Updates Archives
Monthly updates for December 2023
General availability: Security Update for Azure Front Door WAF CVE-2023-50164
Stay protected against CVE-2023-50164 with the help of Azure’s global WAF running on Azure Front Door.
Generally available: Azure Site Recovery update rollup 70 - December 2023
This article describes the improvements for the latest version of Azure Site Recovery components.
General availability: Security Update for Application Gateway WAF CVE-2023-50164
Stay protected against CVE-2023-50164 with the help of Azure’s regional WAF running on Application Gateway.
General availability: “As on-premises” sizing in Azure Migrate SQL Discovery and Assessment
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.
Public Preview: Free SQL Managed Instance
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.
Generally Available: Azure Red Hat OpenShift v4.13 at install time
Target availability: Q4 2023
Azure Red Hat OpenShift version 4.13 is now available at install time.
Generally Available: Multi-line Logging Feature in Azure Monitor - Container Insights
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.
Generally Available: Azure Chaos Studio supports new faults for Service Bus
Azure Chaos Studio supports new faults for Service Bus.
Generally available: Crash Consistent VM Restore points
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.
Store and manage medical imaging data with Azure Data Lake Storage (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.
Delaying Domain Front Block on Azure Front Door and CDN services
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.
General Availability - Snapshots feature of Azure App Configuration
Assure stable production configuration, get efficient rollbacks, and a comprehensive configuration audit trail for enhanced reliability in Azure.
Azure Event Grid releases public preview support for events from services like Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Outlook, and Microsoft Teams.
Target availability: Q4 2023
Support for Microsoft Graph API events helps you automate actions in response to Microsoft resource changes.
Public preview: Node autoprovision support in AKS
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.
Generally Available: AKS support for API breaking change detection
AKS now alerts you on API breaking changes on minor version change cluster upgrades.
Generally Available: Azure Functions support on Apple Silicon Macs
You can now develop Azure Functions locally on the new Apple Silicon Macs.
General Availability: Connection audit logs for Enterprise tier caches for Azure Cache for Redis
Target availability: Q4 2023
Log all connections to your cache.
Public Preview: Accelerated logs in Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server
Target availability: Q4 2023
Gain a performance boost in the Business-Critical service tier of Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server with accelerated logs.
Generally available: PostgreSQL 16 support in Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
Target availability: Q4 2023
Unlock advanced logical replication, query optimizations, and faster data loading with PostgreSQL 16 on Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server.
Public Preview: Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server, enhanced disaster recovery features
Target availability: Q4 2023
Explore advanced disaster recovery with Virtual Endpoints and seamless role-swapping in Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
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