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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.
Public preview: Virtual network service endpoints for Azure Database for MySQL
Virtual network service endpoints for Azure Database for MySQL are in public preview.
General availability: Azure Cosmos DB Virtual Network Service Endpoints
Virtual Network Service Endpoints for Azure Cosmos DB is available in all regions of the Azure public cloud.
April 2018
Region expansion: Global VNet Peering
Global VNet Peering is available in all Azure public regions, excluding the China, Germany, and Azure Government regions.
Region expansion: Global VNet Peering
Global VNet Peering is now generally available in four additional regions: West Europe, US East 2, Southeast Asia, and Central US.
March 2018
General availability: Application security groups in all Azure regions
Application security groups are generally available in all Azure public cloud regions. This feature provides security micro-segmentation for your virtual networks in Azure.
General availability: Standard Load Balancer
Azure Standard Load Balancer is now generally available in all regions.
General availability: Disable BGP route propagation for virtual network routes
If you are connecting your virtual network by using Azure ExpressRoute or VPN gateways, you can disable routing through BGP by simply adding a property in your route tables.
February 2018
General availability: Virtual Network Service Endpoints for Azure SQL Database
Virtual Network Service Endpoints for Azure SQL Database is generally available in all Azure regions.
January 2018
General availability: Virtual Network Service Endpoints and Firewalls for Azure Storage
"Virtual Network Service Endpoints" and "Firewalls and Virtual Networks for Azure Storage" are generally available in all regions in the Azure public cloud and Azure Government.
General availability: Service tags for NSGs
Service tags for NSGs are generally available.
General availability: Augmented rules for NSGs
Augmented security rules for NSGs are generally available.
Public preview: Application security groups in all regions
Application security groups in public preview are available in all regions.
December 2017
General availability: Azure CNI plug-in
Azure CNI allows your containers to be part of an Azure Virtual Network and leverage the rich set of capabilities that a virtual network offers.
October 2017
Public preview expansion: VNet Service Endpoints and Storage Firewalls and Virtual Networks
The public previews for Virtual Network Service Endpoints and Firewalls and Virtual Networks for Azure Storage have been expanded to include all regions in the Azure public cloud.
Azure Global VNet Peering Generally Available
We are excited to announce GA for Azure Global VNet Peering. Global VNet Peering allows you to peer virtual networks in different Azure regions to build a global private network in Azure.
Azure networking available only in the Azure portal from October 4
Azure Networking features will be available only in the Azure portal from October 4th, 2017. Networking related feature support from the classic Portal will be deprecated starting October 4th.
September 2017
Public preview: Global VNet Peering
Global VNet Peering is in preview.
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