Azure Updates - Latest from Azure Charts

Certificate and Proxy Support for VNET Data Gateway

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 11:00:00 Z

Certificate and Proxy Support for VNET Data Gateway now delivers stronger security controls and greater network flexibility for enterprise and regulated environments.
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Network, Categories: Security

Azure virtual network routing appliance

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 21:45:03 Z

Azure Virtual Network routing appliance offers private connectivity for workloads across virtual networks. Using specialized hardware, it delivers low latency and high throughput, and optimal performance compared to virtual machines. Deployed into priva
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Virtual Network, Categories:

Managed Identity support in Network Watcher VNET flow log, traffic analytics and packet capture

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 16:45:50 Z

VNET flow log captures IP traffic flowing through VNETs, subnets, and NICs for monitoring, troubleshooting, network optimization, security, and compliance needs and stores the logs in Azure Storage Traffic Analytics leverages VNET flow logs and aggregates
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Microsoft Entra ID, Virtual Network, Network Watcher, Azure Storage, Categories: Management

Azure VNet Flow Log - Filtering

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:01:02 Z

VNet Flow Log captures IP traffic flowing through VNets, Subnets, & NICs for monitoring, troubleshooting, network optimization, security, and compliance needs. This release introduces advanced filtering capabilities in VNet Flow Logs, empowering users wit
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Network, Network Watcher, Categories: Management

Cross region pool association support for Azure Virtual Network Manager IP address management

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:01:02 Z

Managing IP address spaces across multiple regions can be complex and error-prone. With this new capability, you can now associate a single IPAM pool with virtual networks in multiple regions, simplifying governance and ensuring consistent CIDR allocatio
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Network, VNet Manager, Categories: Management

Azure Virtual Network Manager address overlap prevention in mesh

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:01:02 Z

Azure Virtual Network Manager address space overlap prevention in mesh is now generally available, bringing enhanced reliability and governance to multi-virtual network environments. Unintended address overlap within mesh can lead to dropped traffic. This
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Network, VNet Manager, Categories:

Azure Virtual Network Manager + Azure Virtual WAN

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 14:09:00 Z

Azure continues to expand its networking capabilities, with Azure Virtual Network Manager (AVNM) and Azure Virtual WAN (vWAN) standing out as two of the most transformative services. When deployed to...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Network, Virtual WAN, VNet Manager, Categories:

Azure Virtual Network Manager UseExisting Mode for UDR management

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 18:30:39 Z

Azure Virtual Network Manager UDR management now offers UseExisting mode, providing customers with greater flexibility and compliance control over user-defined routes (UDRs). With the UseExisting mode, Azure Virtual Network Manager detects and appends req
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Network, VNet Manager, Categories: Management

Azure Virtual Network Manager IP Address Management Pool Association Recommendation

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 17:00:24 Z

Azure Virtual Network Manager IP Address Management (IPAM) – Pool Association Recommendation is now generally available, bringing intelligent, large-scale automation to IP address management in Azure. As organizations expand their network footprint across
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Network, VNet Manager, Categories: Management

Azure Virtual Network Manager peering compliance

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 17:00:24 Z

Azure Virtual Network Manager peering compliance is now generally available, providing a secure and compliant mechanism to protect network connectivity managed by Azure Virtual Network Manager. In large-scale environments, it’s essential to prevent uninte
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Network, VNet Manager, Categories: Compliance

Azure VNet Flow Logs with Terraform: The Complete Migration and Traffic Analytics Guide

Sat, 08 Nov 2025 08:29:00 Z

Migrating from NSG Flow Logs to VNet Flow Logs in Azure: Implementation with Terraform Author: Ibrahim Baig (Consultant) Executive Summary Microsoft is retiring Network Security Group (NSG)...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Network, Categories: Security

Secure Your Data Movement with Copy Job and Virtual Network Data Gateway

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 13:00:00 Z

In an age where data breaches can cost millions and erode customer trust, keeping your data private during transfer is no longer a ‘nice to have’ — it’s a must-have. That’s why Microsoft Fabric now allows Copy Job to work seamlessly with the Virtual Network (VNET) Data Gateway, providing a simple, secure, and high-performance way … Continue reading “Secure Your Data Movement with Copy Job and Virtual Network Data Gateway”
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Microsoft Fabric, Virtual Network, Categories:

Virtual Network Data Gateway Support for Fabric Pipeline, Dataflow Gen2 Fast Copy, and Copy Job

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 13:00:00 Z

This release delivers enterprise-grade security, performance, and reliability—empowering you to confidently run production workloads. It builds on the strong momentum and customer adoption seen during preview. Why This Matters Enterprises with sensitive or regulated data often need to move information securely between private networks and Microsoft Fabric; with VNET Data Gateway, you can: GA Highlights … Continue reading “Virtual Network Data Gateway Support for Fabric Pipeline, Dataflow Gen2 Fast Copy, and Copy Job (Generally Available)”
Update Type: GA, Services: Microsoft Fabric, Virtual Network, Categories: Security

