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RSS feedFebruary 2020
Azure Key Vault – Private endpoints now available in preview
Target availability: Q1 2020
Establish a private connection between Azure Key Vault and other Azure services by using Azure Private Link, now available in preview for all public regions.
January 2019
General availability: Standard Load Balancer and Standard Public IP in Azure Government
Azure Standard Load Balancer and Standard Public IP are now generally available in Azure Government cloud regions.
December 2018
General availability: Azure Virtual Network service endpoints for Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Azure Virtual Network service endpoints for Azure SQL Data Warehouse is now generally available in all Azure regions.
Public preview: Virtual network service endpoints for Azure Database for MariaDB
Virtual network service endpoints for Azure Database for MariaDB are in public preview.
November 2018
Enhancements to NSG flow logs for Azure Network Watcher
Enhancements to NSG flow logs (version 2) are available in the West Central US region. They include per-flow throughput statistics.
October 2018
Public preview: Virtual network integration for Azure Data Lake Storage Gen1
Virtual network integration for Azure Data Lake Storage Gen 1 to secure your Data Lake Storage accounts is in public preview.
April 2018
Azure Backup now supports network-restricted storage accounts
Azure Backup now supports storage accounts that are secured with Azure Storage firewalls and virtual networks.
October 2017
Azure Global VNet Peering Generally Available
We are pleased to announce GA for Azure Global VNet Peering. Global VNet Peering allows you to peer virtual networks in different Azure regions to build a global private network in Azure.
September 2017
P2S VPN for Macs and AD Domain Authentication for P2S VPN
Azure Networking announces the general availability of P2S VPN for Macs and AD Domain authentication for P2S VPN.
Virtual Network service endpoints in Azure SQL Database
Announcing the public preview of Virtual Network service endpoints in Azure SQL Database.
June 2017
New generation of VPN Gateways
To improve your Azure VPN experience, we’re going to introduce a new generation of VPN gateways with better performance, a better SLA, and at the same price as our older gateways.
March 2016
Azure App Service supports V2 virtual networks
Azure App Service supports V2 (Resource Manager) virtual networks. You can integrate your web, mobile, or API apps with your V1 or V2 virtual networks.
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