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Azure API Center Updates
Target availability: Q1 2024
We are pleased to announce an update to the Azure API Center extension for Visual Studio Code, introducing new capabilities for API inventory and design. Additionally, we are unveiling a new API governance feature in API Center, enabling API linting and analysis based on customer-owned design guidelines.
January 2024
Public Preview: Azure Business Continuity Center is now available in all regions
Azure Business Continuity Center is now available in all regions
November 2023
Generally Available: Trusted launch as default for VMs deployed through PowerShell and CLI
Trusted launch is now enabled by default for VMs deployed through PowerShell and CLI, enhancing the foundational security of these VMs.
October 2023
Changes to My Groups admin controls
Target retirement date: June 30, 2024
New settings will enable admins to restrict end users from viewing and editing security groups in My Groups. The existing settings that allow enabling or disabling of My Groups will be retired in June 2024.
August 2023
Generally Available: Trusted launch as default for VMs deployed through the Azure portal
Trusted launch is now enabled by default for VMS deployed through the Azure portal, enhancing the foundational security of these VMs.
July 2023
New Extended Security Updates (ESUs) enabled by Azure Arc
At Inspire, we are announcing Extended Security Updates (ESUs) enabled by Azure Arc. Customers will be able to purchase and seamlessly deploy ESUs through Azure Arc in on-premises or multicloud environments, right from the Azure portal.
Datadog – An Azure Native ISV Service – the most desired new features now available
Explore new capabilities with Datadog – An Azure Native ISV Service, that include a scalable solution to monitor resources in multiple subscriptions, configuration for Cloud Security Posture Management and ability to mute the monitor for expected VM shutdowns.
March 2023
Public Preview - Backup for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Azure Backup is announcing public preview of Backup for AKS allowing customers to protect their applications by providing ability to backup and restore AKS clusters.
Public Preview: Azure Backup enables vaulted backups for Azure Blob for comprehensive data protection.
Target availability: Q1 2023
Enable scheduled backups for Azure Blob using Azure Backup to ensure business continuity and recovery from inadvertent or malicious deletion or ransomware attacks.
February 2023
In development: New planned data centre region in Saudi Arabia (Saudi Arabia Central)
The new data centre region will also include Availability Zones, providing customers with high availability and additional tolerance to data centre failures.
November 2022
General availability: Default Rule Set 2.1 for Azure Web Application Firewall
Increase your security posture and reduce false positives with Default Rule Set 2.1, now generally available on Azure's global Web Application Firewall running on Azure Front Door.
September 2022
Generally available: Built-in Azure Monitor alerts for Azure Backup
Learn about the new and improved alerting capabilities offered for Azure Backup, via Azure Monitor.
August 2022
Public preview: Update management center in Azure
Update management center is the next iteration of the Azure Automation Update Management solution. It works out of the box, with zero onboarding steps and has no dependency on Azure Automation and Log Analytics.
May 2022
CIS benchmark for Linux containers
You can now attest to the state of CIS compliance for their AKS Ubuntu worker nodes.
February 2022
Microsoft Defender for Cloud: Public preview updates for January 2022
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Microsoft Defender for Cloud in January 2022.
Microsoft Defender for Cloud: General availability updates for January 2022
Target availability: Q1 2022
New enhancements and updates released for general availability in Microsoft Defender for Cloud in January 2022.
January 2022
Generally available: Azure Backup releases new updates for hybrid backups
The new enhancements released for the security of hybrid backups enable you to integrate with MUA, protect against accidental deletion and avoid data loss in soft delete state.
General availability: Microsoft Defender for Cloud updates for December 2021
Target availability: Q4 2021
New enhancements and updates released for general availability (GA) in Microsoft Defender for Cloud in December 2021.
December 2021
Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus): New toolkit certifications generally available
New Toolkit certifications are now available on Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus), a managed service running the open-source Postgres database on Azure.
Microsoft Defender for Cloud: General availability updates for November 2021
New enhancements and updates released for general availability (GA) in Microsoft Defender for Cloud in November 2021.
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