Multiple address prefixes for subnets in Azure Virtual Networks

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 21:00:07 Z

Support for multiple address prefixes in a subnet is now generally available in Azure Virtual Networks. Azure Virtual Network subnets supported only a single address prefix, which limited the scale out for certain applications when the address space was e
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Network, Categories: Features

Private Pod Subnets in AKS Without Overlay Networking

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 13:36:00 Z

When deploying AKS clusters, a common concern is the amount of IP address space required. If you are deploying your AKS cluster into your corporate network, the size of the IP address space you can o...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Virtual Network, Categories:

Azure Virtual Network Verifier for AKS (VNV) for AKS

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:30:15 Z

Azure Virtual Network Verifier for AKS, now in public preview and available through the Azure Portal, is a tool which allows you to detect and troubleshoot outbound connectivity issues in your AKS cluster. You can use the Virtual Network Verifier featur
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Virtual Network, Categories: Features, Services

Azure Virtual Network Manager mesh now supports 5,000 virtual networks

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 16:00:50 Z

Azure Virtual Network Manager mesh connectivity is now in public preview, enabling you to group up to 5,000 virtual networks in supported regions. A mesh topology creates bi‑directional connectivity between every virtual network in a mesh connectivity con
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Network, VNet Manager, Categories: Features, Services, Management, Pricing & Offerings, Regions & Datacenters

Azure Virtual Network Manager in Azure US Government Cloud

Thu, 31 Jul 2025 17:00:19 Z

Azure Virtual Network Manager is now generally available in Azure US Government Cloud, providing unified control for connectivity, security, and routing across subscriptions, regions, and tenants. By automating configurations, it guarantees consistent pol
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Network, Azure Firewall, Virtual WAN, VNet Manager, Categories: Features, Security, Services, Management, Pricing & Offerings, Regions & Datacenters

Provide a Flat Network Scaling Solution to AKS - Azure CNI Pod Subnet - Static Block Allocation

Thu, 24 Jul 2025 16:46:00 Z

We are excited to announce the general availability of Azure CNI Pod Subnet - Static Block Allocation – a networking solution that transforms how you scale Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters! T...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Virtual Network, Categories:

Azure CNI static block allocation for pod subnet

Thu, 24 Jul 2025 16:00:59 Z

Kubernetes network solutions are challenging to plan due to rapidly evolving business needs. AKS users often face difficulties balancing simplicity, security, and scalability, while environmental changes further increase management costs. Many AKS users n
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Virtual Network, Categories: Features, Services

Azure Virtual Network Manager high-scale private endpoints in connected groups

Thu, 10 Jul 2025 00:30:03 Z

Azure Virtual Network Manager high-scale private endpoints in connected groups is now in public preview, delivering enhanced scalability for complex Azure network environments. As organizations grow, the need to large numbers of private endpoints becom
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Network, VNet Manager, Categories: Features, Services, Management

Azure Virtual Network Manager IP address management

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 17:00:16 Z

Azure Virtual Network Manager IP address management feature, a feature designed to enhance your network management, is generally available. In complex network environments, managing IP addresses effectively is essential. This feature centralizes IP planni
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Policy, Virtual Network, VNet Manager, Categories: Features, Services, Management

Azure Virtual Network Manager in Azure China

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 17:00:05 Z

Azure Virtual Network Manager’s connectivity, security admin, and routing configuration features are now generally available in Azure China. This enables centralized management of connectivity, security rules, and routing across subscriptions at scale and
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Network, Azure Firewall, Virtual WAN, VNet Manager, Categories: Features, Security, Management, Pricing & Offerings, Regions & Datacenters

Running Self-hosted APIM Gateways in Azure Container Apps with VNet Integration

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 13:50:00 Z

With Azure Container Apps we can run containerized applications, completely serverless. The platform itself handles all the orchestration needed to dynamically scale based on your set triggers (such ...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: API Management, Virtual Network, Container Apps, Categories:

Network Redundancy Between AVS, On-Premises, and Virtual Networks in a Multi-Region Design

Wed, 04 Jun 2025 21:07:00 Z

Establishing redundant network connectivity is vital to ensuring the availability, reliability, and performance of workloads operating in hybrid and cloud environments. Proper planning and implementa...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Network, Categories:

Private subnet

Tue, 27 May 2025 16:15:37 Z

We are announcing the general availability of private subnet functionality in Azure. Currently, when virtual machines are created in a virtual network without any explicit outbound connectivity, they are assigned a default outbound public IP address. Thes
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Virtual Network, Categories: Features

