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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.
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 Cosmos DB SQL API Go SDK improvements
Use new Go SDK features in your Azure Cosmos DB SQL API account including authentication with Azure Active Directory, the ability to execute single partition queries, and transactional batch support.
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.
Public preview: ExpressRoute Direct and Circuit in different subscriptions
You can now redeem an ExpressRoute Direct authorization to create an ExpressRoute Circuit in a different subscription.
Public preview: Private link support in Azure Application Gateway
Learn how private link support for Application Gateway drives more secured network access.
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 Purview access policies for Azure SQL Database
Use Microsoft Purview to manage access to your SQL sources using access policies.
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
Public preview: Azure Container Apps built-in authentication Microsoft Azure Container Apps
Use configured identify providers to sign in to your container apps by writing little or no code.
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.
Generally available: DNS reservations to prevent subdomain takeover in Cloud Services deployments
Target availability: Q2 2022
As a preventive measure, DNS record is reserved for seven days to allow clean-up of dangling DNS domains or reclaim from same Azure Active Directory tenant only.
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
General availability: Azure Data Explorer supports Conditional Access
Azure Data Explorer launches support for Azure Active Directory Conditional Access.
Azure SQL—Public preview updates for late March 2022
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late March 2022.
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