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February 2024

Feb 12

General availability: Improvements in Azure Key Vault

NOW AVAILABLE

Improvements in Azure Key Vault: FIPS 140-2 Level 3, PCI DSS and PCI 3DS certified for all customers.

  • Key Vault
  • Azure Key Vault Managed HSM
  • Security
  • Management
  • Features

November 2023

Nov 21

General Availability of Azure App Configuration Kubernetes Provider

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure App Configuration Kubernetes Provider lets you centrally configure the applications running in Kubernetes clusters. The latest version offers workload identity authentication in the provider and dynamic refresh of the configuration data.

  • App Configuration
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Security
  • Features

August 2023

Aug 28

Azure App Configuration - public preview release of snapshots feature

IN PREVIEW

Key-value pairs from App Config store ensure controlled deployments.

  • App Configuration
  • Security
  • Features

June 2023

Jun 13

General availability of Azure Front Door integration with managed identities

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Front Door supports using managed identity to access Key Vault without the need to generate, store, and rotate secrets. This is a secure service to service authentication method to enhance security.

  • Azure Front Door
  • Security
  • Features
Jun 8

Public preview: Azure Front Door Standard/Premium in Azure Government

IN PREVIEW

Azure Front Door Standard/Premium is the new Azure native, modern cloud content delivery network (CDN) catering to both dynamic and static content delivery acceleration with enhanced security and a simple and predictable pricing model.

  • Azure Front Door
  • Security
  • Services
  • Features

April 2023

Apr 12

General Availability: App Configuration geo-replication

NOW AVAILABLE

Replicate your application configuration data across supported regions to create redundancy, reduce latency, and distribute request load.

  • App Configuration
  • Security
  • Features

March 2023

Mar 14

Public preview: Illumio for Azure Firewall

IN PREVIEW

Illumio for Azure Firewall enables organizations to understand application traffic and dependencies and apply consistent protection across environments - limiting exposure, containing breaches, and improving efficiency.

  • Azure Firewall
  • Security
  • Services

November 2022

Nov 10

Public preview: Azure Front Door integration with managed identities

IN PREVIEW

Azure Front Door Standard and Premium supports enabling managed identities for Azure Front Door to access Azure Key Vault.

  • Azure Front Door
  • Security
  • Features

August 2022

Aug 31

Public preview: Azure Storage Explorer support for Azure App Configuration resources

IN PREVIEW

Work with your App Configuration resources in Storage Explorer on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

  • App Configuration
  • Security
  • Features
Aug 17

Public preview: App Configuration geo replication support

IN PREVIEW

Standard tier subscribers can synchronize any updates from the configuration store to replicas in other Azure regions.

  • App Configuration
  • Security
  • 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 1

Public preview: Manage Azure Web Application Firewall policies in Azure Firewall Manager

IN PREVIEW

Azure Firewall Manager now supports the ability to manage Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) policies for application delivery platforms, Application Gateway, and Azure Front Door, at scale within a centralized place.

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

April 2022

Apr 28

Generally available: Automated key rotation in Azure Key Vault

NOW AVAILABLE

Key Vault now enables you to automatically rotate keys for encryption of your data.

  • Key Vault
  • Storage Accounts
  • Managed Disks
  • Security
  • Features

March 2022

Mar 29

Generally available: The new Azure Front Door – a modern cloud CDN service

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Front Door is a modern cloud CDN that enables you to accelerate the delivery of applications, APIs, and content on Azure or anywhere at scale.

  • Azure Front Door (classic)
  • Security
  • Services
  • Features
Mar 9

Public preview: Azure Chaos Studio Key Vault and Classic Cloud Services faults

IN PREVIEW

Azure Chaos Studio has new faults available for denying access to a Key Vault and shutting down a Classic Cloud Service.

  • Azure Chaos Studio
  • Key Vault
  • Cloud Services
  • Security
  • Management
  • Features

January 2022

Jan 27

General availability: Azure Key Vault increased service limits for all its customers

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Key Vault service throughput limits have been increased for each vault, driving higher performance for your applications.

  • Key Vault
  • Security
  • Services
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Features
Jan 12

Public preview: Azure Static Web Apps enterprise-grade edge

IN PREVIEW

Extend your Static Web App with a zero-config enterprise-grade edge powered by Azure Front Door.

  • Azure Front Door (classic)
  • Azure Functions
  • Security
  • Features

December 2021

Dec 15

Automated key rotation in Azure Key Vault is now in public preview

IN PREVIEW

Automated key rotation in Key Vault allows security officers to improve data security.

  • Key Vault
  • Storage Accounts
  • Managed Disks
  • Security
  • Features

November 2021

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
Nov 2

General availability: New troubleshooting experiences in Network Insights for VPN Gateway & Azure Firewall

NOW AVAILABLE

Rich insights for additional networking resources in Azure Monitor.

  • Azure Monitor
  • VPN Gateway
  • Azure Firewall
  • Security
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features

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