Network Redundancy from On-Premises to Azure VMware and VNETs

Fri, 09 May 2025 22:19:00 Z

Network Redundancy from On-Premises to Azure VMware and VNETs in a Single-Region Design

Fri, 09 May 2025 22:19:00 Z

By shruthi_nair Mays_Algebary Establishing redundant network connectivity is vital to ensuring the availability, reliability, and performance of workloads operating in hybrid and cloud env...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Virtual Network, Categories:

Deploying Virtual Networks Across Tenants Using Azure Virtual Network Manager IP Address Management

Thu, 01 May 2025 20:15:00 Z

Learn how to deploy a virtual network in a managed Azure tenant using an IPAM pool from a central management tenant with Azure Virtual Network Manager. This guide helps central enterprise IT teams st...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Network, VNet Manager, Categories: Management

Azure CNI now supports Node Subnet IPAM mode with Cilium Dataplane

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 20:41:00 Z

Azure CNI Powered by Cilium is a high-performance data plane leveraging extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) technologies to enable features such as network policy enforcement, deep observability, ...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Network, Categories:

Azure virtual network terminal access point (TAP)

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 17:30:43 Z

Virtual network TAP enables customers to continuously stream virtual machine network traffic to a network packet collector or analytics tool. Unlike traditional packet capture solutions that require the deployment of additional agents or network appliance
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Virtual Network, Categories: Features, Pricing & Offerings

Route-maps for Azure Virtual WAN

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 17:00:01 Z

Route-maps is a feature that gives you the ability to control route advertisements and routing for Virtual WAN virtual hubs. Route-maps lets you have more control of the routing that enters and leaves Azure Virtual WAN site-to-site (S2S) VPN connections,
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Network, ExpressRoute, VPN Gateway, Virtual WAN, Categories: Features

Azure Networking Capabilities for Microsoft Copilot in Azure

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 17:00:16 Z

Copilot now offers contextual responses and actionable insights based on Microsoft's extensive networking knowledge and your Azure environment. These capabilities for Azure networking products are now GA: Design, Plan, Migrate & Optimize Network product
Update Type: GA, Services: Load Balancer, Virtual Network, Application Gateway, ExpressRoute, VPN Gateway, Network Watcher, Azure Firewall, Azure Front Door, Traffic Manager, Private Link, Copilot in Azure, Categories: Features, Compliance, Security, Services, Management

Azure CNI Node Subnet + Cilium Support

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 15:30:39 Z

To improve compatibility and flexibility for customers transitioning to ePBF-based networking, AKS now supports the Cilium dataplane with Azure CNI Node Subnet. This enhancement allows you to leverage Cilium’s advanced networking capabilities while using
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Virtual Network, Categories: Features, Services

Automated Deployment of Cross-Tenant Azure Virtual Hubs Virtual Networks Connection

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 08:25:00 Z

In modern cloud infrastructure, interconnecting resources across different Azure tenants is essential for various business scenarios, such as mergers, acquisitions, or multi-departmental collaboratio...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Network, Categories:

Azure Virtual Network Manager Network Verifier

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 16:00:38 Z

This feature enables you to check if your network policies allow or disallow traffic between your Azure network resources. There are several moving parts between connectivity, security, routing, and resource-specific configurations — so how do you know wh
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Network, VNet Manager, Categories: Features, Security, Services, Management

Lab: Manage Virtual Networks at Scale with Azure Virtual Network Manager (AVNM)

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 23:51:00 Z

If you've ever wanted to try out Azure Virtual Network Manager (AVNM) but weren't sure where to start, our team invites you to try out our lab for virtual network management at scale with AVNM! This ...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Network, VNet Manager, Categories:

Azure CNI Powered by Cilium Node Subnet Support in AKS

Fri, 28 Feb 2025 13:00:40 Z

Public preview of Azure CNI powered by Cilium using Node Subnet for Linux clusters in AKS is now available. This enhancement allows users to configure AKS clusters with Azure CNI powered by Cilium and Node Subnet. Thereby, it extends compatibility of Cili
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Virtual Network, Categories: Features, Services

Managing Access to Multiple VRFs from Azure VNETs

Tue, 18 Feb 2025 10:19:00 Z

The document outlines methodologies for managing access to multiple VRFs from Azure VNETs, detailing various scenarios and their respective solutions. It covers single VRF access, multiple VRFs witho...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Network, Categories:

New Pricing for Azure Virtual Network Manager

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 18:15:29 Z

With Azure Virtual Network Manager, a central management service for your virtual network resources, you can easily manage your virtual networks’ connectivity, security, and more at scale. Starting February 11, 2025, all newly created Azure Virtual Netwo
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Network, VNet Manager, Categories: Features, Services, Management, Pricing & Offerings

Service endpoint policies for Azure Storage now generally available in SQL Managed Instance subnets

Wed, 15 Jan 2025 12:00:00 Z

Service endpoint policies for Azure Storage endpoints are now generally available for Azure SQL Managed Instance subnets in all public regions.
Update Type: GA, Services: SQL Database, Virtual Network, Azure Storage, Categories:

Architecture of Azure VNet support for Power Platform

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 04:20:00 Z

Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Network, Categories:

Azure Stream Analytics Virtual Network Integration Goes GA!

