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Move Azure Load Testing resources across resource groups and subscriptions
Azure Load Testing resources can now move across resource groups and subscriptions without losing tests /test runs.
Public Preview: Azure Container Storage Updates: Expanded regions and performance options
Azure Container Storage (in preview) offers volume management built natively for containers. With the latest updates you can now deploy in 26 regions, use volume resize & cloning and choose from an expanded list of Disk SKUs.
Build AI-assisted calling workflows with Azure AI Speech and Azure Communication Services
Target availability: Q3 2023
Add speech capabilities into Azure Communication Services call automation workflows with Azure AI Speech.
August 2023
Generally Available: Azure Monitor VM Insights using Azure Monitor Agent
VM Insights using Azure Monitor Agent provides various benefits like cost savings, simplified management experience and enhanced security & performance.
Azure Firewall Single-Click Upgrade and Downgrade is now in general availability
This feature allows you to upgrade your firewall without service downtime, with a single click of a button.
Azure Firewall: Poland Central Region is now in general availability
Azure Firewall is now generally available in the Poland Central region.
Azure Firewall: Explicit Proxy is now in public preview
This configuration allows traffic from the sending application to be directed to the private IP address of the firewall, facilitating direct egress from the firewall without the need for a UDR.
Azure Firewall: Auto-Learn SNAT routes feature is now in public preview
Azure Firewall can now learn address ranges and automatically configure them to be excluded from SNAT, to reduce time and complexity spent manually defining SNAT private ranges.
General Availability: AzAcSnap 9 — Azure Application Consistent Snapshot tool updates
AzAcSnap Version 9 Release
Generally available: Cross Subscription Restore for Azure Virtual Machines
Cross Subscription Restore support for Azure VM is generally available.
Generally available: 40MB/s/TiB and 500MB/s/TiB performance tiers for Azure Managed Lustre
Azure Managed Lustre now offers two new performance tiers, offering tailored solutions and added cost and performance flexibility for various workload sizes: 40MB/s/TiB and 500MB/s/TiB
General availability: Azure Front Door Standard/Premium in Azure Government
Azure Front Door Standard/Premium is the new Azure native, modern cloud content delivery network (CDN) catering to both dynamic and static content delivery acceleration with enhanced security and a simple and predictable pricing model.
Public Preview: Custom NFSv4.1 ID Domain in Azure NetApp Files
Non-LDAP volumes can now be configured to use a custom authentication ID Domain that matches your NFS environment.
Public preview: Azure VNet flow logs
Gain visibility of IP traffic flowing through your Virtual Networks
Public preview: Azure Mv3 Medium Memory (MM) Virtual Machines
Get improved performance and higher reliability for your memory-optimized workloads with the public preview of the new generation Mv3 Medium Memory (MM) Virtual Machines.
Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files Cloud Backup for Virtual Machines
Azure NetApp Files datastores now supports Cloud Backup for Virtual Machines in preview
General Availability : Help API provides access to self-help diagnostics
Help API is now Generally Available! Help API provides you relevant and high-quality, self-help solutions to resolve issues with your Azure resource quickly and conveniently.
Public preview: New Monitoring and Logging Updates in Azure Firewall
Resource Health and Embedded Firewall Workbooks are now in public preview.
General availability: New Monitoring and Logging Updates in Azure Firewall
Structured Logs and Latency Probe Metric are now in general availability.
Public preview: Support for new custom error pages in Application Gateway
Azure Application Gateway introduces more response codes to configure the custom error pages.
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