Azure Updates - Latest from Azure Charts

Modernizing TCP Applications with Azure Application Gateway Layer 4 TCP/TLS Proxy

Thu, 14 May 2026 18:51:00 Z

The Layer 4 TCP/TLS Proxy capability in Azure Application Gateway expands ingress possibilities for organizations modernizing TCP-based workloads on Azure. By supporting TCP and TLS traffic alongsi...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Application Gateway, Categories:

Application Gateway for Containers managed add-on + AKS Automatic

Tue, 05 May 2026 17:30:03 Z

We previously announced the availability of Application Gateway for Containers and the Application Gateway for Containers AKS Add-on for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). At that time, one limitation was that Application Gateway for Containers could not be
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Application Gateway, Categories: Features, Security, Services

Designing Reliable Health Check Endpoints for IIS Behind Azure Application Gateway

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:18:00 Z

Why Health Probes Matter in Azure Application Gateway Azure Application Gateway relies entirely on health probes to determine whether backend instances should receive traffic. If a probe: Rec...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Application Gateway, Categories:

🚀 General Availability of Private Application Gateway on Azure Application Gateway v2

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:24:00 Z

🔍 What Is Private Application Gateway? Historically, Application Gateway v2 required a public IP address to communicate with the Azure control plane (GatewayManager). This requirement imposed seve...
Update Type: GA, Services: Application Gateway, Categories:

AKS cluster with AGIC hits the Azure Application Gateway backend pool limit (100)

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:34:00 Z

I’m writing this article to document a real-world scaling issue we hit while exposing many applications from an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster using Application Gateway Ingress Controller (AG...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Application Gateway, Categories:

Default Rule Set 2.2 and updates to ruleset support policy

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 17:45:45 Z

We are updating the managed ruleset support policy for Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) following the general availability of Default Rule Set (DRS) 2.2 on Azure Application Gateway and Azure Front Door. This update provides a clearer, more predictabl
Update Type: GA, Services: App Service, Application Gateway, Azure Front Door, Categories: Features, Security

WAF Insights for Application Gateway

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 16:15:47 Z

Announcing the public preview of Application Gateway WAF Insights. Azure Application Gateway WAF now offers WAF Insights, providing an interactive view of logs and metrics. WAF Insights enables quick investigation of blocked requests, analysis of attack p
Update Type: Preview, Services: App Service, Application Gateway, Categories: Features, Security

Rethinking Ingress on Azure: Application Gateway for Containers Explained

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 02:49:00 Z

Introduction Azure Application Gateway for Containers is a managed Azure service designed to handle incoming traffic for container-based applications. It brings Layer-7 load balancing, routing, TLS...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Application Gateway, Categories:

Application Gateway for Containers - AKS managed add-on

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 19:45:45 Z

We're announcing public preview of an AKS managed add-on that simplifies the deployment and lifecycle management of Application Gateway for Containers and its ALB Controller. With the managed AKS add-on, you can enable Application Gateway for Containers
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Application Gateway, Categories: Security

X-Forwarded-For (XFF) grouping for rate limiting on Application Gateway WAF v2

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 20:30:31 Z

Application Gateway Web Application Firewall (WAF) v2 now supports additional rate‑limiting GroupBy options based on the X‑Forwarded‑For (XFF) HTTP header. This enables customers running Application Gateway behind proxies or CDNs to apply rate limits usin
Update Type: Preview, Services: App Service, Application Gateway, Categories: Security

Default Ruleset 2.2 in WAF for Azure Application Gateway

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 17:45:01 Z

Announcing the general availability of Default Rule Set (DRS) 2.2 for Web Application Firewall on Azure Application Gateway.The Azure-managed DRS provides active protection against common web vulnerabilities and exploits. It also includes Microsoft Threat
Update Type: GA, Services: App Service, Application Gateway, Categories: Security

FIPS compliant mode for Application Gateway V2 SKUs

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 13:15:11 Z

The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 is a US government standard that defines minimum security requirements for cryptographic modules in information technology products and systems. Azure Application Gateway V2 now supports FIPS mode,
Update Type: GA, Services: Application Gateway, Categories: Security

TLS and TCP termination on Azure Application Gateway

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 17:00:30 Z

Azure Application Gateway has introduced general availability support for TLS and TCP protocol termination. This enhancement enables you to load balance and securely process non-HTTP(S) traffic for applications that rely on TCP or TLS protocols. The gatew
Update Type: GA, Services: Application Gateway, Categories: Security

Integrating Azure Application Gateway v2 with Azure API Management for secure and scalable API