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 23:04:00 Z

Update Type: Announcement, Services: Stream Analytics, Virtual Network, Categories:

Azure Virtual Network now supports configuration of private IP address blocks on network interfaces

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 17:00:35 Z

Azure Virtual Network now supports up to 16X more private IP addresses with configuration of blocks of private IP addresses on a network interface. Network interfaces in Azure support configuration of one primary and multiple secondary IP configurations.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Virtual Network, Categories: Features

Azure Virtual Network Manager user-defined route (UDR) management

Thu, 07 Nov 2024 18:30:03 Z

We’re announcing the general availability of User-Defined Route (UDR) Management in Azure Virtual Network Manager. This new feature simplifies managing complex routing behaviors by automating UDR orchestration. Through Azure Virtual Network Manager’s UDR
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Network, Azure Firewall, VNet Manager, Categories: Features, Services, Management

Generally Available: Azure Virtual Network Manager user-defined route (UDR) management

Thu, 07 Nov 2024 00:00:00 Z

Azure Virtual Network Manager’s new UDR Management feature streamlines routing automation, reducing manual setup and enhancing network scalability with effortless route configuration and deployment.
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Network, VNet Manager, Categories: Features, Services, Management

Generally Available: App Service multi plan subnet join

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 00:00:00 Z

New ability for apps from multiple App Service plans to integrate with the same subnet
Update Type: GA, Services: App Service, Virtual Network, Categories: Pricing & Offerings

New Features and Enhancements for Virtual Network Data Gateway

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 07:37:58 Z

We’re excited to announce several powerful updates to the Virtual Network (VNET) Data Gateway, designed to further enhance performance and improve the overall user experience. These new features allow users to better manage increasing workloads, perform complex data transformations, and simplify log management. Expanded Cluster Size from 5 to 7 One of the key improvements … Continue reading “New Features and Enhancements for Virtual Network Data Gateway”
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Network, Categories: Features, Management

Announcing App Service Multi-plan subnet join

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0100

I am happy to announce that we are introducing Multi-plan subnet join (MPSJ) in public preview.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: App Service, Virtual Network, Categories:

Routing options for VMs from Private Subnets

Sun, 20 Oct 2024 16:13:00 Z

Virtual Machines deployed in Azure used to have Default Outbound Internet Access. Until today, this allows virtual machines to connect to resources on the internet (including public endpoints of Azure PaaS services) even if the Cloud administrators have not configured any outbound connectivity method for their virtual machines explicitly. Implicitly, Azure's network stack performed source network address translation (SNAT) with a public IP address that was provided by the platform. As part of their commitment to increase security on customer workloads, Microsoft will deprecate Default Outbound Internet Access on 30 September 2025 (see the official announcement here). As of this day, customers will need to configure an outbound connectivity method explicitly if their virtual machine requires internet connectivity. Customers will have the following options: Attach a dedicated Public IP Address to a virtual machine. Deploy a NAT gateway and attach it to the VNet subnet the VM is connected to. Deploy a Load Balancer and configure Load Balancer Outbound Rules for virtual machines. Deploy a Network Virtual Appliance (NVA) to perform SNAT, such as Azure Firewall, and route internet-bound traffic to the NVA before egressing to the internet. Today, customers can start preparing their workloads for the updated platform behavior. By setting property defaultOutboundAccess to false during subnet creation, VMs deployed to this subnet will not benefit from the conventional default outbound access method, but adhere to the new conventions. Subnets with this configuration are also referred to as 'private subnets'. In this article, we are demonstrating (a) the limited connectivity of virtual machines deployed to private VNets. We are also exploring different options to (b) route traffic from these virtual machines to public internet and to (c) optimize the communication path for management a
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Load Balancer, Virtual Machines, Virtual Network, Azure Firewall, Categories: Security, Services, Management

Custom IPv4 Prefixes (BYOIP) can be used in a Global/Regional configuration

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 07:00:00 Z

The ability to bring your own public IPv4 ranges using a global/regional configuration is already available in all public and US government regions.  We are announcing that you can now bring a “global” IPv4 range (as small as /24) to Azure that will be ad
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Network, Categories: Features

Optimize Azure Landing Zone with Azure Virtual Network Manager IP Address Management

