Azure-updates

Public Preview: Azure Backup enables vaulted backups for Azure Files for comprehensive data protection.

Doelbeschikbaarheid: Q1 2024

Azure Backup now supports transferring Azure Files backups to the vault for comprehensive protection against severe data loss scenarios like ransomware attack.

• Security
• Features

Azure API Center Updates

Doelbeschikbaarheid: Q1 2024

We are pleased to announce an update to the Azure API Center extension for Visual Studio Code, introducing new capabilities for API inventory and design. Additionally, we are unveiling a new API governance feature in API Center, enabling API linting and analysis based on customer-owned design guidelines.

• Features

Public Preview: Azure Business Continuity Center is now available in all regions

Azure Business Continuity Center is now available in all regions

• Azure Backup
• Management

Generally Available: Trusted launch as default for VMs deployed through PowerShell and CLI

Trusted launch is now enabled by default for VMs deployed through PowerShell and CLI, enhancing the foundational security of these VMs.

• Virtuele machines
• Security
• Microsoft Ignite
• Services
• Features

Changes to My Groups admin controls

Streefdatum afschaffing: juni 30, 2024

New settings will enable admins to restrict end users from viewing and editing security groups in My Groups. The existing settings that allow enabling or disabling of My Groups will be retired in June 2024.

• Microsoft Entra ID (voorheen Azure AD)
• Security
• Retirements

Generally Available: Trusted launch as default for VMs deployed through the Azure portal

Trusted launch is now enabled by default for VMS deployed through the Azure portal, enhancing the foundational security of these VMs.

• Virtuele machines
• Security
• Features

New Extended Security Updates (ESUs) enabled by Azure Arc

At Inspire, we are announcing Extended Security Updates (ESUs) enabled by Azure Arc. Customers will be able to purchase and seamlessly deploy ESUs through Azure Arc in on-premises or multicloud environments, right from the Azure portal.

• Microsoft Inspire

Public Preview - Backup for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Azure Backup is announcing public preview of Backup for AKS allowing customers to protect their applications by providing ability to backup and restore AKS clusters.

• Azure Backup
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Features

General availability: Default Rule Set 2.1 for Azure Web Application Firewall

Increase your security posture and reduce false positives with Default Rule Set 2.1, now generally available on Azure's global Web Application Firewall running on Azure Front Door.

• Azure Front Door
• Web Application Firewall
• Security
• Features

Generally available: Built-in Azure Monitor alerts for Azure Backup

Learn about the new and improved alerting capabilities offered for Azure Backup, via Azure Monitor.

• Azure Backup
• Azure Monitor
• Management

Public preview: Update management center in Azure

Update management center is the next iteration of the Azure Automation Update Management solution. It works out of the box, with zero onboarding steps and has no dependency on Azure Automation and Log Analytics.

• Management

CIS benchmark for Linux containers

You can now attest to the state of CIS compliance for their AKS Ubuntu worker nodes.

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Compliance
• Microsoft Build

Microsoft Defender for Cloud: Public preview updates for January 2022

Public preview enhancements and updates released for Microsoft Defender for Cloud in January 2022.

• Beveiligingscentrum
• Security
• Services
• Features

Generally available: Azure Backup releases new updates for hybrid backups

The new enhancements released for the security of hybrid backups enable you to integrate with MUA, protect against accidental deletion and avoid data loss in soft delete state.

• Azure Backup
• Security
• Features

Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus): New toolkit certifications generally available

New Toolkit certifications are now available on Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus), a managed service running the open-source Postgres database on Azure.

• Azure Database voor PostgreSQL
• Features