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March 2024

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
  • Management
  • Features
  • Security
Mar 13

Public Preview: Modernizing Azure Resource Manager Throttling

IN PREVIEW

In 2024, Azure Resource Manager is introducing a revamped throttling experience for subscriptions, with increased limits and a token bucket algorithm for managing requests. This will enhance API management and improve productivity. The transition to the new architecture will be gradual, leading to a more efficient and dynamic throttling experience. For more information, consult the Azure Resource Manager documentation.

  • Management
Mar 7

Public preview: Change Actor

IN PREVIEW

Change Actor allows you to see who initiated the change and with which client that change was made, for changes across all your tenants and subscriptions. 

  • Azure Resource Graph
  • Management
  • Features
Mar 4

Public Preview: Well-Architected Framework assessment on Azure Advisor

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q1 2024

Initiate a self-serve experience of Assessments and manage their recommendations on Azure Advisor

  • Azure Advisor
  • Services
  • Management

February 2024

Feb 27

Enable replication for added VMware VM data disks

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Site Recovery now supports enabling replication for data disks that you add to a VMware VM that's already enabled for disaster recovery.

  • Azure Site Recovery
  • Management
  • 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
  • Management
  • Features
  • Security
Feb 20

Public Preview: Azure Storage Actions — Serverless storage data management

IN PREVIEW

Azure Storage Actions is a fully managed platform that helps you automate data management tasks for Azure Blob Storage and Azure Data Lake Storage.

  • Storage Accounts
  • Hot/Cool/Cold Blob Storage Tiers
  • Azure Data Lake Storage
  • Premium Blob Storage
  • Management
  • Features
Feb 19

Generally available: Support for Azure VMs using Ultra disks in Azure Backup

NOW AVAILABLE

General availability for the support for Azure VMs using Ultra disks in Azure Backup.

  • Azure Backup
  • Compliance
  • Management
  • Features
Feb 19

Generally available: Support for Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 in Azure Backup

NOW AVAILABLE

General availability for the support for Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 in Azure Backup.

  • Azure Backup
  • Compliance
  • Management
  • Features
Feb 12

General availability: Improvements in Azure Key Vault

NOW AVAILABLE

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
  • Management
  • Features
  • Security
Feb 1

Azure Virtual Network Manager topology view now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

Visualize Azure Virtual Network Manager connectivity configurations with topology view.

  • Azure Virtual Network Manager
  • Services
  • Management
  • Features
Feb 1

Private Preview: Azure Site Recovery support for Azure Trusted Launch VMs (Windows OS)

IN PREVIEW

Azure Site Recovery support for Azure Trusted Launch VMs

  • Azure Site Recovery
  • Compliance
  • Management
  • Features

January 2024

Jan 31

Generally Available: Support for Cross Region Restore for PostgreSQL backups

Cross region for Backup vault using Azure Backup is now generally available.

  • Azure Backup
  • Management
  • Features
Jan 30

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

IN PREVIEW

Azure Business Continuity Center is now available in all regions

  • Azure Backup
  • Management
Jan 29

Improved exports experience

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q1 2024

Introducing an improved exports experience that makes FinOps easier and more efficient with access to additional datasets and optimized for handling large data. You can also create and manage your exports with a few clicks, download your cost data in FOCUS format, and maintain compatibility with previous schema versions, enhance your security and compliance while saving time and money.

  • Management
  • Features
Jan 24

Public Preview: Azure Automation Runtime environment & support for Azure CLI commands in runbooks

IN PREVIEW

Azure Automation introduces Runtime environment (preview) and enables support for Azure CLI commands in runbooks.

  • Management
Jan 22

Private Preview: Support for Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 in Azure Site Recovery

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q1 2024

Private preview for the support for Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 in Azure Site Recovery.

  • Azure Site Recovery
  • Compliance
  • Management
Jan 11

Announcing Public Preview of the Azure Arc Visual Studio Code Extension

IN PREVIEW

Learn more about the Public Preview of the new Azure Arc Visual Studio Code Extension.

  • Azure Arc
  • Management

December 2023

Dec 6

Public Preview: New AKS cost views for standard and premium tier clusters

IN PREVIEW

New AKS cost views showing aggregated costs for clusters in a subscription and costs of all namespaces in clusters are now available in Cost analysis within Azure portal for standard and premium tier clusters.

  • Management

November 2023

Nov 30

Generally available: Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry-based Distro for ASP.NET Core Applications

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2023

Use OpenTelemetry-based instrumentation with vender-neutral APIs to power metrics, logs, and distributed traces in Azure Monitor application insights.

  • Application Insights
  • Azure Monitor
  • SDK and Tools
  • Management

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