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 19:02:15 Z

Optimize Azure Landing Zone with Azure Virtual Network Manager IP Address Management What you will learn from this blog This blog explores how Azure Landing Zones and IP Address Management (IPAM) in Azure Virtual Network Manager work together to streamline IP address management. Azure Landing Zones provide a scalable environment for deploying applications, while IPAM automates and simplifies IP planning and allocation across Azure, on-premises, and other clouds. By combining them, organizations can ensure efficient, conflict-free IP address usage, enhance security, and accelerate application deployments. The blog offers practical steps and examples for implementing this integrated solution, helping you optimize your Azure network infrastructure. IP Address Management (IPAM) in Azure Virtual Network Manager (AVNM) Azure IP Address Management (IPAM) is a feature in Azure Virtual Network Manager that simplifies managing IP addresses across your Azure environments, on-premises setups, and even other cloud providers. It helps you organize your IP addresses and Classless Inter-Domain Routings (CIDRs) efficiently and set clear rules for assigning them. With IPAM, you can automate the process of assigning IP addresses to virtual networks (VNets), which eliminates the need for cumbersome spreadsheets or custom tools. This automation speeds up the process of launching new applications or expanding existing ones by allowing quick requests, registrations, and assignments of IP address spaces from your organization's pools to your VNets within seconds. This removes the need for manual requests or tickets to the network team, improving overall provisioning times. VNets are the foundation of private networking in Azure, enabling services like Virtual Machines to communicate securely with each other, the internet, or on-premises networks. When setting up a VNet, you'll define an IP address space that can include both public and private ranges (such as those defined by RFC 19
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Virtual Network, VNet Manager, Categories: Security, Services, Management

Azure Virtual Network IP address management

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 07:00:00 Z

We are introducing the public preview of the Azure Virtual Network IP address management feature, an enhancement to the network management suite. This feature is designed to streamline and optimize your IP address management, providing you with greater co
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Network, VNet Manager, Categories: Features, Services, Management

Public Preview: Azure Virtual Network Monitoring IP address management

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 00:00:00 Z

Announcing the preview of the new Azure Virtual Network Manager feature, enhancing your network management capability.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Network, VNet Manager, Categories: Features, Services, Management

Secure your subnet via private subnet and explicit outbound methods

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:00:00 Z

Learn about the new private subnet feature and how it can be used with explicit outbound methods to keep your deployments "secure by default"
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Network, Categories:

Deprecation of Virtual Network Injection for Azure Data Explorer

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 07:00:00 Z

We are announcing the deprecation of the Virtual Network Injection feature for Azure Data Explorer. This feature allowed customers to inject their Azure Data Explorer cluster into their own virtual network and control the network traffic. However, due to
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Virtual Network, Data Explorer, Categories: Features, Retirements

Retirement: Deprecation of Virtual Network Injection for Azure Data Explorer

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 00:00:00 Z

The Virtual Network Injection feature for Azure Data Explorer is being deprecated due to its limitations and challenges. Customers are advised to migrate to a private endpoint-based network security architecture by February 1, 2025, to avoid any disruption
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Virtual Network, Data Explorer, Categories: Features

Azure Public IPs are zone redundant by default

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 07:00:00 Z

We are announcing that Azure Public IPs are zone redundant by default. Unless you specifically select a single zone when you create Standard Public IPs, it will be zone redundant.Zone-redundant by default for Public IPs has no extra cost associated with i
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Network, Categories: Features, Services

Generally Available: Azure Public IPs are zone redundant by default

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:00:00 Z

Azure Public IPs are now zone redundant by default in 12 regions.
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Network, Categories: Features, Services

Generally Available: Azure Virtual Network Manager mesh and direct connectivity

Thu, 18 Jul 2024 00:00:00 Z

This feature enables a group of virtual networks to directly communicate to each other without an additional hop, thus improving the latency and management overhead of establish each virtual network's desired connectivity.
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Network, VNet Manager, Categories: Features, Services, Management

Generally Available: Azure Virtual Network Manager mesh and direct connectivity

Fri, 05 Jul 2024 00:00:00 Z

Azure Virtual Network Manager mesh and direct connectivity are generally available in all public regions
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Network, VNet Manager, Categories: Features, Services, Management

Azure Virtual Network Manager mesh and direct connectivity are generally available

Wed, 03 Jul 2024 20:57:13 Z

Azure Virtual Network Manager's mesh connectivity configuration and direct connectivity option in the hub and spoke connectivity configuration are generally available in all public regions! Visit our public documentation on connectivity configurations to learn more about Azure Virtual Network Manager's connectivity configuration concepts, how they work, and steps to get started. This feature enables a group of virtual networks to directly communicate to each other without an additional hop, thus improving the latency and management overhead of establish each virtual network's desired connectivity. For example, you can use this feature to let a subset of the spoke virtual networks in a hub and spoke topology that require low latency to directly communicate to each other. The traffic between these virtual networks can be filtered using network security groups (NSGs) and Azure Virtual Network Manager's security admin rules while still maintaining this direct connectivity. To learn more about security admin rules and their use cases, please see our public documentation on security admin rules. Additionally, the traffic can be monitored using virtual network flow logs. For further information, please refer to the public documentation on virtual network flow logs.
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Network, VNet Manager, Categories: Security, Management, Regions & Datacenters

