Azure updates

Some compliance features in Microsoft Defender for Cloud will be retired on September 30, 2025

Target retirement date: September 30, 2025

Microsoft Actions and Compliance offerings, two regulatory compliance features in public preview, will no longer be available through the Defender for Cloud portal pages starting September 30, 2025.

• Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Compliance
• Security
• Retirements

Generally available: Application Gateway (v2) IPv6 support

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

General availability: Listener TLS certificates management in the Azure portal

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

• Application Gateway
• Services
• Security
• Management
• Features

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

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

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

• Application Gateway
• Services
• Security
• Management
• Features

Azure Firewall: Flow Trace Logs and Autoscaling based on number of connections are now generally available

Flow Trace Logs provide more visibility into the TCP handshake, providing insight into whether traffic is properly flowing through the firewall. In addition, Azure Firewall can now autoscale based on number of connections, providing more scaling adaptability to dynamic workloads.

• Azure Firewall
• Security
• Features

Azure Firewall: Parallel IP Group update support is now in public preview

Parallel IP Group support enables administrators to simultaneously update multiple IP Groups in a firewall, streamlining the process of implementing devOps changes.

• Azure Firewall
• Security
• Features

General availability: Improvements in Azure Key Vault

Improvements in Azure Key Vault: FIPS 140-2 Level 3, PCI DSS and PCI 3DS certified for all customers.

• Key Vault
• Azure Key Vault Managed HSM
• Security
• Management
• Features

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

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

Delaying Domain Front Block on Azure Front Door and CDN services

Azure Front Door and Azure CDN Standard from Microsoft (classic) are postponing the domain fronting blocking enforcement to January 22, 2024, and will add two log fields to help you check if your resources display domain fronting behavior by December 25, 2023.

• Azure Front Door
• Content Delivery Network
• Security
• Features

Standard and High-Performance VPN Gateway SKUs will be retired on 30 September 2025

Target retirement date: September 30, 2025

Standard and High-Performance VPN Gateway SKUs are retiring on September 30th, 2025

• IP Addresses
• VPN Gateway
• Security
• Retirements

Public Preview: Announcing the preview of Azure Managed Confidential Consortium Framework

Deploy and build decentralized governance applications with granular confidentiality amongst members.

• Azure confidential ledger
• Services
• Security
• SDK and Tools
• Microsoft Ignite
• Open Source

Public preview: Customer-controlled maintenance

Customers can now use configurable maintenance windows to schedule gateway maintenance at a time that is most convenient for their business.

• VPN Gateway
• Azure ExpressRoute
• Virtual WAN
• Security
• Microsoft Ignite
• Features

Public Preview: Azure Monitor Agent JSON log collection

Target availability: Q4 2023

Azure Monitoring Agent team has released for public preview JSON log collection. New collection types enable customers to migrate from other competing data collection services to Azure Monitor.

• Azure Monitor
• Log Analytics
• Microsoft Sentinel
• Security
• SDK and Tools
• Features

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

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

• Application Gateway
• Services
• Security
• Management
• Features