Azure updates

Generally available: Application Gateway (v2) IPv6 support

Azure Application Gateway v2 enables dual-stack (IPv4 and IPv6) connectivity from the clients, providing more flexible and reliable access to the backend Applications.

• Application Gateway
• Services
• Security
• Features

General availability: Listener TLS certificates management in the Azure portal

You can now manage the TLS certificates associated with Listeners through Azure portal.

• Application Gateway
• Services
• Security
• Management
• Features

Retirement: Support for Application Gateway Web Application Firewall v2 Configuration is ending

Target retirement date: March 15, 2027

On 15 March 2027, the Application Gateway WAF v2 Configuration will be retired. To continue using this service, switch to the Application Gateway WAF v2 Policy before the retirement date.

• Web Application Firewall
• Application Gateway
• Security
• Retirements

Public preview: Azure Application Gateway introduces support for TLS and TCP protocols

TLS and TCP protocol support now available through Azure Application Gateway.

• Application Gateway
• Services
• Security
• Management
• Features

Generally available: Zone Redundant Storage for Azure Disks is now available in Canada Central

Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) for Azure Disks is now available on Azure Premium SSD and Standard SSD in the Canada Central region.

• Azure Disk Storage
• Managed Disks
• Regions & Datacenters
• Features

Azure Spring Apps Feature Update Q4 2024: Spring Cloud Gateway supports a response cache and more

Recent updates to the Enterprise plan include improved response caching in Spring Cloud Gateway, a more secure try-out option in API Portal, and enhanced application-level settings in Service Connector. Additionally, there's richer build history information to help with troubleshooting. For both Enterprise and Basic/Standard plans, Azure Spring Apps now offer scheduled maintenance for updates and an auto-sync feature for certificates, making application management more efficient and secure.

• Azure Spring Apps
• Services
• Features

Generally available: Zone Redundant Storage for Azure Disks is now available in more regions

Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) for Azure Disks is now available on Azure Premium SSD and Standard SSD in the West US3 and Germany West Central regions.

• Azure Disk Storage
• Managed Disks
• Regions & Datacenters
• Features

Azure Container Storage is now available with Azure Linux container host

Azure Container Storage (in preview) offers volume management built natively for containers. With the latest update, you can deploy Azure Container Storage on Azure Linux container host.

• Azure Container Storage
• App Service (Linux)
• Managed Disks
• Microsoft Ignite
• Features

Public Preview: New Marketplace app for Storage customers and feature enhancements to portal for Azure confidential ledger

Storage customers will now be able to use a marketplace application to connect their immutable blobs with enhanced integrity protection from Azure confidential ledger. Signatures from blobs will be stored and validated, as needed. In addition, the Azure confidential ledger portal experience has been enhanced to allow exploring transactions and retrieving cryptographic proof.

• Services
• Security
• Management
• Microsoft Ignite
• Features

General availability: Using a common port for public and private listeners

Easily manage public-facing and private-facing traffic on a common port.

• Application Gateway
• Services
• Security
• Management
• Features

General availability: Rate-limit rules for Application Gateway Web Application Firewall

Protect applications from abnormally high levels of traffic with rate-limit rules on Azure’s regional Web Application Firewall running on Application Gateway.

• Application Gateway
• Web Application Firewall
• Security
• Features

Preview: Azure Container Storage in AKS

You can now easily deploy and use Azure Container Storage (in preview) seamlessly via the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) preview CLI experience.

• Azure Container Storage
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Managed Disks
• Regions & Datacenters
• Features

General Availability: Azure Advisor recommendation improves the reliability of Azure Disks with Zone Redundant Storage

Target availability: Q4 2023

Enable disks to tolerate zonal failures without causing disruptions to your application. To learn more, visit Reliability recommendations - Azure Advisor | Microsoft Learn

• Azure Advisor
• Management
• Features

Public preview: Application Gateway IPv6 support

Azure Application Gateway v2 enables dual-stack (IPv4 and IPv6) connectivity from the clients, providing more flexible and reliable access to the backend Applications.

• Application Gateway
• Services
• Security
• Features

TLS 1.2 to become the minimum TLS version for Azure Storage

Target availability: Q4 2024

TLS 1.2 to become the minimum TLS version for Azure Storage

• Azure Blob Storage
• Azure Data Lake Storage
• Compliance
• Security