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Public preview: Azure Virtual Network Manager
Azure Virtual Network Manager (AVNM) is a one-stop shop solution for centralized network management across regions and subscriptions. AVNM allows you to easily create network topologies and high-priority security rules at scale in the public preview.
September 2021
Public preview of Private Link UDR Support
User Defined Routes support on Private Endpoint will make configuring custom routes to traffic destined to a Private Endpoint easier for your large workloads. Learn more about how to use this feature in select regions.
Public preview of Private Link Network Security Group Support
Network Security Group support on Private Endpoint (PE) will allow you to improve granular security requirements for traffic destined to a private endpoint. This will assist in meeting specific compliance and security requirements for managing your PE powered workloads.
August 2021
Public preview: Address changes on an Azure virtual network that has active peerings
You can now update your virtual network address space without needing to remove the peering links on their virtual networking and incurring any downtime.
March 2021
Public preview: Service Tags for user-defined routing
Simplify route creation and management by using Service Tags to represent multiple IP ranges in a single route. Utilise over 60 tags representing ranges for Microsoft and Azure service.
September 2020
Azure Private Link Service is now generally available in China
Azure Private Link for customer owned services are now available in China Regions.
August 2020
Upcoming changes to Standard Public IPs and Standard Load Balancers
The zone-related behaviour in Standard Public IP address and Standard Load Balancer is being changed.
May 2020
Azure Private Link for Azure Monitor is now available
Azure Private Link now supports multiple new Azure services in general availability and preview.
Azure Private Link is now available for multiple new Azure services
Azure Private Link now supports multiple new Azure services in general availability and preview.
Azure Private Link is now generally available in US Government regions
Azure Private Link now includes multiple new services available in GA.
Azure Virtual Network NAT now generally available in Azure Government and Azure China
Azure Virtual Network NAT (network address translation) simplifies outbound-only Internet connectivity for virtual networks and is now generally available in the Azure Government and Azure China regions. NAT can be configured for one or more subnets of a virtual network and provides on-demand connectivity for virtual machines.
April 2020
Azure Virtual Network NAT gateway meter name changes
Effective 1 June 2020, the meter names of Azure Virtual Network network address translation (NAT) gateway will change because it will become generally available.
Azure Virtual Network now supports reverse DNS lookup
Azure Virtual Network now supports reverse DNS lookup (PTR DNS queries) for virtual machine IP addresses by default.
IPv6 for Azure Virtual Network is now generally available
IPv6 for Azure Virtual Network is now generally available worldwide. IPv6 support within the Azure Virtual Network and to the Internet enables you to expand into the growing mobile and IoT markets with Azure-based applications and to address IPv4 depletion in your own corporate networks.
March 2020
Announcing Azure Private Link GA for Azure Services
Azure Private Link now includes multiple new services available in Preview and GA.
Azure Data Explorer deployment into Azure Virtual Networks now generally available
Deployment of an Azure Data Explorer into a virtual network is now generally available. Use this feature to isolate the network traffic and limit the attack surface for Azure Data Explorer and their corresponding communications.
Virtual Network NAT now generally available
Azure Virtual Network NAT (network address translation) simplifies outbound-only Internet connectivity for virtual networks. NAT can be configured for one or more subnets of a virtual network and provides on-demand connectivity for virtual machines.
February 2020
Azure Virtual Network service endpoint policies feature is now available
Target availability: Q1 2020
Azure Virtual Network service endpoint policies enable you to prevent unauthorised access to Azure Storage accounts from your virtual network.
Public IP prefix static IP addresses meter ID changes
Effective 1 April 2020, the resource GUIDs (also known as meter IDs) of public IP prefix standard static IP addresses in the US Gov region will change.
Azure Private Link is now available
Azure Private Link is a secure and scalable way for Azure customers to consume Azure Services (such as Storage, SQL and Cosmos DB) or customer-owned services (for example, Partner Service and BYOS) privately from within their virtual network.
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