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RSS feedJanuary 2023
General Availability: Azure Sphere support for European Data Boundary
Azure Sphere Security Service EU data processing and storage is now generally available.
Public Preview: IT Service Management Connector (ITSMC) is now certified with ServiceNow Tokyo version
The ITSM connector provides a bi-directional connection between Azure and ITSM tools to help track and resolve issues faster.
December 2022
Public Preview: Azure Sphere support for European Data Boundary
Azure Sphere Security Service EU data processing and storage (Public Preview)
October 2022
Public preview: Azure Load Testing is now HITRUST certified
Azure Load Testing is now HITRUST certified.
Generally available: Control the minimum TLS version used with Azure Service Bus
Configure your Service Bus namespace to require that clients send and receive data with a minimal version of transport layer security (TLS).
General availability: AMD confidential VM guest attestation
Guest attestation enables verifying the trustworthiness (good state) of the trusted execution environment on which the guest VM is executing.
September 2022
Azure Monitor ITSM connector for creating ServiceNow events will be retired on 30 September 2025
Target retirement date: September 30, 2025
We are retiring the Azure Monitor ITSM connector feature for creating ServiceNow alerts on 30 September 2025.
On 1st October 2025, the Log Analytics alert API in Azure Monitor will be retired
Target retirement date: January 10, 2025
On 1st October 2025, the Log Analytics alert API in Azure Monitor will be retired.
August 2022
Generally available: Unity Catalog for Azure Databricks
Unity Catalog is a unified and fine-grained governance solution for all data assets in your Lakehouse.
Azure Firewall Premium is now ICSA labs certified
Azure Firewall Premium Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) certification from ICSA Labs is now available.
July 2022
General availability: Azure Confidential Ledger
Azure Confidential Ledger provides a managed and decentralized ledger for data entries; built on an open source blockchain-based framework and confidential computing infrastructure, confidential ledger is now generally available.
Responsible AI investments and safeguards for Facial Recognition
Target retirement date: July 01, 2023
The Cognitive Services team has updated our approach to facial recognition including adding a new Limited Access policy, removing AI classifiers of sensitive attributes and bolstering our investments in fairness and transparency.
May 2022
CIS benchmark for Linux containers
You can now attest to the state of CIS compliance for their AKS Ubuntu worker nodes.
Generally available: Minor versions upgrade for Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server
Run the most stable, compliant, and secure MySQL community versions 8.0.28 and 5.7.37 on Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server.
Public preview: Control the minimum TLS version used with Azure Service Bus
To enforce stricter security measures, you can now configure your Service Bus namespace to require that clients send and receive data with a minimum version of TLS.
March 2022
General availability: Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Hyperscale (Citus) now FedRAMP High compliant
Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus), a managed service running the open-source Postgres database on Azure is now compliant with FedRAMP High.
February 2022
Generally available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus) new certifications
New compliance certifications are now available on Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus), a managed service running the open-source Postgres database on Azure.
Now available: CIS benchmarks for Kubernetes
AKS now meets CIS benchmark standards for Kubernetes.
January 2022
Generally available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus): New certifications
New compliance certifications are now available on Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus), a managed service running the open-source Postgres database on Azure.
Generally available: Azure Policy support for Azure Site Recovery
Target availability: Q1 2022
You can now use Azure Policy to enable Azure Site Recovery for your VMs at scale and ensure organisational standards.
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