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RSS feedMay 2021
General availability: VNET peering support for Azure Bastion
You can now deploy Azure Bastion in a peered Virtual Network (VNet), enabling RDP/SSH connectivity to virtual machines deployed in a peered Virtual network (VNet)
General availability: Multiple features for Azure VPN Gateway
Take advantage of multiple new enhancements and features that are now generally available in Azure VPN Gateway.
April 2021
General availability: Application Gateway URL Rewrite
Application Gateway now supports hosting friendly URLs and routing based on query string values.
March 2021
General availability: ExpressRoute monitoring in Azure Monitor network insights
Network insights in Azure Monitor now supports monitoring Azure ExpressRoute resources out of the box without any additional configuration or setup.
Azure Routing Preference is now generally available
Choice matters when it comes to cloud. Routing preference enables network service tiers for internet bound traffic, letting you to optimize for performance or cost.
Azure Load Balancer support for IP-based backend pool management is now generally available
Azure Load Balancer support for adding and removing resources from a backend pool via IP address is now generally available. This enables IP addresses to be reserved as part of a backend pool before the associated resources are created.
February 2021
General availability: Web Application Firewall for Azure Front Door managed ruleset refresh
Use Microsoft_DefaultRuleSet_1.1 to protect your web applications from OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities.
Standard Load Balancer and IP addresses metadata now available through Azure Instance Metadata Service (IMDS)
Azure Instance Metadata Service (IMDS) is a mature REST API which offers metadata information regarding Networking, Storage, SKU and etc. We are now adding Load Balancer related information to the list of metadata IMDS covers.
January 2021
Generally available: Copy Blob support over private endpoints in Azure Storage
Azure Storage now supports copying of data between storage accounts using private endpoints. This includes support for the Copy Blob API and utilities such as AzCopy.
Public IP SKU upgrade generally available
Azure public IPs now support the ability to be upgraded from Basic to Standard SKU, enabling customers to retain the same IP address for services that require Standard IP frontends.
Built-in Azure Policy support for NSG Flow Logs is now available
Network security group (NSG) Flow Logs can now be deployed and managed using built-in Azure policies. You don't need to write your own policies to manage NSG Flow Log deployments.
December 2020
Private Link support for Azure Automation is now generally available
Ensure a secure channel to connect to your Automation Accounts resources with the help of Private Links in Automation.
November 2020
Unified Connection Monitor in Network Watcher is now generally available
Connection monitor provides unified end-to-end connection monitoring capabilities for hybrid and Azure deployments. It brings together the best of Network Performance Monitor and Connection Monitor (classic).
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.
General availability: VPN over ExpressRoute private peering
VPN over ExpressRoute allows customers to encrypt all traffic going over their ExpressRoute circuit. VPN over ExpressRoute, combined with site-to-site and point-to-site VPN provides end-to-end encryption between data centers, branch offices and remote users.
New Azure Firewall capabilities will be generally available in Q4 CY2020
Custom DNS, DNS Proxy capability, and FQDN filtering in network rules will be generally available.
October 2020
Standard Load Balancer and Public IP addresses support resource group move
Standard Load Balancers and Standard Public IP addresses support cross resource group moves enabling easy management of resources at the resource group level.
September 2020
Azure Private Link Service is now generally available in China
Azure Private Link for customer owned services are now available in China Regions.
August 2020
Upcoming changes to Standard Public IPs and Standard Load Balancers
The zone related behavior in Standard Public IP address and Standard Load Balancer is being changed.
Upcoming billing changes to Azure Bastion
Azure Bastion to start billing in Azure US Gov Zone 1.
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