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Update servers and applications to TLS 1.2 by March 13, 2020
Target availability: Q1 2020
Update your servers and applications that communicate with Azure Container Registry to use transport layer security (TLS) 1.2 by March 13, 2020, to improve secure communication and to avoid any service interruptions.
January 2020
Azure App Service on Azure Stack Hub Update 8 Released
Azure App Service on Azure Stack Hub Update 8 released today.
Azure HDInsight TLS 1.2 Enforcement
Target availability: Q1 2020
Starting on June 30, 2020, Azure HDInsight will enforce TLS 1.2 or later versions for all HTTPS connections. We recommend that you ensure that all your clients are ready to handle TLS 1.2 or later versions.
December 2019
Azure API Management update—December 2019
A regular Azure API Management service update started on December 4, 2019, and included the following new features, bug fixes, and changes, along with other improvements.
November 2019
Azure Key Vault Virtual Machine extension now generally available
The Azure Key Vault Virtual Machine extension makes it easier for apps running on virtual machines to use certificates from a key vault, by abstracting the common tasks as well as best practices.
Secure your Custom Domains at no cost with App Service Managed Certificates (preview)
Excerpt: One of the most highly requested features for App Service for free Transport Layer Security (TLS) is now in preview! You can secure custom domains for your web apps with App Service Managed Certificates.
September 2019
Azure CDN from Verizon - enforcement of strict SNI connections
We are deprecating support for non-SNI connections when using Azure CDN from Verizon.
April 2019
TLS 1.2 Recommended for Power BI Embedded applications
TLS 1.2 is recommended for all Power BI Embedded applications to ensure that customers have control over the security of communications with Microsoft services.
March 2019
Azure API Management roundup of features and fixes
This month's API Management service update includes improvements to JWT token validation and request forwarding.
AKS 2019-03-07 release
The AKS 2019-03-07 release contains bug fixes and a new version of the Azure Monitor for containers agent.
January 2019
New release of the Microsoft Threat Modeling Tool
A new release of the Microsoft Threat Modeling Tool is available for download that contains several updates and feature changes.
November 2018
Azure API Management update November 28
Learn about the latest regular update to Azure API Management.
Azure Bot Service enforcing transport layer security (TLS) 1.2
On December 4, 2018, the Azure Bot Service will require all connections to be secured using transport layer security (TLS) 1.2.
Azure Policy now audits applications installed inside virtual machines
Azure Policy Guest Configuration provides the capability to audit settings inside VMs on Azure. The newest policy offers the ability to check for known applications installed inside VMs on Azure.
October 2018
Disable NTLM, TLS v1 and secure your Azure AD DS managed domain
You can secure your Azure AD DS managed domain by disabling NTLM v1 support, TLS v1, and synchronization of NTLM password hashes from the on-premises Active Directory instance.
June 2018
New App Service apps deployed with TLS 1.2 by default from June 30
Starting June 30, all new apps in Azure App Service will be created with TLS 1.2 by default.
TLS configuration now fixed to block 1.0
We recently announced that all Azure App Service and Azure Functions apps could update TLS configuration. Reporting tools should now correctly indicate that lower versions of TLS are blocked.
May 2018
Breaking change for SNI-SSL host names on Azure App Service
Sites that have SNI-SSL selected will not be able to work with TLS 1.0 selected, if receiving traffic from older browser versions.
April 2018
Configuration of TLS versions in App Service and Functions apps now available
Explicitly set the TLS version for individual Azure App Service and Azure Functions hosted applications.
September 2016
Azure Key Vault Certificates helps simplify and automate tasks for SSL/TLS certificates
Azure Key Vault is introducing Key Vault Certificates to simplify tasks related to SSL/TLS certificates from supported third-party CAs.
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