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GA Azure API Management Self-hosted gateway authentication using Azure Active Directory
New authentication method for the Self-hosted gateway with the configuration endpoint
Azure Key Vault Access Configuration Update
Target availability: Q2 2023
Azure RBAC is now the recommended authorization system for the Azure Key Vault data plane.
Public Preview: Azure Log Alerts support for Azure Data Explorer
Azure Monitor Log Alerts is expanding to support monitoring based on data that stored in Azure Data Explorer (ADX) tables, empowering customers to leverage ADX without compromising their service monitoring.
Public Preview – Azure Cache for Redis now supports aAAD based authentication and authorization
Preview password-free authentication with integrated Azure Active Directory (AAD) complemented with role-based access control supported by open source Redis.
Public Preview: Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Distro for ASP.NET Core, JavaScript (Node.js), Python
Onboard to Azure Monitor Application Insights using standard, cloud-native APIs and SDKs with rich data collection capabilities and a first-class Azure experience.
April 2023
New Azure Virtual Desktop features to answer our customers’ top needs
New capabilities recently released that improve storage, enhance configuration, deliver exceptional endpoint security, and more.
General Availability: Support for Linux clients to use identity-based access to Azure file shares over SMB
Target availability: Q2 2023
Linux SMB clients can now use Azure Files identity based authentication and authorization. This capability is available to devices that are domain joined to either customer-managed Microsoft AD DS or Azure AD DS.
GA: Azure Active Directory workload identity with AKS
You can now use AAD workload identity with AKS in production
Retirement notice: transition to the Authentication methods policy for Azure Active Directory
Target retirement date: September 30, 2024
The ability to manage authentication methods in the legacy MFA and SSPR policies will be retired on 30 September 2024.
March 2023
Generally available: Resource governance for client applications in Azure Event Hubs
Independently throttle your event streaming workloads using application groups and client applications information at namespace or event hub/Kafka topic level.
Announcement: Azure Active Directory backed authentication for JMS 2.0 API on Azure Service Bus
Announcement of AAD support for the JMS 2.0 API of Azure Service Bus.
Now Available: Azure Monitor Ingestion client libraries
The initial stable release of the Azure Monitor Ingestion client libraries is now available. Upload custom logs to Log Analytics workspaces in .NET, Java, JavaScript, and Python.
February 2023
General availability: Azure Active Directory for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
Use Azure Active Directory-based authentication methods using Azure Active Directory principals, managed identities, and groups to connect and access Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server.
Public Preview: Azure Digital Twins
Public preview: User-assigned managed identities for routing events for Azure Digital Twins
Public preview: User-assigned managed identities for routing events for Azure Digital Twins
Azure Digital Twins now supports both system-assigned and user-assigned managed identities for authenticating to supported endpoints for routing digital twin events.
January 2023
General Availability: Active Directory Connector for Arc-enabled SQL MI
Active Directory Connector (ADC) for Arc-enabled SQL Managed Instance is now available to perform Active Directory authentication.
Generally available: Azure Active Directory authentication for SQL Server 2022
Customers with SQL Server 2022 can enable Azure Active Directory authentication, single sign-on, unify SQL Server authentication and leverage multi-factor authentication.
Public Preview: Microsoft Purview access policies for SQL Server 2022
Author policies that govern the access to Active Directory users directly from Azure to all your SQL Server 2022 data sources at scale.
General Availability: Azure Active Directory authentication for exporting and importing Managed Disks
New integration with Azure Active Directory (AD) to export and import data to Azure Managed Disks improves security
December 2022
General availability: Azure AD authentication with Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server
Simplify permission management by using Microsoft Azure Active Directory identities to authenticate with instances of Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server.
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