Azure updates

Azure Monitor for Key Vault is now in preview

Azure Monitor for Key Vault Preview provides comprehensive monitoring of your key vaults by delivering a unified view of your Key Vault requests, performance, failures, and latency.

• Azure Monitor
• Key Vault
• Services
• Security
• Features

Key Vault bring your own key (BYOK) is now generally available

A new bring your own key (BYOK) method to import keys securely from on-premises HSMs into Azure Key Vault is now generally available. This BYOK method can be used to import keys from any supported on-premises HSM.

• Key Vault
• Compliance
• Security
• Features

Announcing Azure Private Link GA for Azure Services

Azure Private Link now includes multiple new services available in Preview and GA.

• Azure Private Link
• Virtual Network
• Azure Cosmos DB
• Azure SQL Database
• Azure Synapse Analytics
• Storage Accounts
• Key Vault
• Azure Database for PostgreSQL
• Azure Database for MySQL
• Azure Database for MariaDB
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Event Hubs
• Service Bus
• App Service
• Event Grid
• Azure Container Registry
• App Configuration
• Azure Data Lake Storage
• Azure AI Search
• Services
• Compliance
• Security

Azure Key Vault—Private endpoints now available in preview

Target availability: Q1 2020

Establish a private connection between Azure Key Vault and other Azure services by using Azure Private Link, now available in preview for all public regions.

• Azure Private Link
• Key Vault
• Virtual Network
• Services
• Security
• Features

New Azure policies to manage certificates across your organization, currently in preview

Large organizations have thousands of certificates in key vaults distributed across thousands of applications and subscriptions.

• Key Vault
• Security

Key Vault references in App Service and Azure Functions are now available

Introduce secrets management into your apps without code changes using Key Vault references.

• Azure Functions
• App Service
• App Service (Linux)
• Key Vault
• Security
• Features

A new set of Azure SDKs is now available in preview

A new set of libraries for working with Azure Storage, Cosmos DB, Key Vault, and Event Hubs in Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, and C# is now available in preview.

• Event Hubs
• Key Vault
• Azure Cosmos DB
• Storage Accounts
• Security
• SDK and Tools
• Open Source

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.

• Virtual Network
• Azure Firewall
• Virtual Machines
• Services
• Security
• Features

Azure Functions—Key Vault integration

Azure Key Vault integration with Azure Functions lets you build more secure serverless applications out of the box, taking advantage of secrets management to get the benefits of rotation policies and centralized access control.

• Key Vault
• Azure Functions
• Services
• Security

Azure Key Vault support with Azure Databricks

Azure Databricks now supports Azure Key Vault backed secret scope. With this, Azure Databricks now supports two types of secret scopes—Azure Key Vault-backed and Databricks-backed.

• Key Vault
• Azure Databricks
• Services
• Security

Generally available: Azure Disk Encryption for Windows and Linux for Standard and Premium IaaS virtual machines

Azure Disk Encryption for Linux IaaS virtual machines and support for virtual machines with Premium storage is generally available in all Azure public regions.

• Key Vault
• Virtual Machines
• Services
• Regions & Datacenters
• Security

Public preview: Azure Disk Encryption

Azure Disk Encryption for virtual machines addresses organizational security and compliance requirements by encrypting virtual machine disks.

• Key Vault
• Virtual Machines
• Security
• Features