Updates Archives
Monthly updates for August 2019
Just-in-time (JIT) VM access for Azure Firewall is now generally available
Secure your Azure Firewall protected environments, in addition to your NSG protected environments, with just-in-time VM access.
Security Center now has single click remediation to boost your security posture (in preview)
Remediate recommendations on a bulk of resources in a single click by using Secure Score, a tool that helps you assess your workload security posture.
General availability of Managed Identity for Linux in App Service and Functions
Managed identity support for App Service on Linux and the Azure Functions Linux Consumption Plan is now generally available.
General availability of user-assigned managed identities for App Service and Azure Functions
App Service and Azure Functions support for user-assigned managed identities is now generally available.
Custom OpenID Connect identity providers for user flows in Azure AD B2C
Use any OpenID Connect (OIDC) identity provider in the built-in user flows in Azure AD B2C.
Pass through an identity provider's access token in Azure AD B2C
Applications can now get the identity provider's access token passed through as part of the Azure AD B2C token.
Azure AD Application Proxy integration with the Power BI Mobile application
Use Azure AD Application Proxy to access reports in the Power BI Report Server hosted on-premises from the Power BI mobile application
Email notifications available for Azure Government alerts
You can now set up email notifications for Azure Government alerts.
Public Preview of Managed Identity for Azure Service Fabric applications
Azure Service Fabric applications now support user-assigned and system-assigned managed identities.
Custom roles for app registration management
Gain fine-grained control over what access your admins have for managing app registrations.
Cognitive Services—Azure Active Directory authentication and custom subdomains are now in preview
Target availability: Q4 2019
Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) authentication allows you to authenticate to Cognitive Services using Azure AD or user principals. This capability provides greater flexibility for managing access to Cognitive Services and makes it easier to use existing policies for credential rotation and to enforce custom password standards.
Cross-tenant management is now supported in Azure Security Center
Security Center now supports cross-tenant management scenarios as part of Azure Lighthouse.
Azure Dedicated Host in Preview
A new Azure service that provides physical servers that host one or more Azure virtual machines. The server is dedicated to your organization and workloads.
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