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Public preview: Application Gateway Mutual Authentication
Application Gateway now supports fronted mutual authentication and listener specific SSL policies.
Public preview: Azure Database for MySQL– Flexible Server: Announcing SSL enforcement and minimum TLS version choice
Now you can choose to enforce encrypted connection or Transport Layer Support version on Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server.
The public preview of Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server now supported in new regions
Provision new Flexible Server deployments in France Central and Brazil South regions for Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open source Postgres database on Azure.
Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server: PowerShell Module in public preview
Use PowerShell to manage dependent resources and Azure Database for MySQL- Flexible Servers.
Zone redundant storage (ZRS) option for Azure managed disks in public preview
Now available in public preview in West Europe, North Europe, West US 2, and France Central, Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) option for Azure managed disks protect disks from zonal failures which may occur due to natural disasters or hardware issues.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server (public preview) managed PgBouncer in public preview
PgBouncer, a popular connection pooler for Postgres, is now part of the Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server (preview) managed service.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus) managed PgBouncer in public preview
PgBouncer, a popular connection pooler for Postgres, is now part of the Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Hyperscale (Citus) managed service.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server with managed PgBouncer in preview
PgBouncer, a popular connection pooler for Postgres, is now part of the Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server managed service
Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server (public preview) support for PostgreSQL 13
PostgreSQL 13 for Azure Database for Postgres – Flexible Server includes multiple enhancements now in preview.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server (public preview) supports PostgreSQL minor versions
The latest PostgreSQL minor versions 13.2, 12.6, and 11.11 are now supported by Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server (in preview) and include security and bug fixes.
Azure Storage — Attribute-based Access Control (ABAC) now available for preview
Attribute-based Access Control (ABAC) is an authorization mechanism that defines access levels based on attributes associated with security principals, resources, requests or the environment. You can now use ABAC in Azure Storage for Blobs and ADLS Gen2 by defining conditions on role-assignments based on resource and request attributes.
Public preview: AKS support for Secrets Store Container Storage Interface
Access your secrets securely via the container's file system.
Azure Security Center: Public preview updates for April 2021
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure Security Center in April 2021.
April 2021
Microsoft Azure Web PubSub service now in public preview
Easily build large-scale real-time messaging applications with WebSockets without the need to manage backend infrastructure.
Azure Site Recovery now supports Azure Policy in public preview
Leverage Azure Policy to enable Azure Site Recovery for your VMs at scale and ensure organizational standards.
Public preview: Application Insight in South India and West Central US
Application Insight is now in public preview for customers to start collecting telemetry and analyzing their services for health in the following list of regions South India West Central US.
Public preview: Azure Log Analytics in South India
Azure Log Analytics is now in public preview for customers to start collecting telemetry and analyzing their services for health and usage in South India.
Public preview: Forced failover now available with zone redundant high availability for Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server
Flexible Server forced failover capability is now available in all zone redundant regions.
Public preview: Stateful and 1-minute frequency log alerts in Azure Monitor
Log search based alerts can now be automatically resolved, and query can be evaluated every minute for faster time to fire.
Azure SQL—public preview updates for April 2021
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in April 2021.
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