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:29:00 Z

Why Application Gateway v2 + Azure API Management? - Layer-7 routing with path-based rules, host headers, URL rewrites, and WAF protection (OWASP Core Rule Set). - Azure API Management provides...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: API Management, Application Gateway, Categories: Management

Microsoft HTTP DDoS Ruleset 1.0 on Application Gateway WAF v2

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:01:02 Z

Announcing the public preview of the HTTP DDoS Ruleset for Application Gateway WAF v2. HTTP-layer DDoS attacks remain a leading cause of application downtime, and traditional static controls often fall short against evolving botnets. The new HTTP DDoS Rul
Update Type: Preview, Services: App Service, DDoS Protection, Application Gateway, Categories: Security

Application Gateway for Containers – Slow start

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:01:02 Z

Slow start is now generally available as a load balancing algorithm in Application Gateway for Containers. This feature improves stability and performance during backend scale-up by gradually increasing traffic to new pods over a configurable time window.
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Application Gateway, Categories: Security, Services

Application Gateway for Containers Istio Service Mesh integration

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:01:02 Z

Application Gateway for Containers now supports integration with Istio service mesh through an optional service mesh extension. This feature simplifies secure north-south communication between external clients and services within the service mesh. Single
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Application Gateway, Categories: Security, Services

JWT Validation in Azure Application Gateway

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:01:02 Z

Announcing the preview of JSON Web Token (JWT) validation in Azure Application Gateway — enabling authentication and token validation right at the Application gateway before traffic reaches your backend applications or APIs.Why It mattersProtect at the pe
Update Type: Preview, Services: Application Gateway, Categories: Features, Security

Azure Application Gateway mTLS passthrough support

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:01:02 Z

Announcing a new mTLS enhancement in Azure Application Gateway for backend applications that perform client certificate and authorization header validation at the backend while still requiring web traffic inspection through the Web Application Firewall (W
Update Type: GA, Services: App Service, Application Gateway, Categories: Features, Security, Services

Application Gateway for Containers with Web Application Firewall (WAF)

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 17:00:17 Z

Announcing Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) support for Azure Application Gateway for Containers is now generally available. Application Gateway for Containers is the next evolution of Application Gateway + Application Gateway Ingress Controller. With
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, App Service, Application Gateway, Categories: Security, Services

Public Preview: Custom WAF Block Status & Body for Azure Application Gateway

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 15:28:00 Z

Introduction Azure Application Gateway Web Application Firewall (WAF) now supports custom HTTP status codes and custom response bodies for blocked requests. This Public Preview feature gives you mo...
Update Type: Preview, Services: App Service, Application Gateway, Categories:

Enhanced cloning and Public IP retention scripts for Azure Application Gateway migration

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 17:00:28 Z

Azure Application Gateway introduces two new PowerShell scripts to simplify migration from V1 (Standard or WAF) to V2 (Standard_V2 or WAF_V2) services. As V1 SKUs’ is scheduled to retire by April 2026, we advise migrating early and take advantage of Appl
Update Type: GA, Services: Application Gateway, Categories: Features, Security, Services, Management

Using Application Gateway to secure access to the Azure OpenAI Service: Customer success story

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 21:12:00 Z

Introduction A large enterprise customer set out to build a generative AI application using Azure OpenAI. While the app would be hosted on-premises, the customer wanted to leverage the latest large...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure AI Services, Application Gateway, Categories:

Unlock visibility, flexibility, and cost efficiency with Application Gateway logging enhancements

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 21:12:00 Z

Introduction In today’s cloud-native landscape, organizations are accelerating the deployment of web applications at unprecedented speed. But with rapid scale comes increased complexity—and a growi...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Application Gateway, Categories:

Using Server-sent events with Application Gateway

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 17:00:22 Z

Azure Application Gateway supports use of Server-sent events in general availability, enabling real-time data streaming from server to client. Server-sent events utilize server push technology on a persistent HTTP connection for seamless updates to the cl
Update Type: GA, Services: Application Gateway, Categories: Features, Security, Management

Enabling dedicated connections to backends in Azure Application Gateway

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 16:45:57 Z

Azure Application Gateway V2 now supports enabling dedicated connections from Application Gateway to backend server. By default, Application Gateway reuses the idle backend connections to optimize the resource usage of TCP connections helping both the gat
Update Type: GA, Services: Application Gateway, Categories: Features, Security, Services, Management

Backend TLS validation controls in Azure Application Gateway

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 16:30:18 Z

Azure Application Gateway V2 announces general availability of customer-controlled backend TLS validations. When the HTTPS protocol is selected in the Backend Settings of Azure Application Gateway, by default, it performs all validations in the TLS handsh
Update Type: GA, Services: Application Gateway, Categories: Features, Security, Services, Management

