Updates Archives
Monthly updates for March 2019
Public preview: Adaptive network hardening in Azure Security Center
Adaptive network hardening in Azure Security Center is in public preview and can help you secure connections to and from the public internet.
Support for virtual network peering in Azure Security Center
The network map in Azure Security Center now supports virtual network peering.
Azure Security Center adaptive application control updates
In Azure Security Center, adaptive application control in audit mode is now available for Azure Linux VMs, as well as non-Azure Windows and Linux VMs and servers that are connected to Azure Security Center.
Azure Security Center: Regulatory compliance dashboard in public preview
The new Azure Security Center regulatory compliance dashboard is in public preview. It helps streamline the process for meeting regulatory compliance requirements by providing insights into your compliance posture.
Azure Security Center: Secure score impact changes
In Azure Security Center, the secure score impact has changed for several recommendations. The change might affect your overall secure score.
Azure Security Center policy migration to Azure Policy
Azure Security Center policy updates are now performed from Azure Policy.
Azure Security Center update: Secure score for compliance metrics
Use secure score to evaluate your security posture in Azure Security Center.
Azure Security Center update: Azure App Service recommendation improvements
Azure App Service security recommendations have been improved to provide greater accuracy and environment compatibility.
Azure portal March 2019 update
Learn about updates to the Azure portal for March 2019, including Virtual Network Gateway overview page changes, new full-screen DNS Zone and Load Balancer create blades, and Azure Management Group integration with Activity Log.
Upcoming change to Azure Monitor Application Insights Smart Detection emails
On April 1, 2019, we’re changing the default roles that receive email notifications from Azure Monitor Application Insights Smart Detection. The new default roles are Monitoring Reader and Monitoring Contributor.
Azure Resource Manager template language additions
We've added a few new items to the Azure Resource Manager template language: conditional outputs, array copy, and functions for a newGuid() and utcNow().
HDInsight networking resources provisioned in the HDInsight resource group
The networking resources (such as NICs and load balancers) for new Azure HDInsight clusters created in a virtual network are now provisioned in the same HDInsight cluster resource group.
Clone Visual API for Power BI Embedded
You can use the Clone Visual API to make copies of an existing visual.
Themes API for Power BI Embedded
You can use the Themes API to apply a custom theme to your embedded report, such as corporate colors, seasonal coloring, or other custom styles.
Control all Power BI Embedded visual menu actions programmatically
The Options and Context Menus APIs have been extended to provide full control for each visual in the report on built-in commands and custom commands.
APIs for Power BI app content
You can use a new set of APIs to get a list of your Power BI installed apps and their content.
Schedule DirectQuery cache refresh for Power BI Embedded
Use the REST API for Power BI Embedded to set the cache refresh of a DirectQuery or live connection dataset.
Schedule refreshes with the Power BI Embedded REST API
The new REST API enables you to set a new refresh schedule or override the configuration of an existing schedule.
SignalR Service bindings
Azure Functions can now use bindings for SignalR Service to send real-time data to web applications as part of the function executions. The binding is supported for all generally available languages, including C#, JavaScript, and Java.
Threat intelligence-based filtering for Azure Firewall is now available in preview
Threat intelligence-based filtering for Azure Firewall is now available in preview. The addition of the Threat Intelligence feed to the filtering capabilities expands both the options to alert and deny traffic from or to known malicious IP addresses and domains.
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