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Monthly updates for December 2023

29 Dec

General availability: Security Update for Azure Front Door WAF CVE-2023-50164

NOW AVAILABLE

Stay protected against CVE-2023-50164 with the help of Azure’s global WAF running on Azure Front Door.

  • Azure Front Door
  • Web Application Firewall
  • Security
  • Services
  • Features
28 Dec

Generally available: Azure Site Recovery update rollup 70 - December 2023

NOW AVAILABLE

This article describes the improvements for the latest version of Azure Site Recovery components. 

  • Features
24 Dec

General availability: Security Update for Application Gateway WAF CVE-2023-50164

NOW AVAILABLE

Stay protected against CVE-2023-50164 with the help of Azure’s regional WAF running on Application Gateway.

  • Application Gateway
  • Web Application Firewall
  • Security
  • Services
  • Features
20 Dec

General availability: “As on-premises” sizing in Azure Migrate SQL Discovery and Assessment

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2023

Quickly create a reliable assessment without waiting for performance data collection with “As on-premises sizing in Azure Migrate SQL Assessments.

  • Azure Database Migration Service (classic)
  • Features
20 Dec

Public Preview: Free SQL Managed Instance

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q4 2023

Explore the power of SQL Managed Instance for free. It's perfect for testing out cloud migrations and elevating your database experience.

  • Azure SQL Managed Instance
  • Features
19 Dec

Generally Available: Azure Red Hat OpenShift v4.13 at install time

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2023

Azure Red Hat OpenShift version 4.13 is now available at install time.

  • Services
  • Features
18 Dec

Generally Available: Multi-line Logging Feature in Azure Monitor - Container Insights

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2023

Multi-Line Logging in Azure Monitor - Container Insights is designed to simplify and streamline your Log Analysis. This feature allows you to seamlessly collect and store multiple lines of log data within a single log entry, enhancing the ease with which you can view and analyze logs from your containerized applications.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
18 Dec

Generally Available: Azure Chaos Studio supports new faults for Service Bus

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Chaos Studio supports new faults for Service Bus.

  • Services
  • Features
18 Dec

Generally available: Crash Consistent VM Restore points

NOW AVAILABLE

For Azure partners and customers seeking to develop business continuity and disaster recovery solutions, crash-consistent VM restore points serve as feature-rich building blocks, offering an agentless solution available natively on the Azure platform.

  • Linux Virtual Machines
  • Virtual Machines
  • Managed Disks
  • Features
18 Dec

Store and manage medical imaging data with Azure Data Lake Storage (Preview)

IN PREVIEW

With the integration of Azure Data Lake Storage and the DICOM service, organizations can now enjoy full control over their imaging data and increased flexibility for accessing and working with that data through the Azure storage ecosystem and APIs.

  • Services
  • Features
13 Dec

Delaying Domain Front Block on Azure Front Door and CDN services

IN DEVELOPMENT

Azure Front Door and Azure CDN Standard from Microsoft (classic) are postponing the domain fronting blocking enforcement to January 22, 2024, and will add two log fields to help you check if your resources display domain fronting behavior by December 25, 2023.

  • Azure Front Door
  • Content Delivery Network
  • Security
  • Features
11 Dec

General Availability - Snapshots feature of Azure App Configuration

NOW AVAILABLE

Assure stable production configuration, get efficient rollbacks, and a comprehensive configuration audit trail for enhanced reliability in Azure.

  • Features
11 Dec

Azure Event Grid releases public preview support for events from services like Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Outlook, and Microsoft Teams.

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q4 2023

Support for Microsoft Graph API events helps you automate actions in response to Microsoft resource changes.

  • Services
  • Features
6 Dec

Public preview: Node autoprovision support in AKS

IN PREVIEW

AKS can now take care of VM SKU selection based on the workloads you are scheduling rather than you having to pre-allocate node pools of a certain SKU type.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
6 Dec

Generally Available: AKS support for API breaking change detection

NOW AVAILABLE

AKS now alerts you on API breaking changes on minor version change cluster upgrades.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
6 Dec

Generally Available: Azure Functions support on Apple Silicon Macs

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now develop Azure Functions locally on the new Apple Silicon Macs.

  • Azure functions
  • Features
6 Dec

General Availability: Connection audit logs for Enterprise tier caches for Azure Cache for Redis

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2023

Log all connections to your cache.

  • Azure Cache for Redis
  • Features
6 Dec

Public Preview: Accelerated logs in Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q4 2023

Gain a performance boost in the Business-Critical service tier of Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server with accelerated logs.

  • Azure Database for MySQL
  • Features
6 Dec

Generally available: PostgreSQL 16 support in Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2023

Unlock advanced logical replication, query optimizations, and faster data loading with PostgreSQL 16 on Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server.

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Features
6 Dec

Public Preview: Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server, enhanced disaster recovery features

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q4 2023

Explore advanced disaster recovery with Virtual Endpoints and seamless role-swapping in Azure Database for PostgreSQL.

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Features

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