Azure updates

HPC Cache on E-Series VMs Support of Blob NFS 3.0 now generally available

Add Azure HPC Cache to support new workloads in Blob NFS 3.0.

• Azure HPC Cache
• Azure Blob Storage
• Features

Azure Firewall Premium now in public preview

Azure Firewall Premium provides next generation firewall capabilities that are required for highly sensitive and regulated environments.

• Azure Firewall Manager
• Security

Multiple new features for Azure VPN Gateway are now generally available

Take advantage of multiple new enhancements and features that are now generally available in Azure VPN Gateway.

• VPN Gateway
• Security
• Features

Multiple new features for Azure VPN Gateway in public preview

Take advantage of multiple new enhancements and features that are now available in Azure VPN Gateway.

• VPN Gateway
• Security
• Features

Azure Firewall Manager is now generally available

Firewall Manager is a security management service that provides central security policy and route management for cloud-based security perimeters.

• Azure Firewall
• Azure Firewall Manager
• Security

101 services at FedRAMP High as Azure Government continues expanding capacity

21 new services added to FedRAMP High ATO, delivering on continued commitment to accelerating compliance for government customers

• Archive Storage
• Azure Blueprints
• Cloud Shell
• AI Enrichment
• Azure Stack Edge
• Azure Data Explorer
• Azure Database Migration Service (classic)
• Azure Dedicated HSM
• Azure Firewall
• Azure Managed Applications
• Azure Resource Graph
• Azure Stream Analytics
• Microsoft Cost Management
• Network Watcher
• Azure AI Speech
• Services
• Compliance
• Security
• Features

Azure Firewall Manager Preview refresh

Azure Firewall Manager Preview now supports Azure Firewall deployments in virtual networks (also known as hub virtual networks) in addition to its support for Azure Firewall deployments in virtual WAN hubs (also known as secured virtual hubs).

• Azure Firewall
• Services
• Security

Azure Firewall Manager is now in preview

Azure Firewall Manager Preview is a security management service that provides central security policy and route management for cloud-based security perimeters. It works with Azure Virtual WAN Hub, a Microsoft-managed resource that lets you easily create hub and spoke architectures. When security and routing policies are associated with such a hub, it is referred to as a Secured Virtual Hub.

• Azure Firewall
• Security

Azure Monitor Log now supports log search on multiple Azure resources

Many Azure services added support for new and easier way to search their logs

• Azure Monitor
• Management
• Features

Azure Traffic Manager will stop automatically enabling, disabling, or deleting endpoints for Azure Cloud Services on May 1, 2019

Target retirement date: May 01, 2019

Currently, Azure Traffic Manager can automatically enable, disable, or delete endpoints when starting, stopping, or deleting the corresponding cloud service. However, this option will be retired on May 1, 2019, and you’ll need to manually enable, disable, or delete profile endpoints in Traffic Manager when starting, stopping, or deleting a cloud service. You’ll continue to be billed for the endpoints unless they are manually disabled or deleted.

• Traffic Manager
• Cloud Services
• Services
• Retirements

Azure DNS: Getting ready for DNS Flag Day

Domains hosted on any Microsoft DNS service, including Azure DNS and Traffic Manager, will continue to work after DNS Flag Day. Customers don't need to take any action at this time.

• Azure DNS
• Traffic Manager
• Services
• Compliance

What's new in Azure DNS: Alias records

Azure DNS now supports alias records for DNS zones.

• Azure DNS
• Features

General availability: Metrics in Azure Traffic Manager

Azure Traffic Manager provides metrics for monitoring the health status of endpoints in a profile and the amount of traffic that a profile receives. These metrics are now generally available.

• Traffic Manager
• Features

Announcing the new VNet Integration feature in App Service

For Azure App Service, a new version of the VNet Integration capability enables access to resources across service endpoints or Azure ExpressRoute connections.

• App Service
• Features

Azure Traffic Manager traffic view

With traffic view, Azure Traffic Manager customers will now be able to understand where their user bases are located (up to a local DNS resolver level granularity), the volume of traffic originating from these regions, and the representative latency experienced.

• Traffic Manager
• Features

Azure Traffic Manager—Fast Failover and TCP Probing

Two new features in Azure Traffic Manager are now generally available—Fast Failover and TCP Probing.

• Traffic Manager
• Features