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RSS feedJuly 2022
Generally available: Azure Event Grid partner events
Partner events, now generally available on Azure Event Grid, adds several additional features to enhance security.
Public preview: Azure Active Directory authentication for exporting and importing Managed Disks
Improve security with the new integration to Azure Active Directory (AD) used to export and import data to Azure Managed Disks.
General availability: Azure Active Directory authentication for Application Insights
Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) authentication for Azure Monitor Application helps ensure that only authenticated telemetry is ingested in your Application Insights resources.
June 2022
General availability: Azure Active Directory authentication for Application Insights
Target availability: Q2 2022
Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) authentication for Azure Monitor Application helps ensure that only authenticated telemetry is ingested in your Application Insights resources.
Generally available: Azure Backup multi-user authorization for recovery services vaults
Multi-user authorization for Backup provides enhanced protection for your backup data in recovery services vaults against unauthorized critical operations.
General availability: Temporary access pass for Azure Active Directory
Target availability: Q2 2022
Temporary Access Pass is now generally available in Public and US Gov clouds.
Public preview: Azure Data Studio MongoDB extension for Azure Cosmos DB
Use the new Azure Data Studio MongoDB extension for Azure Cosmos DB to manage all your MongoDB resources.
Public preview: Resource governance for client applications in Azure Event Hubs
Target availability: Q2 2022
Independently throttle your event streaming workloads using application groups and client applications information.
General availability: Feature general availability and feature expansion of regional availability
Various Azure NetApp Files features have reached general availability and regional coverage has been expanded for Azure NetApp Files cross-region replication.
Public preview: Azure Load Testing support for user-assigned managed identities
Use Azure AD managed identities with Azure Load Testing Preview to easily access other AAD-protected resources, like Azure Key Vault. Both system-assigned and user-assigned managed identities are now supported.
Public preview: Microsoft Graph API integration with Azure Event Grid
Use the Event Grid Microsoft Graph API integration to subscribe to events from Azure AD, Outlook, and more.
May 2022
Generally available: IT Service Management Integration with secure webhook
IT Service Management is now integrated with secure webhook, an updated version that allows you to create work items in an ITSM tool when Azure Monitor sends alerts.
April 2022
Azure SQL—Public preview updates for mid-April 2022
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL.
Public preview: Managed identities support in Azure Container Apps
You can now use managed identities with Azure Container Apps instead of passing secrets in connection strings.
Update: Azure AD Graph retirement date
Update your apps to use Microsoft Graph.
Generally available: Azure storage table access using Azure Active Directory
Accessing Azure storage table using Azure AD for authentication and Azure RBAC for authorization provides superior security over using shared key for access.
March 2022
Public preview: Azure SQL Migration extension with Azure PowerShell and CLI support
Leverage Azure PowerShell module (Az.DataMigration) or Azure CLI commands (az datamigration) for recommendations and migrate SQL Server databases using Azure Database Migration Service with Azure SQL Migration extensions for ADS.
Operator Assistance in Azure MFA will be retired on 30 September 2023
Target retirement date: September 30, 2023
Turn off Operator Assistance and enable automated attendant features for phone system.
General availability: Enablement of combined security information registration for Azure Active Directory
Target availability: Q3 2022
Beginning 1 October 2022, combined registration for multifactor authentication and self-service password reset is rolling out to you.
Public preview: SKU recommendation in Azure SQL Migration extension - Azure Data Studio
Use the new SKU recommendation support in the Azure SQL Migration extension in Azure Data Studio for Azure SQL Managed Instance and SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines.
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