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Azure Firewall is now available in Azure Government
Azure Firewall Service is now generally available in Azure Government, and has been generally available in all Azure public regions since September 2018.
March 2019
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.
October 2018
September 2018
Azure Firewall now generally available
Azure Firewall is a managed cloud-based network security service that protects your Azure Virtual Network resources. It's a fully stateful firewall as a service with built-in high availability and unrestricted cloud scalability.
Application Gateway Autoscaling in preview
Azure Application Gateway is an application delivery controller-as-a-service offering that provides layer 7 load balancing, security, and web application firewall functionality. Autoscaling functionality is available in preview as part of the new zone redundant SKU in all public Azure regions.
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.
May 2018
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.
March 2018
General availability: Azure Network Watcher Connection Monitor in all public regions
Use Azure Network Watcher Connection Monitor to monitor and troubleshoot connectivity from an Azure virtual machine to anywhere.
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.
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.
September 2017
Virtual Network service endpoints in Azure SQL Database
Announcing the public preview of Virtual Network service endpoints in Azure SQL Database.
July 2017
Public preview: Connectivity check in Azure Network Watcher
Use Azure Network Watcher connectivity check to test connectivity between Azure virtual machines.
March 2017
General availability: Web Application Firewall
Web Application Firewall is generally available as part of the WAF tier on Application Gateway. This is available in all Azure public regions.
General availability: Multiple IP addresses per network interface
Multiple IP addresses per network interface is generally available.
September 2016
Public preview: Application Gateway web application firewall
Application Gateway announces the public preview of web application firewall (WAF) functionality as part of new WAF tier. This is available in all Azure regions.
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