ExpressRoute FastPath for UDRs and VNet peering

Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:21:18 Z

This article examines the data flow and performance benefits of Microsoft Azure's ExpressRoute and ExpressRoute FastPath features. It outlines the default asymmetric data routing and the enhancements achieved through FastPath. Key updates and constraints for FastPath, as well as IP address limits and monitoring metrics, are also discussed. Data flow with ExpressRoute The data flow between On-Premises and Azure using ExpressRoute is asymmetric by design. The traffic from On-Premises to Azure transits via the ExpressRoute Gateway, but the return traffic (Azure to On-Premises) bypasses the ExpressRoute Gateway and is forwarded directly to the MSEEs. If multiple ExpressRoute Circuits are advertising identical On-Premises routes and are connected to the same ExpressRoute Gateway, Azure to On-Premises traffic is distributed (ECMP) across the different ExpressRoute Circuits available unless traffic engineering is configured to prioritise one path over the others. Data flow with ExpressRoute FastPath enabled Enabling ExpressRoute FastPath allows On-Premises to Azure traffic to bypass the ExpressRoute Gateway, providing improved data path performances. FastPath on ExpressRoute Direct circuit connections now also honors: UDRs on the Gateway subnet, configured to route traffic through an AzFW in the hub (or a 3P FW NVA) for inspection: traffic coming from On-Premises and matching a UDR on the Gateway subnet will be sent directly to the AzFW or 3P NVA, bypassing the ExpressRoute Gateway. VNet peering within the same region: traffic coming from On-Premises will be sent directly to VMs in spoke VNets, bypassing the ExpressRoute Gateway (global VNet peering is not supported). ExpressRoute FastPath is configured per connection. This results in reduced latency and the capability to exceed the ExpressRoute Gateway's maximum throughput limit of 10 Gbps with the UltraPerformance or ErGW3AZ Gateway SKU, or the 40 Gbps limi
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Virtual Network, ExpressRoute, Categories: Features

Generally Available: Azure Virtual Network Manager mesh and direct connectivity

Tue, 18 Jun 2024 23:21:12 Z

Status: Now Available Azure Virtual Network Manager mesh connectivity configuration, direct connectivity in the hub and spoke connectivity configuration are generally available in all public regions. Visit the connectivity configuration documentation to learn more about Azure Virtual Network Manager’s connectivity configuration. This feature allows a group of virtual networks to directly communicate with each other without an additional hop, thus improving the latency and management overhead of connectivity of each virtual network. For example, you can use this feature to let a subset of the spoke virtual networks, that require low latency in hub and spoke topology to directly communicate to each other. The traffic between these virtual networks can be filtered using network security groups and Azure Virtual Network Manager’s security admin rules while maintaining direct connectivity. To learn more about security admin rules and their use cases, please see the documentations on security admin rule concepts. Additionally, the traffic can be monitored using VNet flow logs. For further information on VNet flow logs, refer to the virtual network flow logs documentation. Related Products: Azure Virtual Network Manager _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Network, VNet Manager, Categories: Security, Management, Regions & Datacenters

Public preview: Create multiple prefixes for a subnet in an Azure Virtual Network

Tue, 18 Jun 2024 21:36:55 Z

Create multiple prefixes for a subnet enables customers to easily scale their virtual machines and Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets without the risk of exhausting their subnet address space. This feature eliminates the need to remove resources from a subnet as a prerequisite for modifying its address prefixes. This feature is available in all public cloud regions during public preview. Learn more.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Virtual Network, Categories: Regions & Datacenters

Azure Virtual Network Manager (AVNM) mesh and direct connectivity are generally available

Fri, 14 Jun 2024 01:08:29 Z

Azure Virtual Network Manager’s virtual network verifier is now in public preview

Thu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 Z

Azure Virtual Network Manager’s virtual network verifier feature is now in public preview, enabling you to check if your network policies allow or disallow traffic between your Azure network resources.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Network, VNet Manager, Categories: Features, Security, Services, Management

Customisation controls for connectivity between Virtual Networks over ExpressRoute

