Studio 2015. Customers are advised to move to [Visual Studio 2019](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/compare/) going forward.
+
+- TraceViewer, the tool for parsing Service Fabric trace logs has been updated to be CSV compliant for the Service Fabric 6.5 release. This breaking change could impact you in two ways:  
+    1. Any custom tools that depend on TraceViewer will require updates for the new logging format.
+    2. If you use TraceViewer, you'll need to upgrade it to the newer version shipped with Service Fabric 6.5.
+
+Here's what's new in Service Fabric 6.5:
+
+#### New features for Windows
+
+- Patch Orchestration Application (POA) version 1.4.0 includes many self-diagnostic improvements. Customers of POA are recommended to move to this version.
+
+- Service Fabric Explorer now also includes applications uploaded to image store.
+
+- SDK Service Fabric runtime installer now supports the `/force` flag to automatically close conflicting processes.  
+
+- SDK Service Fabric runtime installer now supports the `/uninstall` flag for command-line uninstallation.
+
+- [EventStore Service is enabled by default](service-fabric-visualizing-your-cluster.md#event-store) for Service Fabric 6.5 clusters unless a customer has opted out.
+
+- Added [replica lifecycle events](service-fabric-diagnostics-event-generation-operational.md#replica-events) for stateful services.
+
+- Better visibility of seed node status, including cluster-level warnings if a seed node is unhealthy (*Down*, *Removed* or *Unknown*).
+
+- [Service Fabric Application Disaster Recovery Tool](https://github.com/Microsoft/Service-Fabric-AppDRTool) allows users of Service Fabric stateful services to get back live soon in case the primary cluster encounters a disaster. The tool constantly synchronizes the data from the application running on the primary cluster on the standby application on secondary using periodic backup and restore.
+
+#### New features for Linux
+
+- Visual Studio support for [publishing .NET Core apps to Linux-based clusters](service-fabric-how-to-publish-linux-app-vs.md).
+
+- [Azure Service Fabric CLI (SFCTL)](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/service-fabric/service-fabric-cli) will be installed automatically for Service Fabric 6.5 (and later versions) when you upgrade or create new clusters.
+
+- [SFCTL](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/service-fabric/service-fabric-cli) is installed by default on MacOS/Linux OneBox clusters.
+
+- General machine bootstrap script provided to set up prerequisites for Service Fabric Linux nodes for deployment & upgrade scenarios.
+
+- Added [replica lifecycle events](service-fabric-diagnostics-event-generation-operational.md#replica-events) for stateful services.
+
+- Better visibility of seed node status, including cluster-level warnings if a seed node is unhealthy (*Down*, *Removed* or *Unknown*).
+
+## Previous versions
+
+### Service Fabric 6.4 releases
+
+| Release date | Release | More info |
+|---|---|---|
+| November 30, 2018 | [Azure Service Fabric 6.4 (RTO)](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/azureservicefabric/2018/11/30/azure-service-fabric-6-4-release/)  | [Release notes](https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/2018/12/Service-Fabric-6.4-Release.pdf)|
+| December 12, 2018 | [Azure Service Fabric 6.4 refresh for Windows clusters (CU2)](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/azureservicefabric/2018/12/12/azure-service-fabric-6-4-refresh-for-windows-clusters/)  | [Release notes](https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/2018/12/Links.pdf)  |
+| February 4, 2019 | [Azure Service Fabric 6.4 CU3](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/azureservicefabric/2019/02/04/azure-service-fabric-6-4-refresh-release/) | [Release notes](https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/2019/02/Service-Fabric-6.4CU3-Release-Notes.pdf) |
+| March 4, 2019 | [Azure Service Fabric 6.4 CU4](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/azureservicefabric/2019/03/12/azure-service-fabric-6-4-refresh-release-2/) | [Release notes](https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/2019/03/Service-Fabric-6.4CU4-Release-Notes.pdf)
+| April 8, 2019 | [Azure Service Fabric 6.4 CU5](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/azureservicefabric/2019/04/08/azure-service-fabric-6-4-refresh-release-5/) | [Release notes](https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/2019/04/Service-Fabric-6.4CU5-ReleaseNotes3.pdf)
+| May 2, 2019 | [Azure Service Fabric 6.4 CU6](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/azureservicefabric/2019/05/02/azure-service-fabric-6-4-refresh-release-3/) | [Release notes](https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/2019/05/Service-Fabric-64CU6-Release-Notes-V2.pdf)
+| May 28, 2019 | [Azure Service Fabric 6.4 CU7](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/azureservicefabric/2019/05/28/azure-service-fabric-6-4-refresh-release-4/) | [Release notes](https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/2019/05/Service_Fabric_64CU7_Release_Notes1.pdf)

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   - name: Pricing calculator
     href: https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/calculator/
-  - name: Troubleshooting guides
-    href: https://github.com/Azure/Service-Fabric-Troubleshooting-Guides
+  - name: Release notes
+    href: release-notes.md
   - name: Sample code
     href: https://aka.ms/servicefabricsamples
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     href: service-fabric-versions.md
   - name: Service Updates
     href: https://azure.microsoft.com/updates/?product=service-fabric
+  - name: Troubleshooting guides
+    href: https://github.com/Azure/Service-Fabric-Troubleshooting-Guides
   - name: Videos
     href: https://azure.microsoft.com/documentation/videos/index/?services=service-fabric