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March 2024

Mar 20

Generally available: Application Gateway (v2) IPv6 support

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Application Gateway v2 enables dual-stack (IPv4 and IPv6) connectivity from the clients, providing more flexible and reliable access to the backend Applications.

  • Application Gateway
  • Services
  • Security
  • Features
Mar 19

General availability: Listener TLS certificates management in the Azure portal

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now manage the TLS certificates associated with Listeners through Azure portal.

  • Application Gateway
  • Services
  • Security
  • Management
  • Features
Mar 15

Retirement: Support for Application Gateway Web Application Firewall v2 Configuration is ending

Target retirement date: March 15, 2027

On 15 March 2027, the Application Gateway WAF v2 Configuration will be retired. To continue using this service, switch to the Application Gateway WAF v2 Policy before the retirement date.

  • Web Application Firewall
  • Application Gateway
  • Security
  • Retirements

February 2024

Feb 27

General availability: Application Gateway for Containers

NOW AVAILABLE

Application Gateway for Containers is the next evolution to Application Gateway's Ingress Controller; bringing performance, scale, deployment, and feature enhancements.

  • Application Gateway for Containers
  • Application Gateway
  • Security
  • Features
Feb 26

Public preview: Azure Application Gateway introduces support for TLS and TCP protocols

IN PREVIEW

TLS and TCP protocol support now available through Azure Application Gateway.

  • Application Gateway
  • Services
  • Security
  • Management
  • Features

December 2023

Dec 24

General availability: Security Update for Application Gateway WAF CVE-2023-50164

NOW AVAILABLE

Stay protected against CVE-2023-50164 with the help of Azure’s regional WAF running on Application Gateway.

  • Application Gateway
  • Web Application Firewall
  • Services
  • Security
  • Features

November 2023

Nov 8

General availability: Using a common port for public and private listeners

NOW AVAILABLE

Easily manage public-facing and private-facing traffic on a common port.

  • Application Gateway
  • Services
  • Security
  • Management
  • Features
Nov 8

General availability: Rate-limit rules for Application Gateway Web Application Firewall

NOW AVAILABLE

Protect applications from abnormally high levels of traffic with rate-limit rules on Azure’s regional Web Application Firewall running on Application Gateway.

  • Application Gateway
  • Web Application Firewall
  • Security
  • Features
Nov 6

Public preview: Application Gateway IPv6 support

IN PREVIEW

Azure Application Gateway v2 enables dual-stack (IPv4 and IPv6) connectivity from the clients, providing more flexible and reliable access to the backend Applications.

  • Application Gateway
  • Services
  • Security
  • Features

October 2023

Oct 31

General availability: Default Rule Set 2.1 for regional WAF with Application Gateway

NOW AVAILABLE

Increase your security posture and reduce false positives with Default Rule Set 2.1, now generally available on the regional WAF with Application Gateway

  • Application Gateway
  • Web Application Firewall
  • Services
  • Security
  • Features

September 2023

Sep 26

General availability: Gateway Load Balancer IPv6 Support

NOW AVAILABLE

IPv6 support for Gateway Load Balancer is now generally available in all regions, enabling bump-in-the-wire network virtual appliance (NVA) insertion for your dual-stack architectures.

  • Load Balancer
  • Application Gateway
  • Services
  • Security
  • Features
Sep 14

General availability: Sensitive Data Protection for Application Gateway Web Application Firewall

NOW AVAILABLE

Protect the sensitive data getting stored in your Web Application Firewall (WAF) using log scrubbing on Azure’s regional Web Application Firewall running on Application Gateway.

  • Application Gateway
  • Web Application Firewall
  • Security
  • Features

August 2023

Aug 24

Quick create Azure Front Door endpoints for Azure Storage accounts

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Storage is announcing native integration with Azure Front Door for content delivery with blob storage as your origin

  • Storage Accounts
  • Azure Front Door
  • Security
  • Features
Aug 22

Public preview: Rate-limit rules for Application Gateway Web Application Firewall

IN PREVIEW

Protect applications from abnormally high levels of traffic with rate-limit rules on Azure’s regional Web Application Firewall running on Application Gateway.

  • Application Gateway
  • Web Application Firewall
  • Security
  • Features
Aug 10

Public preview: Support for new custom error pages in Application Gateway

IN PREVIEW

Azure Application Gateway introduces more response codes to configure the custom error pages.

  • Application Gateway
  • Services
  • Compliance
  • Security
  • Management
  • Features

July 2023

Jul 27

Updated default TLS policy for Azure Application Gateway

NOW AVAILABLE

The default TLS policy for new deployments of Azure Application Gateway is now set to AppGwSslPolicy20220101.

  • Application Gateway
  • Services
  • Security
  • Features
Jul 24

Public preview: Azure Application Gateway for Containers

IN PREVIEW

Application Gateway for Containers is the next evolution to Application Gateway's Ingress Controller; bringing performance, scale, deployment, and feature enhancements.

  • Application Gateway
  • Security
  • Features
Jul 5

Public preview: Sensitive Data Protection for Application Gateway Web Application Firewall logs

IN PREVIEW

Protect the sensitive data getting stored in your Web Application Firewall (WAF) logs using log scrubbing on Azure’s regional Web Application Firewall running on Application Gateway.

  • Application Gateway
  • Web Application Firewall
  • Security
  • Features

June 2023

Jun 29

Public Preview: Default Rule Set 2.1 for Regional WAF with Application Gateway

IN PREVIEW

Increase your security posture and reduce false positives with Default Rule Set 2.1, now in preview on Azure's regional Web Application Firewall (WAF) with Application Gateway.

  • Application Gateway
  • Web Application Firewall
  • Security Information
  • Services
  • Security
  • Features
Jun 26

Public preview: Using a common port for public and private listeners

IN PREVIEW

Easily manage public-facing and private-facing traffic on a common port.

  • Application Gateway
  • Security
  • Features

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