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January 2023

Jan 5

General Availability: Azure Sphere support for European Data Boundary

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Sphere Security Service EU data processing and storage is now generally available.

  • Azure Sphere
  • Compliance
  • Security
  • Services
Jan 4

Public Preview: IT Service Management Connector (ITSMC) is now certified with ServiceNow Tokyo version

NOW AVAILABLE

The ITSM connector provides a bi-directional connection between Azure and ITSM tools to help track and resolve issues faster.

  • Compliance
  • Services

December 2022

Dec 2

Public Preview: Azure Sphere support for European Data Boundary

IN PREVIEW

Azure Sphere Security Service EU data processing and storage (Public Preview) 

  • Azure Sphere
  • Compliance
  • Security
  • Services

October 2022

Oct 26

Public preview: Azure Load Testing is now HITRUST certified

IN PREVIEW

Azure Load Testing is now HITRUST certified.

  • Azure Load Testing
  • Compliance
Oct 12

Generally available: Control the minimum TLS version used with Azure Service Bus

NOW AVAILABLE

Configure your Service Bus namespace to require that clients send and receive data with a minimal version of transport layer security (TLS).

  • Service Bus
  • Compliance
  • Security
  • Microsoft Ignite
Oct 12

General availability: AMD confidential VM guest attestation

NOW AVAILABLE

Guest attestation enables verifying the trustworthiness (good state) of the trusted execution environment on which the guest VM is executing.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Compliance
  • Security
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
  • Pricing & Offerings

September 2022

Sep 30

Azure Monitor ITSM connector for creating ServiceNow events will be retired on 30 September 2025

Target retirement date: September 30, 2025

We are retiring the Azure Monitor ITSM connector feature for creating ServiceNow alerts on 30 September 2025.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Compliance
  • Retirements
  • Services
Sep 16

On 1 October 2025, the Log Analytics alert API in Azure Monitor will be retired

Target retirement date: January 10, 2025

On 1 October 2025, the Log Analytics alert API in Azure Monitor will be retired.

  • Compliance
  • Retirements

August 2022

Aug 31

Generally available: Unity Catalog for Azure Databricks

NOW AVAILABLE

Unity Catalog is a unified and fine-grained governance solution for all data assets in your Lakehouse.

  • Azure Databricks
  • Open Source
  • Compliance
  • Security
  • Features
  • Pricing & Offerings
Aug 2

Azure Firewall Premium is now ICSA labs certified

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Firewall Premium Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) certification from ICSA Labs is now available.

  • Azure Firewall
  • Compliance
  • Security

July 2022

Jul 19

General availability: Azure Confidential Ledger

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Confidential Ledger provides a managed and decentralized ledger for data entries; built on an open source blockchain-based framework and confidential computing infrastructure, confidential ledger is now generally available.

  • Azure confidential ledger
  • Compliance
  • Security
Jul 15

Responsible AI investments and safeguards for Facial Recognition

NOW AVAILABLE

Target retirement date: July 01, 2023

The Cognitive Services team has updated our approach to facial recognition including adding a new Limited Access policy, removing AI classifiers of sensitive attributes and bolstering our investments in fairness and transparency.

  • Azure AI services
  • Azure AI Video Indexer
  • Compliance
  • Retirements
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Services
  • Features

May 2022

May 24

CIS benchmark for Linux containers

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now attest to the state of CIS compliance for their AKS Ubuntu worker nodes.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Compliance
  • Microsoft Build
May 11

Generally available: Minor versions upgrade for Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server

NOW AVAILABLE

Run the most stable, compliant, and secure MySQL community versions 8.0.28 and 5.7.37 on Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server.

  • Azure Database for MySQL
  • Compliance
  • Security
  • Management
May 5

Public preview: Control the minimum TLS version used with Azure Service Bus

IN PREVIEW

To enforce stricter security measures, you can now configure your Service Bus namespace to require that clients send and receive data with a minimum version of TLS.

  • Service Bus
  • Compliance
  • Security
  • Features

March 2022

Mar 30

General availability: Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Hyperscale (Citus) now FedRAMP High compliant

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus), a managed service running the open-source Postgres database on Azure is now compliant with FedRAMP High.

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Compliance
  • Features

February 2022

Feb 16

Generally available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus) new certifications

NOW AVAILABLE

New compliance certifications are now available on Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus), a managed service running the open-source Postgres database on Azure.

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Compliance
Feb 16

Now available: CIS benchmarks for Kubernetes

NOW AVAILABLE

AKS now meets CIS benchmark standards for Kubernetes.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Compliance
  • Features

January 2022

Jan 19

Generally available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus): New certifications

NOW AVAILABLE

New compliance certifications are now available on Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus), a managed service running the open-source Postgres database on Azure.

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Open Source
  • Compliance
  • Management
  • Features
Jan 10

Generally available: Azure Policy support for Azure Site Recovery

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2022

You can now use Azure Policy to enable Azure Site Recovery for your VMs at scale and ensure organizational standards.

  • Azure Site Recovery
  • Compliance
  • Management
  • Features

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