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RSS feedJanuary 2019
General availability: Standard Load Balancer and Standard Public IP in Azure Government
Azure Standard Load Balancer and Standard Public IP are now generally available in Azure Government cloud regions.
December 2018
Public preview: Virtual network service endpoints for Azure Database for MariaDB
Virtual network service endpoints for Azure Database for MariaDB are in public preview.
November 2018
Enhancements to NSG flow logs for Azure Network Watcher
Enhancements to NSG flow logs (version 2) are available in the West Central US region. They include per-flow throughput statistics.
Azure Network Watcher enabled by default for subscriptions that contain virtual networks
We are rolling out changes to enable Network Watcher by default for subscriptions that contain a virtual network. This will simplify and improve your network troubleshooting experience.
October 2018
Azure App Service new Virtual Network Integration capability is in preview
VNet Integration capability with Azure App Service is in preview.
Azure Container Instances custom Virtual Network support is in preview
With Virtual Network support, Azure Container Instances now supports deploying containers to new or existing Azure virtual networks. Azure Container Instances containers can have secure communication with other resources, such as Azure Kubernetes Service clusters, residing in the same virtual network.
General availability: Standard Load Balancer in Azure China cloud
Azure Standard Load Balancer is now generally available in Azure China cloud regions.
September 2018
Public preview: Virtual network service endpoint policies for Azure Storage
Virtual network service endpoint policies for Azure Storage are now in preview.
Linux preview support of custom virtual networks on Azure Container Instances
You can now provision Linux containers into new or existing virtual networks with Azure Container Instances. This support is in preview for Linux in two regions: West US and West Europe.
Virtual network peering across Azure Active Directory tenants
Virtual network peering is now available for virtual networks that belong to subscriptions in different Azure Active Directory tenants.
Azure Virtual Network TAP
Azure Virtual Network TAP enables you to continuously mirror traffic from a virtual network to a packet collector.
Point-to-site VPN connectivity in Virtual WAN preview
We are pleased to announce support for point-to-site VPN in Azure Virtual WAN. A point-to-site (P2S) VPN lets you create a secure connection to your Azure Virtual WAN from an individual client computer.
Azure Virtual WAN now generally available
Azure Virtual WAN provides a simple, unified, global connectivity and security platform to allow the deployment large scale branch infrastructure. ExpressRoute provides private connectivity into the Microsoft global network.
OpenVPN support for Azure VPN Gateways
Azure Virtual Network Gateways now support OpenVPN as a protocol for point-to-site clients to connect.
General availability: Virtual network service endpoints for Azure Key Vault
Virtual network service endpoints are generally available for Azure Key Vault in all public Azure regions.
August 2018
Troubleshoot connectivity issues in a virtual network
The Virtual Network portal blade has been enhanced to troubleshoot connectivity and performance issues or continually monitor your network endpoints from virtual machines (VMs) in a virtual network.
General availability: Virtual network service endpoints for Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Virtual network service endpoints for Azure Database for PostgreSQL are generally available.
General availability: Virtual network service endpoints for Azure Database for MySQL
Virtual network service endpoints for Azure Database for MySQL are generally available.
May 2018
Public preview: Virtual network service endpoints for Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Virtual network service endpoints for Azure Database for PostgreSQL are in public preview.
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