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April 2024

Apr 29

General availability: Improved network topology experience in Network Watcher and Azure Monitor Network Insights

NOW AVAILABLE

Enhancing network and resource health visualization with unified and dynamic topology across subscriptions, regions, and resource groups integrated with actionable connectivity and traffic insights

  • Network Watcher
  • Security
  • Management
  • Features
Apr 24

General availability: Virtual network flow logs

NOW AVAILABLE

Gain visibility of IP traffic flowing through your virtual networks

  • Network Watcher
  • Virtual Network
  • Azure Virtual Network Manager
  • Services
  • Features
Apr 23

Azure Virtual Network Manager security admin rule generally available in all public regions

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Virtual Network Manager's security admin rule configuration is now generally available in all public regions, empowering users to enforce security rules across their virtual networks globally.

  • Azure Virtual Network Manager
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features
Apr 18

Using Azure Virtual Network Manager network groups in security admin rules is now in public preview

IN PREVIEW

Using your Azure Virtual Network Manager network groups in the source and/or destination of security admin rules is now in public preview, enabling users to achieve network isolation across different environments and manage network segments more easily at scale.

  • Azure Virtual Network Manager
  • Security
  • Services
  • Management
  • Features
Apr 4

Azure Virtual Network Manager Security Admin Rule generally available in 45 regions

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Virtual Network Manager's security admin rule configuration is now generally available in 45 regions, empowering users to enforce security rules across their virtual networks globally.

  • Azure Virtual Network Manager
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features

March 2024

Mar 27

Azure Front Door (classic) will be retired on 31 March 2027

Target retirement date: March 31, 2027

Migrate to Azure Front Door Standard or Premium by 31 March 2027, when Front Door (classic) will be retired.

  • Azure Front Door (classic)
  • Security
  • Retirements
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
  • Security
  • Services
  • 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 28

Public preview: Internet inbound for Network Virtual Appliances in Virtual WAN Hubs

IN PREVIEW

Public preview for internet inbound (Destination NAT) capabilities for Next-Generation Firewall Network Virtual Appliances deployed in the Virtual WAN hub. Destination NAT allows network administrators to publish applications to the broader internet through a public IP address assigned to a Firewall Network Virtual Appliance deployed in a Virtual WAN hub.

  • Virtual WAN
  • Features
Feb 1

Azure Virtual Network Manager security admin rule generally available in 30 regions

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Virtual Network Manager's security admin rule configuration is now generally available in 30 regions, empowering users to enforce security rules across their virtual networks globally.

  • Azure Virtual Network Manager
  • Security
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Services
  • Features

December 2023

Dec 29

General availability: Security Update for Azure Front Door WAF CVE-2023-50164

NOW AVAILABLE

Stay protected against CVE-2023-50164 with the help of Azure’s global WAF running on Azure Front Door.

  • Azure Front Door
  • Web Application Firewall
  • Security
  • Services
  • Features
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
  • Security
  • Services
  • Features
Dec 4

Migration of Azure Virtual Network injected Azure Data Explorer cluster to Private Endpoints

IN PREVIEW

If you are using VNet injection to secure your Azure Data Explorer (ADX) cluster, you may face some challenges such as complexity, scalability, and public IP dependency. We recommend that you switch to Azure Private Endpoints, which allow you to connect to your cluster privately within your VNet. We have released a preview feature that lets you migrate your VNet injected ADX cluster to Private Endpoints easily and quickly.

  • Azure Data Explorer
  • Azure Private Link
  • Security
  • Features

November 2023

Nov 16

General availability: Integration of Azure Monitor Agent support with Connection Monitor

NOW AVAILABLE

Integration of Azure Monitor Agent support in Connection Monitor for monitoring connectivity across ARC enabled endpoints as sources and destinations

  • Network Watcher
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
Nov 16

Public preview: Private subnet

IN PREVIEW

Private subnet is a new feature that allows you to create subnets that prevent the creation of insecure default outbound public IP address creation

  • Virtual Network
  • IP Addresses
  • Microsoft Ignite
Nov 15

Azure Virtual Network Manager Security Admin Rule generally available in select regions

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Virtual Network Manager's security admin rule configuration is now generally available in select regions, empowering users to enforce security rules across their virtual networks globally.

  • Azure Virtual Network Manager
  • Security
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Services
  • Management
  • Features
Nov 15

General availability: ExpressRoute as a Trusted Service

NOW AVAILABLE

ExpressRoute customers can now store MACSec secrets in an Azure KeyVault.

  • Azure ExpressRoute
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
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
  • Security
  • Services
  • Management
  • 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
  • Security
  • Services
  • Features

September 2023

Sep 25

General availability: Domain fronting update on Azure Front Door and Azure CDN

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Front Door supports the use of different values for the TLS SNI extension and the host header, provided that both values are added as domains in the same Azure subscription.

  • Azure Front Door (classic)
  • Content Delivery Network
  • Security
  • Services
  • Features

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