Wed, 22 May 2024 10:03:08 Z

Contents Overview Context What changes are happening? ExpressRoute Virtual Network Gateway Azure Virtual WAN (VWAN) VWAN Hub-to-Hub - Same Virtual WAN parent resource VWAN Hub-to-Hub - Different Virtual WAN parent resource VWAN Hub-to-Hub – Transit scenario considerations Customer scenario examples Customer-Managed Hub/Spoke VNet-to-VNet – simplification of Global VNet Peering route management Customer-Managed Hub/Spoke VNet to Azure Virtual WAN – including migration scenarios Learn More Overview Recently we added new customer configurable toggles for ExpressRoute Virtual Network Gateways and Virtual WAN Hubs, allowing customers to control the behaviour of routing across their ExpressRoute circuits for resources within Azure. These changes make it easier for customers to correctly use the Microsoft Global Network for connectivity between Virtual Networks, ensuring they obtain the lowest possible latency, highest network bandwidth and most resilient network paths. Context Using the ExpressRoute Private Peering for Virtual Network connectivity has long been inadvisable. To understand why, lets first acknowledge that Virtual Networks (VNets) are Azure resources deployed within Azure Regions (E.g. Azure East US), whilst Azure ExpressRoute Circuits are resources with a data plane that is deployed within Peering Locations (E.g. Washington DC). These entities (Regions and Peering Locations) can sometimes be close together, sometimes separated by a large geographical distance, but always logically separate locations. Therefore, if we build an Azure Networking topology that utilises ExpressRoute Circuits for connectivity between our Virtual Networks, we are creating several sub-optimal conditions in our network design, including: Dependency on Peering Locations for Inter-VNet traffic. If there is an issue with the Microsoft Enterprise Edge devices (MSEE) within the Peering Location, or the Peering location itself, this event can impact not only your hybrid traf
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Network, ExpressRoute, Virtual WAN, Categories: Management, Regions & Datacenters

How to Use Azure Virtual Network Manager's UDR Management Feature

Thu, 02 May 2024 23:29:05 Z

What will you learn in this blog? What is Azure Virtual Network Manager’s UDR management feature? How UDR management simplifies route settings How you can automate routing behavior for the following scenarios: Spoke virtual networks communicate to each other in a hub and spoke topology via a firewall in the hub Spoke virtual networks in two hub and spoke topologies communicate via firewalls in the hubs What is Azure Virtual Network Manager? Azure Virtual Network Manager (AVNM) is a highly scalable and available network management solution that allows customers to simplify and scale their networks in Azure. Learn more about AVNM in our public documentation. What is AVNM's UDR management feature and what is it solving? User-defined route (UDR) management is a feature in AVNM that allows customers to describe their desired routing behavior via routing configurations that consist of routing rules. Upon deployment of the routing configuration, AVNM orchestrates UDRs to create the desired behavior. AVNM aims to make managing routing behaviors easier and faster. Customers usually want to achieve different routing behaviors, and they usually create UDRs by hand or use custom scripts – however, these methods are complex and can cause mistakes, especially at scale. AVNM’s UDR management can simplify the process for you. How does UDR management work? UDR management configuration and rule collections Similar to AVNM’s security admin feature, the UDR management feature is structured as a configuration that can contain multiple routing rule collections, which each can contain multiple routing rules. Users create a routing configuration to define the desired routing behavior. Eventually, the user will need to deploy the routing configuration for the routing behavior described in its rules to take effect. Within a routing configuration, there can be multiple rule collections. The function of the rule collection is to associate its rules with one or more target network gr
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Network, VNet Manager, Categories: Security, Management

Azure Virtual Network Manager user-defined route (UDR) management now in public preview

Thu, 02 May 2024 00:00:00 Z

UDR management in Azure Virtual Network Manager is now in public preview, enabling users to describe their desired routing behavior via configuration, simplifying the management of routing behaviors at scale.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Network, VNet Manager, Categories: Features, Services

General availability: Virtual network flow logs

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 00:00:00 Z

Gain visibility of IP traffic flowing through your virtual networks
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Network, Network Watcher, VNet Manager, Categories: Features, Services

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

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 00:00:00 Z

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.
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Network, VNet Manager, Categories: Features, Regions & Datacenters

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

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 00:00:00 Z

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.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Network, VNet Manager, Categories: Features, Security, Services, Management

General availability: Azure Virtual Network encryption availability in all regions

Tue, 16 Apr 2024 00:00:00 Z

Azure Virtual Network encryption is a feature of Azure Virtual Networks. Virtual network encryption allows you to seamlessly encrypt and decrypt traffic between Azure Virtual Machines.
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Virtual Network, Categories: Features, Services, Regions & Datacenters

App Service virtual network integration multi plan subnet join

Mon, 08 Apr 2024 00:00:00 Z

We're excited to announce that the multi plan subnet join for virtual network integration is now available in preview in all regions!
Update Type: Announcement, Services: App Service, Virtual Network, Categories: Features

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

Thu, 04 Apr 2024 00:00:00 Z

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.
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Network, VNet Manager, Categories: Features, Security, Regions & Datacenters

