Updates Archives
Monthly updates for September 2022
Public preview: Encryption scopes on hierarchical namespace enabled storage accounts
You can now use separate encryption keys for each customer in a single hierarchical namespace enabled storage account.
General availability: Improvements to Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) custom rules
Target availability: Q3 2022
Azure regional Web Application Firewall (WAF) supports operators “Any” and “GreaterThanOrEqual”, improving WAF tuning capabilities. Azure's global WAF now supports geo-match filtering using the socket address in addition to remote address.
General availability (update): Improved Append Capability on Immutable Storage for Blob Storage
Immutable storage for Blob Storage on containers now includes a new append capability.
Generally available: Immutable storage for Azure Data Lake Storage
Target availability: Q3 2022
Immutable storage for Azure Data Lake Storage is now generally available. Immutable storage provides the capability to store data in a write once, read many (WORM) state.
Generally available: New KMS DNS in Azure China Cloud
All Azure Windows VMs provisioned in Azure China Cloud after December 15, 2022, will be activated via azkms.core.chinacloudapi.cn, which points to two new KMS IP addresses, 159.27.28.100 and 163.228.64.161.
Generally available: Azure Ultra Disk Storage in Qatar Central
Azure Ultra Disk Storage provides high-performance along with sub-millisecond latency for your most demanding workloads, now available in Qatar Central Azure.
On 1 October 2025, the Log Analytics alert API in Azure Monitor will be retired
Target retirement date: January 10, 2025
On 1 October 2025, the Log Analytics alert API in Azure Monitor will be retired.
Generally available: Resizing of peered virtual networks
You can use this feature to resize or update the IP address of your peered virtual networks without removing the peering.
General availability: Azure Media Services low-latency live streaming
Azure Media Services is announcing the general availability of low-latency HLS with glass-to-glass latency between 4-7 seconds with support for automatic transcriptions and digital rights management.
Generally available: Reserved capacity for Azure Backup Storage
Reserved capacity for Azure Backup Storage is now available.
Public preview: API Server VNET Integration for AKS private cluster
You can now use an API Server VNet Integration to ensure network traffic between your API server and your node pools remains on the private network only.
General availability: Read replica for Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server
Provision up to 10 read replicas for high availability (HA) enabled servers in Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server.
Public preview: Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server data encryption with CMK
Encrypt your data with customer-managed keys (CMK) to enable an extra layer of security for data at rest.
Generally available: Fast restore for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
Perform restores from the backup snapshot directly to speed up the overall provisioning time for your restored server with fast restore.
Public preview: Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server major version upgrade
Upgrade your instance of Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server from version 5.7 to 8.0.
Generally available: Multi-instance GPU support in AKS
You can now run your AKS production workloads using the A100 GPU SKU.
Public preview: Azure Load Testing in UK South
Azure Load Testing is in public preview in UK South.
Public preview: Azure Network Policy Manager for Windows server 2022 in AKS
You can now add Azure network policies to Windows 2022 server in AKS.
Public preview: Operation abort
Stop an ongoing cluster or agentpool operation in emergency situations.
Public preview: Soft delete in Azure Container Registry
You can now restore deleted artifacts from your Azure Container Registry.
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