Container Networking with Azure Application Gateway for Containers (AGC): Overlay vs. Flat AKS

Sun, 31 Aug 2025 15:28:00 Z

Architecture at a glance Diagram: “AGC with AKS Networking Models (Overlay & Flat)” – attached below. Left: internet ↦ AGC Frontend (Public/Private) Middle: AGC (Gateway) ↦ AGC Subnet (/...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Virtual Network, Application Gateway, Categories:

Azure CNI Overlay for Application Gateway for Containers and Application Gateway Ingress Controller

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 15:55:00 Z

What are Azure CNI Overlay and Application Gateway? Azure CNI Overlay leverages logical network spaces for pod IP assignment management (IPAM). This provides enhanced IP scalability with reduced m...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Application Gateway, Categories:

Custom block response code and body for Application Gateway WAF

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 17:00:18 Z

Announcing the public preview of custom block response code and body for WAF integrated with Application Gateway.Azure WAF integrated with Application Gateway now supports customizable response status codes and bodies for blocked requests, enabling greate
Update Type: Preview, Services: App Service, Application Gateway, Categories: Features, Security

CNI Overlay for Application Gateway for Containers and AGIC

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 16:00:15 Z

Azure CNI Overlay with Application Gateway for Containers and AGIC is now generally available.Azure CNI Overlay enables AKS clusters to use pod IPs from a separate CIDR, conserving VNet IP space and simplifying multi-cluster deployments. Paired with Appli
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Virtual Network, Application Gateway, Categories: Features, Security, Services

Unlock enterprise AI/ML with confidence: Azure Application Gateway as your scalable AI access layer

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 14:18:00 Z

As enterprises accelerate their adoption of generative AI and machine learning to transform operations, enhance productivity, and deliver smarter customer experiences, Microsoft Azure has emerged as ...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Machine Learning, Application Gateway, Categories:

Application Gateway adds MaxSurge support for zero-capacity-impact upgrades

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 17:00:04 Z

Azure Application Gateway now supports MaxSurge, enabling new instances to be provisioned during rolling upgrades without taking existing ones offline. This allows customers to transition to newer gateway versions without any capacity degradation, ensurin
Update Type: GA, Services: Application Gateway, Categories: Features, Security

Private Application Gateway on Azure Application Gateway v2

Fri, 08 Aug 2025 17:00:36 Z

Application Gateway v2 is announcing general availability of Private Application Gateway, which is a collection of new capabilities to the Application Gateway v2 SKU to further enhance control over network exposure.The following capabilities are now gener
Update Type: GA, Services: Application Gateway, Categories: Features, Security, Services

Decoding On-Premises ADC Rules: Migration to Azure Application Gateway

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 18:41:00 Z

Overview As Azure Application Gateway evolves, many organizations are considering how their existing on-premises solutions—such as F5, NetScaler, and Radware—can transition to leverage Azure’s nati...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Application Gateway, Categories:

Web Application Firewall on Application Gateway for Containers

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:30:15 Z

Application Gateway for Containers now supports Web Application Firewall (WAF) policy in public preview. Using WAF’s Default Ruleset, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) administrators and developers can protect their workloads against malicious attacks and ex
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, App Service, Application Gateway, Categories: Features, Services

Web Application Firewall (WAF) running on Application Gateway for Containers

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 16:00:45 Z

Application Gateway for Containers, Azure’s application (layer 7) load balancing and dynamic traffic management solution for workloads running in a Kubernetes cluster, now supports Web Application Firewall (WAF) in public preview. Application Gateway for
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, App Service, Application Gateway, Categories: Features, Security, Services

Azure WAF integration in Microsoft Security Copilot

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 12:15:34 Z

Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) integration in Microsoft Copilot for Security has reached general availability. This integration supports both Azure Front Door WAF and Azure Application Gateway WAF. By integrating Azure WAF with the Security Copilot
Update Type: GA, Services: App Service, Application Gateway, Azure Front Door, Copilot for Security, Categories: Features, Security

Using Server-sent events with Application Gateway

Wed, 28 May 2025 17:45:41 Z

Azure Application Gateway supports use of Server-sent events in preview, enabling real-time data streaming from server to client. Server-sent events utilize server push technology on a persistent HTTP connection for seamless updates to the clients. To imp
Update Type: Preview, Services: Application Gateway, Categories: Features, Security, Management

Azure Container Apps with Application Gateway and custom domain: hostname mismatch

Fri, 09 May 2025 07:41:00 Z

Introduction Azure Container Apps offers a robust platform for deploying microservices and containerized applications. When integrating with Azure Application Gateway, an internal container app env...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Application Gateway, Container Apps, Categories:

