Azure updates

Azure Virtual Network Manager Security Admin Rule generally available in 45 regions

Azure Virtual Network Manager's security admin rule configuration is now generally available in 45 regions, empowering users to enforce security rules across their virtual networks globally.

• Azure Virtual Network Manager
• Regions & Datacenters
• Features

Azure Virtual Network Manager security admin rule generally available in 30 regions

Azure Virtual Network Manager's security admin rule configuration is now generally available in 30 regions, empowering users to enforce security rules across their virtual networks globally.

• Azure Virtual Network Manager
• Services
• Regions & Datacenters
• Security
• Features

General availability: Integration of Azure Monitor Agent support with Connection Monitor

Integration of Azure Monitor Agent support in Connection Monitor for monitoring connectivity across ARC enabled endpoints as sources and destinations

• Network Watcher
• Microsoft Ignite
• Features

Public preview: Azure VNet flow logs

Gain visibility of IP traffic flowing through your Virtual Networks

• Virtual Network
• Services
• Features

General availability: New enhanced connection troubleshoot

Azure Network Watcher announces enhanced connection troubleshoot helping resolve network connectivity issue comprehensively along with actionable insights

• Azure Monitor
• Network Watcher
• Features

Public preview: Azure resource topology

Enhancing network and resource health visualization with unified and dynamic topology across subscriptions, regions, and resource groups.

• Azure Monitor
• Network Watcher
• Microsoft Ignite
• Features

Public preview: Network Watcher packet capture support for virtual machine scale sets

Azure Network Watcher packet capture announces support for virtual machines scale sets. This is as an out of the box, on-demand capability, enabling faster diagnostics and troubleshooting of networking issues.

• Network Watcher
• Features

General availability: New capabilities in Network Watcher Diagnostic tools to evaluate AVNM Security rules

Through updates to Network Watcher Diagnostic tools, you now have the ability to view and evaluate AVNM security rules in addition to the existing support of NSG security rules.

• Azure Monitor
• Features

General availability: Built-in Azure Policy support for Network Watcher Traffic Analytics

Traffic Analytics can now be enabled using Built-in Azure Policy, thus improving your deployment experience. Now organizations can enforce org wide standards and manage traffic monitoring at scale using these policies.

• Azure Monitor
• Network Watcher
• Features

We’re retiring Azure Network Watcher Connection Monitor (classic) on 29 February 2024

Target retirement date: February 29, 2024

Transition to the new Connection Monitor in Azure Network Watcher.

• Azure Monitor
• Network Watcher
• Retirements

Built-in Azure Policy support for NSG Flow Logs is now available

Network security group (NSG) Flow Logs can now be deployed and managed using built-in Azure policies. You don't need to write your own policies to manage NSG Flow Log deployments.

• Network Watcher
• Azure Monitor
• Services
• Features

Unified Connection Monitor in Network Watcher is now generally available

Connection monitor provides unified end-to-end connection monitoring capabilities for hybrid and Azure deployments. It brings together the best of Network Performance Monitor and Connection Monitor (classic).

• Network Watcher
• Azure Monitor
• Services
• Features

Traffic Analytics & Diagnostics capabilities in Azure Monitor for Networks

Azure Monitor for Network provides the starting point for network monitoring without any user configuration and provides access to all available network monitoring capabilities.

• Azure Monitor
• Network Watcher
• Features

Update your Traffic Analytics queries by 31st August 2022

Target retirement date: August 31, 2022

Update Traffic Analytics log schema to use new fields in queries

• Retirements

Introducing Azure Load Balancer Insights using Azure Monitor for Networks

Azure Load Balancer customers now have instant access to a preconfigured solution for health monitoring and configuration analysis enabling rapid fault localisation and informed design decisions.

• Load Balancing
• Services
• Pricing & Offerings