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Generally available: Encrypt managed disks with cross-tenant customer-managed keys
Protect your data by encrypting Premium SSD, Standard SSD, and Standard HDD managed disks with cross tenant customer-managed keys.
Public preview: Azure Front Door integration with managed identities
Azure Front Door Standard and Premium supports enabling managed identities for Azure Front Door to access Azure Key Vault.
Azure Multi-Factor Authentication Server will be deprecated 30 September 2024
Target retirement date: September 30, 2024
Deprecation notice: transition from Azure MFA Server to Azure MFA by 30 September 2024.
Generally available: Encrypt storage account with cross-tenant customer-managed keys
Azure Storage now supports customer-managed keys using a key vault on a different Azure Active Directory tenant.
October 2022
Public preview: Multi-user authorization for Backup vaults
Multi-user authorization provides enhanced protection for your backup data against unauthorized critical operations.
Generally available: Windows Admin Center for Azure Virtual Machines
Target availability: Q4 2022
Windows Admin Center for Azure Virtual Machines is now generally available for you to manage the Operating System of your Windows Server infrastructure in Azure.
Generally available: Azure Site Recovery update rollup 64 - October 2022
This update provides the improvements for the latest version of Azure Site Recovery components.
Public preview: 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: Integration of Azure Monitor Agent with Connection Monitor
Integration of Azure Monitor Agent support in Connection Monitor for monitoring connectivity to ARC enabled endpoints.
Public preview: Azure Active Directory workload identity support in AKS
Workload identity provides a simpler approach for managing identities and overcomes limitations of Azure Active Directory pod-managed identity.
Migrate your runbooks to managed identities in Azure Automation by 30 September 2023
Target retirement date: September 28, 2022
Azure Automation Run As accounts will be retired on 30 September 2023.
September 2022
Public preview: 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.
Public preview: Encrypt managed disks with cross-tenant customer-managed keys
Protect your data by encrypting Premium SSD, Standard SSD, and Standard HDD managed disks with customer-managed keys.
Public preview: Encrypt storage account with cross-tenant customer-managed keys
Azure Storage now supports customer-managed keys using a key vault on a different Azure Active Directory tenant.
August 2022
General availability: Managed identity to connect Azure Cache for Redis to storage
Connect Azure Cache for Redis to storage accounts via managed identity established through Azure Active Directory to provide a more streamlined and secure process.
Azure SQL—General availability updates for late August 2022
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL.
Azure SQL—General availability updates for mid-August 2022
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL.
Generally available: Azure API Management support for MSAL in developer portal
Enable a secure OAuth 2.0 authorization code flow when using Azure Active Directory or Azure Active Directory B2C identity providers.
General availability: Reservation administrator and reader roles in the Azure Portal
You can now assign reservation administrator and reader roles in the Azure Portal.
July 2022
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.
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