General Availability: App Service Backup and Restore over Azure Virtual Network

Thu, 07 Mar 2024 00:00:00 Z

Customers can now use custom backups, to back up their web app's files and configuration data to a firewall-protected storage account.
Update Type: GA, Services: App Service, Virtual Network, Categories: Features

General availability: Azure Virtual Network encryption now in additional regions

Thu, 07 Mar 2024 00:00:00 Z

Azure Virtual Network encryption is a feature of Azure Virtual Networks. Virtual network encryption allows you to seamlessly encrypt and decrypt traffic between Azure Virtual Machines. Now available in additional regions.
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Virtual Network, Categories: Features, Services, Regions & Datacenters

Announcing General Availability to migrate Virtual Network injected Azure Data Explorer Cluster to Private Endpoints

Mon, 05 Feb 2024 00:00:00 Z

The migration of Azure Virtual Network injected Azure Data Explorer cluster to Private Endpoints in generally available now. The process is simple and can be done using the Azure portal, the ARM template, or any code which uses the ADX SDK.
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Network, Data Explorer, Categories: Features, Security

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

Thu, 01 Feb 2024 00:00:00 Z

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.
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Network, VNet Manager, Categories: Features, Security, Services, Regions & Datacenters

Azure Virtual Network Manager topology view now generally available

Thu, 01 Feb 2024 00:00:00 Z

Visualize Azure Virtual Network Manager connectivity configurations with topology view.
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Network, VNet Manager, Categories: Features, Services, Management

General availability: Azure Virtual Network encryption

Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:00:00 Z

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

Mon, 04 Dec 2023 00:00:00 Z

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.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Network, Data Explorer, Private Link, Categories: Features, Security

Public preview: Private subnet

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 00:00:00 Z

Private subnet is a new feature that allows you to create subnets that prevent the creation of insecure default outbound public IP address creation
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Network, Categories:

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

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 00:00:00 Z

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.
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Network, VNet Manager, Categories: Features, Security, Services, Management

App Service: Backup and Restore over Azure Virtual Network

Thu, 05 Oct 2023 00:00:00 Z

Customers can now use custom backups, to back up their web app's files and configuration data to a firewall-protected storage account.
Update Type: Preview, Services: App Service, Virtual Network, Categories: Features

Monitor Azure Virtual Network Manager changes with event logging

Wed, 08 Mar 2023 14:00:00 -0800

Azure Virtual Network Manager event logging is now in preview.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Policy, Virtual Network, VNet Manager, Categories: Security

Azure Spring Cloud: a fully managed service for Spring Boot apps is now generally available

Wed, 02 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0700

Azure Spring Cloud is a fully managed service for Spring Boot apps, that lets you focus on building the apps that run your business without the hassle of managing infrastructure.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Network, Categories:

Azure Databricks – VNet injection, DevOps Version Control and Delta availability

Wed, 13 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0700

Azure Databricks provides a fast, easy, and collaborative Apache® Spark™-based analytics platform to accelerate and simplify the process of building big data and AI solutions that drive the business forward, all backed by industry-leading SLAs.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Databricks, Virtual Network, Categories:

Secure server access with VNet service endpoints for Azure Database for MariaDB

Mon, 04 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0800

Ensure security and limit access to your MariaDB server with the virtual network (VNet) service endpoints now generally available for Azure Database for MariaDB.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Database for MariaDB, Virtual Network, Categories:

Virtual Network Service Endpoints for serverless messaging and big data

Wed, 19 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0800

Earlier this year in July, we announced the public preview for Virtual Network Service Endpoints and Firewall rules for both Azure Event Hubs and Azure Service Bus. Today, we’re excited to announce that we are making these capabilities generally available to our customers.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Service Bus, Virtual Network, Event Hubs, Categories:

Global VNet Peering now generally available

Tue, 01 May 2018 00:00:00 -0700

Today, I am thrilled to announce the general availability of Global VNet Peering in all Azure public regions, empowering you to take the ease, simplicity, and isolation of VNet peering to the next…
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Network, Categories:

Azure Backup now supports storage accounts secured with Azure Storage Firewalls and Virtual Networks

Thu, 19 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0700

We are happy to announce the Azure IaaS VM backup support for network restricted storage accounts. With storage firewalls and Virtual Networks, you can allow traffic only from selected virtual…
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure Backup, Virtual Network, Azure Storage, Categories:

Virtual Network Service Endpoints and Firewalls for Azure Storage now generally available

Thu, 01 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0800

Today we are announcing the general availability of Firewalls and Virtual Networks (VNets) for Azure Storage along with Virtual Network Service Endpoints. Azure Storage Firewalls and Virtual Networks uses Virtual Network Service Endpoints to allow administrators to create network rules that allow traffic only from selected VNets and subnets, creating a secure network boundary for their data...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Network, Azure Storage, Categories: