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Generally available: Azure SQL Managed Instance link for SQL Server 2022
The link feature in Azure SQL Managed Instance connects your SQL Servers hosted anywhere to SQL Managed Instance, providing hybrid flexibility and database mobility.
Public preview: Azure SQL Managed Instance feature wave updates for November 2022
New feature wave enhancements for Azure SQL Managed Instance make it even more performant, reliable and secure with on-premises SQL Server and the broader Azure platform.
General availability: Azure SQL Managed Instance feature wave updates for November 2022
New feature wave enhancements for Azure SQL Managed Instance make it even more performant, reliable and secure with on-premises SQL Server and the broader Azure platform.
Azure SQL—Public preview updates for mid-November 2022
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-November 2022.
Azure SQL—General availability updates for mid-November 2022
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-November 2022.
General availability: Azure Sphere TKS updated; OS version 22.11 expected December 1
Participate in retail evaluation now to ensure compatibility. The Azure Sphere team has also updated the trusted keystore of Azure Sphere devices, resulting in an additional reboot for production devices.
General availability: TLS 1.3 with Application Gateway
Start using the new policies with TLS 1.3 for your Azure Application Gateway to improve security and performance.
General availability: Per Rule Actions on regional Web Application Firewall
Azure's regional Web Application Firewall on Application Gateway now supports customizing actions per rule. This new functionality allows you greater control over how the Web Application Firewall handles incoming traffic.
General availability: Bot Manager Rule Set 1.0 on regional Web Application Firewall
This rule set provides you enhanced protection against bots and provides granular control over bots detected by WAF by categorizing bot traffic as good, bad, or unknown bots.
Public preview: Use Azure Quota REST APIs to manage service limits (quotas)
Target availability: Q4 2022
Use Azure REST Quota APIs to manage the service limits (quotas) for Azure VMs, HPC Cache, Purview services and networking.
Generally available: Encrypt managed disks with cross-tenant customer-managed keys
Protect your data by encrypting Premium SSD, Standard SSD, and Standard HDD managed disks with cross tenant customer-managed keys.
Limited preview: Azure Backup support for confidential VMs using Platform Managed Keys
You can use this feature to back up confidential VMs using Platform Managed Keys.
Azure Resource Manager – Migrating to TLS 1.2 with deprecation of outdated security protocols
Target retirement date: September 01, 2023
Azure Resource Manager will be deprecating support for TLS 1.1 and older in Autumn 2023. To maintain an uninterrupted connection with Azure Resource Manager, update your operating systems and work environments to support TLS 1.2.
Public preview: Microsoft Azure Managed HSM TLS Offload Library
Azure Managed HSM now supports SSL/TLS Offload for F5 and Nginx.
Public preview: Azure Front Door integration with managed identities
Azure Front Door Standard and Premium supports enabling managed identities for Azure Front Door to access Azure Key Vault.
Public preview: Azure Maps Creator feature - Wayfinding
Wayfinding in Azure Maps Creator enables you to provide your users with the shortest path between two points within a facility.
Public preview: Azure Front Door zero downtime migration
You can use this feature to migrate Azure Front Door (classic) to Azure Front Door Standard and Premium with zero downtime.
Public preview: Upgrade from Azure Front Door Standard to Premium tier
You can now use this feature to upgrade your Azure Front Door Standard profile to Premium tier without downtime.
Azure Machine Learning—Generally availability updates for November 2022
New GA features include the ability to automate auto-shutdown/auto-start schedules, configure and customize a compute instance, seamlessly build NLP/vision models, and assess AI systems.
Azure Percept DK Retirement Announcement
Target retirement date: March 30, 2023
Azure Percept DK and support from associated Azure services will be retired on 30 March 2023.
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