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August 2022

Aug 17

General availability: User-defined routes support for private endpoints

NOW AVAILABLE

User-defined routes (UDRs) support for private endpoints is now generally available.

  • Azure Private Link
  • Virtual Network
  • Features
Aug 2

Azure Firewall Premium is now ICSA labs certified

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Firewall Premium Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) certification from ICSA Labs is now available.

  • Azure Firewall
  • Security
  • Compliance
Aug 1

General availability: Next hop IP support for Route Server

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q3 2022

Peer Route Server with network virtual appliances (NVAs) deployed behind an Azure Internal Load Balancer (ILB).

  • Azure Route Server
  • Services

July 2022

Jul 14

Generally available: Azure Gateway Load Balancer

NOW AVAILABLE

Gateway Load Balancer enables you to deploy, scale, and enhance the availability of third party network virtual appliances (NVAs) in Azure with ease.

  • Load Balancer
  • Services
  • Features

June 2022

Jun 15

General availability: Azure WAF policy and DDoS management in Azure Firewall Manager

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Firewall Manager supports the ability to manage DDoS Protection plans and Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) policies for workloads and applications, within a centralized place, at scale.

  • Application Gateway
  • Azure Firewall Manager
  • Azure Front Door
  • Web Application Firewall
  • Security
  • Services
  • Features
Jun 13

Public preview: Private link support in Azure Application Gateway

IN PREVIEW

Learn how private link support for Application Gateway drives more secured network access.

  • Azure Private Link
  • Application Gateway
  • Security
  • Features
Jun 8

Public preview: Connection Monitor Support for virtual machine scale sets

IN PREVIEW

Azure Network Watcher Connection Monitor announces support for virtual machine scale sets which enables faster performance monitoring and network troubleshooting through connectivity checks.

  • Network Watcher
  • Features
Jun 8

Public preview: Network Watcher packet capture support for virtual machine scale sets

IN PREVIEW

Azure Network Watcher packet capture announces support for virtual machines scale sets. This is as an out of the box, on-demand capability, enabling faster diagnostics and troubleshooting of networking issues.

  • Network Watcher
  • Features

May 2022

May 31

General availability: Azure Bastion IP based connection

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now use Azure Bastion to connect to on-premises resources over ExpressRoute and Site-to-Site VPN

  • Azure Bastion
  • Security
  • Features
May 16

Public preview: Azure DNS Private Resolver – Hybrid name resolution and conditional forwarding

IN PREVIEW

Seamlessly perform conditional forwarding from on-prem to Azure Private DNS Zones and from Azure Virtual Networks to any target DNS server.

  • Azure DNS
  • Services
  • Features

April 2022

Apr 11

Generally available: Service tags support for user-defined routing

NOW AVAILABLE

Simplify route creation and management by using service tags to represent multiple IP ranges in a single user-defined route.

  • Virtual Network
  • Features

March 2022

Mar 31

General availability: Bring your own IP ranges to Azure

NOW AVAILABLE

Bring your own public IP ranges to Azure to retain existing reputation or to prevent your customers from needing to modify dependencies (e.g. firewalls or other hardcoding) on their network.

  • Load Balancer
  • Virtual Network
  • Features
Mar 28

General availability: Azure Bastion native client support

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Bastion native client support brings you the ability to connect to target VMs from the command line and log in using your Azure Active Directory credentials.

  • Azure Bastion
  • Security
  • Features
Mar 21

General availability: Inbound NAT rule now supports port management for backend pools

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now specify target backend pool in inbound NAT rule for less management overhead when configuring port forwarding.

  • Load Balancer
  • Features

January 2022

Jan 6

Azure Traffic Manager: Additional IP addresses for endpoint monitoring service.

NOW AVAILABLE

Update your network access control rules if you see Traffic Manager health probes with new IP addresses.

  • Traffic Manager
  • Azure Firewall
  • Security
  • Services

November 2021

Nov 29

General availability: VPN Gateway NAT

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure VPN Gateway NAT (Network Address Translation) can be used to connect on-premises networks or branch offices to an Azure virtual network with overlapping IP addresses.

  • VPN Gateway
  • Security
  • Features
Nov 9

Public preview: Azure Bastion native client support

IN PREVIEW

Azure Bastion native client support brings you the ability to connect to target VMs from the command line and log in using their Azure Active Directory credentials.

  • Azure Bastion
  • Security
  • Features
Nov 8

General availability: ExpressRoute now supports Azure Virtual Desktop Shortpath RDP over Private Peering

NOW AVAILABLE

ExpressRoute enables direct connectivity between on-premises and Microsoft global network. You can connect to virtual machines and private endpoints defined in an Azure virtual network with private peering.

  • Azure ExpressRoute
  • Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Features
Nov 2

Public preview: Azure Virtual Network Manager

IN PREVIEW

Azure Virtual Network Manager (AVNM) is a one-stop shop solution for centralized network management across regions and subscriptions. AVNM allows you to easily create network topologies and high-priority security rules at scale in the public preview.

  • Azure Virtual Network Manager
  • Virtual Network
  • Security
  • Microsoft Ignite
Nov 2

General availability: Bastion Standard SKU

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Bastion Standard SKU offers key capabilities for enterprises, unblocking critical customer scenarios.

  • Azure Bastion
  • Security
  • Services
  • Features

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