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June 2019
Azure Application Gateway Web Application Firewall custom rules are now Generally Available
Custom Rules for Azure Application Gateway Web Application Firewall are now generally available.
May 2019
Improvements to the Azure portal user experience are now available
Announcing exciting updates that improve the user experience in the Azure portal
April 2019
Azure Application Gateway Standard v2 and WAF v2 SKUs generally available
Azure Application Gateway Standard v2 and WAF v2 SKUs are now generally available and fully supported with a 99.95 SLA.
Rewrite HTTP headers with Azure Application Gateway
Azure Application Gateway now supports rewriting HTTP Request and Response Headers.
September 2018
Application Gateway Autoscaling in preview
Azure Application Gateway is an application delivery controller-as-a-service offering that provides layer 7 load balancing, security, and web application firewall functionality. Autoscaling functionality is available in preview as part of the new zone redundant SKU in all public Azure regions.
October 2017
Azure networking available only in the Azure portal from October 4
Azure Networking features will be available only in the Azure portal from October 4th, 2017. Networking related feature support from the classic Portal will be deprecated starting October 4th.
March 2017
General availability: Web Application Firewall
Web Application Firewall is generally available as part of the WAF tier on Application Gateway. This is available in all Azure public regions.
September 2016
Public preview: Application Gateway web application firewall
Application Gateway announces the public preview of web application firewall (WAF) functionality as part of new WAF tier. This is available in all Azure regions.
June 2015
General availability: Azure Application Gateway
Azure Application Gateway helps you build highly scalable and available applications by providing application-level (HTTP/HTTPS) load balancing and delivery control.
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