Azure updates

Microsoft open sources Retina: A cloud-native container networking observability platform

The Microsoft's Azure Container Networking team is announcing Retina, a cloud-native container networking observability platform that enables Kubernetes users, admins, and developers to visualize, observe, debug, and analyze Kubernetes’ workload traffic irrespective of Container Network Interface (CNI), operating system (OS), and cloud.

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Network Watcher
• Services
• Features
• Open Source

General availability: Integration of Azure Monitor Agent support with Connection Monitor

Integration of Azure Monitor Agent support in Connection Monitor for monitoring connectivity across ARC enabled endpoints as sources and destinations

• Network Watcher
• Microsoft Ignite
• Features

General availability: New enhanced connection troubleshoot

Azure Network Watcher announces enhanced connection troubleshoot helping resolve network connectivity issue comprehensively along with actionable insights

• Azure Monitor
• Network Watcher
• Features

Public preview: Azure resource topology

Enhancing network and resource health visualization with unified and dynamic topology across subscriptions, regions, and resource groups.

• Azure Monitor
• Network Watcher
• Microsoft Ignite
• Features

Public preview: Connection Monitor Support for virtual machine scale sets

Azure Network Watcher Connection Monitor announces support for virtual machine scale sets which enables faster performance monitoring and network troubleshooting through connectivity checks.

• Network Watcher
• Features

General availability: Public IP information and inter-zone traffic among many new insights in Traffic Analytics

Azure Network Watcher Traffic Analytics solutions is used to monitor network traffic. It now provides WHOIS and Geographic data for all Public IPs interacting with your deployments and further adds DNS domain, threat type & threat description for Malicious IPs. Now, it also supports inter-zone traffic and VMSS level traffic insights.

• Azure Monitor
• Network Watcher
• Features

We’re retiring Azure Network Watcher Connection Monitor (classic) on 29 February 2024

Target retirement date: February 29, 2024

Transition to the new Connection Monitor in Azure Network Watcher.

• Azure Monitor
• Network Watcher
• Retirements

Built-in Azure Policy support for NSG Flow Logs is now available

Network security group (NSG) Flow Logs can now be deployed and managed using built-in Azure policies. You don't need to write your own policies to manage NSG Flow Log deployments.

• Network Watcher
• Azure Monitor
• Services
• Features

Unified Connection Monitor in Network Watcher is now generally available

Connection monitor provides unified end-to-end connection monitoring capabilities for hybrid and Azure deployments. It brings together the best of Network Performance Monitor and Connection Monitor (classic).

• Network Watcher
• Azure Monitor
• Services
• Features

Traffic Analytics & Diagnostics capabilities in Azure Monitor for Networks

Azure Monitor for Network provides the starting point for network monitoring without any user configuration and provides access to all available network monitoring capabilities.

• Azure Monitor
• Network Watcher
• Features

101 services at FedRAMP High as Azure Government continues expanding capacity

21 new services added to FedRAMP High ATO, delivering on continued commitment to accelerating compliance for government customers

• Archive Storage
• Azure Blueprints
• Cloud Shell
• AI Enrichment
• Azure Stack Edge
• Azure Data Explorer
• Azure Database Migration Service (classic)
• Azure Dedicated HSM
• Azure Firewall
• Azure Managed Applications
• Azure Resource Graph
• Azure Stream Analytics
• Microsoft Cost Management
• Network Watcher
• Azure AI Speech
• Services
• Compliance
• Security
• Features

Unified network monitoring with connection monitor now in preview

Azure Network Watcher now has a new and improved connection monitor feature. Connection monitor provides unified end-to-end connection monitoring capabilities for hybrid and Azure deployments.

• Network Watcher
• Features

New support for Network Security Group flow logs, a feature of Azure Network Watcher

Network Security Group (NSG) flow logs, a feature of Azure Network Watcher, now supports two new Azure Storage configurations.

• Network Watcher
• Services

Azure Storage—Restoration of NSG flow logs retention

Retention on NSG flow logs was recently disabled, however, the functionality has been restored for general purpose v2 (GPv2) accounts and Blob storage accounts. Support for general purpose v1 (GPv1) storage accounts in NSG flow logs is being deprecated and retention for them will not be restored.

• Network Watcher
• Services
• Features