Azure updates

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.

• Azure SQL Database
• Features

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 Database
• Features

Azure SQL—Public preview updates for mid-November 2022

Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-November 2022.

• Azure SQL Database
• Features

Azure SQL—General availability updates for mid-November 2022

General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-November 2022.

• Azure SQL Database
• Features

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.

• Security
• Operating System

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.

• Application Gateway
• Security
• Services
• Features

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.

• Web Application Firewall
• Application Gateway
• Security
• Features

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.

• Web Application Firewall
• Application Gateway
• Security
• Features

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.

• Microsoft Azure portal
• Services

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.

• Azure Disk Storage
• Features

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.

• Services
• Features

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.

• Azure Resource Manager
• Retirements
• SDK and Tools
• Security

Public preview: Microsoft Azure Managed HSM TLS Offload Library

Azure Managed HSM now supports SSL/TLS Offload for F5 and Nginx.

• Security

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.

• Azure Front Door
• Security
• Features

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.

• Features

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.

• Azure Front Door (classic)
• Azure Front Door
• Security
• Features

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 Front Door
• Security
• Features

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 Machine Learning
• Features

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.

• Retirements