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Azure Synapse SQL on-demand now enforces TLS 1.2 on outbound connections
Azure Synapse SQL on-demand is now enforcing TLS 1.2 for outbound connections used by all SQL client applications.
July 2020
Azure Active Directory Registration Service is ending support for TLS 1.0 and 1.1
Azure Active Directory Registration Service: Ending support for TLS 1.0 and 1.1 and preparing for TLS 1.2 in US Gov and commercial clouds
Azure API Management update—July 2020
A regular Azure API Management service update was started on July 8, 2020. It includes new features, bug fixes, and improvements.
Microsoft Graph Service: Retiring TLS 1.0 and 1.1 and preparing for TLS 1.2 in US Gov Cloud
Update your Microsoft Graph clients in US Gov Cloud (https://graph.microsoft.us & https://dod-graph.microsoft.us) to TLS 1.2 by 8/5/2020 to ensure that you maintain uninterrupted access to Microsoft Graph Service.
June 2020
Azure Cosmos DB transport layer security (TLS) 1.2 enforcement starts on July 29, 2020
Target availability: Q3 2020
Azure Cosmos DB will start enforcing transport layer security (TLS) 1.2 on July 29, 2020.
Minimal TLS version setting is now available for Azure Database for MariaDB
Enforce a minimal TLS version at the server level that applies to Azure Database for MariaDB using the new TLS version setting.
Minimal TLS version setting is now available for Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Enforce a minimal TLS version at the server level that applies to Azure Database for PostgreSQL using the new TLS version setting.
Minimal TLS version setting is now available for Azure Database for MySQL
Enforce a minimal transport layer security (TLS) version at the server level that applies to Azure Database for MySQL using the new TLS version setting.
CNI security vulnerability in older AKS clusters and mitigation steps
Find out if you are impacted by an identified CNI vulnerability in older AKS clusters and take mitigation steps to address it.
May 2020
Minimal TLS version setting is now available for Azure SQL Database and Azure Synapse Analytics
Enforce a minimal TLS version at the server level that applies to Azure SQL Databases and Azure Synapse Analytics workspaces hosted on the server using the new TLS version setting.
Azure HDInsight enterprise security enhancements
Three new security feature improvements are available for Azure HDinsight.
Azure HDInsight enterprise security enhancements
Target availability: Q2 2020
Azure HDInsight enterprise security enhancements include support for customer-managed key encryption with Azure Key Vault and a new feature, ID broker, which simplifies authentication setups.
Azure File Sync is removing support for TLS 1.0 and 1.1 in August 2020
Target retirement date: August 01, 2020
Azure File Sync service will remove support for TLS 1.0 and 1.1 in August 2020.
Azure Sphere update 20.04 is now available
The 20.04 release of Azure Sphere OS includes new features to support EAP-TLS networking and certificate management. A single Windows SDK now supports both Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code.
April 2020
IoT Hub deprecation of support for TLS 1.0/1.1 is postponed
The deadline for IoT Hub deprecation of support for transport layer security (TLS) 1.0/1.1 is postponed indefinitely. IoT Hub will continue to support TLS 1.0/1.1 until further notice to ensure compatibility with existing applications and devices.
Update self-hosted integration runtime nodes to TLS 1.2 by May 11, 2020
Target availability: Q2 2020
Update your servers/machines running self-hosted integration runtimes that communicate with the Azure Data Factory backend for control plane actions to use transport layer security (TLS) 1.2 by May 11, 2020.
March 2020
Azure Front Door—March 2020 updates
Azure Front Door is a cloud-native modern content delivery network offering that enables customers to improve their apps for performance, security, availability, and scalability by providing a high-performant and low-latency network, web application firewall, global load balancing, SSL offload, and TCP/SSL optimizations. Several new capabilities for Front Door are now generally available.
Upgrade the TLS version of your Power BI application to TLS 1.2
Support for transport layer security (TLS) 1.0 and 1.1 for Power BI will end in June 2020. Upgrade the TLS version of your Power BI application to TLS 1.2 before then.
Azure SQL Database managed instance now enforces TLS 1.2 on outbound connections
Target availability: Q1 2020
In January 2020 Microsoft enforced TLS 1.2 for intra-service traffic in all Azure services. For Azure SQL Database managed instance, this resulted in TLS 1.2 being enforced on outbound connections used for replication and linked server connections to SQL Server.
Preparing for TLS 1.2 in Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure recommends all customers complete migration towards solutions that support transport layer security (TLS) 1.2 and to make sure that TLS 1.2 is used by default.
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