Application Gateway as a Private Link Enabled Origin for Front Door Premium

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 17:00:16 Z

You can now configure Application Gateway resources as Private Link enabled origins in your Front Door Premium profile. Private Link enabled origins in Front Door allow you to deliver content to your end-users through public Front Door endpoints while ens
Update Type: GA, Services: Application Gateway, Azure Front Door, Private Link, Categories: Features, Security, Services

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

CNI Overlay for Application Gateway for Containers and AGIC

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 17:45:19 Z

Load balance workloads with scalability and resilience across AKS services in an Azure CNI Overlay cluster using Application Gateway for Containers and Application Gateway Ingress Controller (AGIC). Conserve IP addresses: Conserve VNet IP address space a
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Virtual Network, Application Gateway, Categories: Features, Security

Securely Integrating Azure API Management with Azure OpenAI via Application Gateway

Tue, 25 Feb 2025 03:33:00 Z

Introduction As organizations increasingly integrate AI into their applications, securing access to Azure OpenAI services becomes a critical priority. By default, Azure OpenAI can be exposed over t...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: API Management, Azure AI Services, Application Gateway, Categories: Management

New Origin Types for Azure Front Door Premium Private Link-Enabled Origins

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 17:15:10 Z

You can now configure Application Gateway, API Management, and Container Apps as Private Link-enabled origins in your Front Door Premium profile. Private Link-enabled origins in Front Door allow you to deliver content to your end-users through public Fron
Update Type: Preview, Services: API Management, Application Gateway, Azure Front Door, Private Link, Container Apps, Categories: Features, Security, Services

Support for new custom error pages in Application Gateway

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 18:15:12 Z

In addition to the response codes 403 and 502, the Azure Application Gateway now lets you configure company-branded error pages for more response codes - 400, 405, 408, 500, 503, and 504. You can configure these error pages at a global level to apply to a
Update Type: GA, Services: Application Gateway, Categories: Features, Compliance, Services, Management

WebSocket support in Application Gateway for Containers

Tue, 14 Jan 2025 17:00:37 Z

With WebSocket support, you can serve interactive and real-time applications, such as chat applications, live dashboards, and gaming platforms, with improved performance and reduced latency over Application Gateway for Containers. Key benefits of WebSocke
Update Type: GA, Services: Application Gateway, Categories: Features, Services

App Service session affinity proxy compatibility

Sun, 12 Jan 2025 08:00:40 Z

The new session affinity proxy setting allows you to adapt the session affinity cookie to the custom domain used by a reverse proxy when calling the App Service app using the default host name. Learn more.
Update Type: GA, Services: App Service, Application Gateway, Azure Front Door, Categories: Features, Services

Private Preview: Web Application Firewall (WAF) running on Application Gateway for Containers

Fri, 15 Nov 2024 20:30:07 Z

Application Gateway for Containers now supports Web Application Firewall (WAF) in private preview. WAF’s Default Ruleset provides Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) users with centralized protection against malicious attacks and exploits such as: Cross-site
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, App Service, Application Gateway, Categories: Features, Security, Services

Bot Manager Ruleset 1.1 on Azure WAF with Azure Application Gateway

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 07:30:10 Z

A new bot protection rule set (Microsoft_BotManagerRuleSet_1.1) is now generally available for Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) with Azure Application Gateway.This updated ruleset enhances the existing Bot Manager 1.0 by introducing new bad bot and go
Update Type: GA, Services: App Service, Application Gateway, Categories: Features, Security

Bot Manager Ruleset 1.1 on Azure WAF with Azure Application Gateway

Fri, 01 Nov 2024 00:30:29 Z

Generally Available: Bot Manager Ruleset 1.1 on Azure WAF with Azure Application Gateway

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 00:00:00 Z

Bot Manager Rule Set 1.1 is an enhancement to Bot Manager Rule Set 1.0 and provides customers enhanced protection against malicious bots and increases detection of good bots.
Update Type: GA, Services: Application Gateway, Categories: Features, Security

Introducing the Application Gateway WAF Triage Workbook

Mon, 14 Oct 2024 00:00:00 Z

The new "Application Gateway WAF Triage" workbook is free of charge and it provides a convenient way to triage WAF events and identify false positives. It gives you the insights you need to better fi...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Application Gateway, Categories:

QUIC based HTTP/3 with Application Gateway: Feature information Private Preview

Wed, 09 Oct 2024 00:00:00 Z

Update Type: Preview, Services: Application Gateway, Categories:

Advanced routing capabilities using Application Gateway Rewrite Rules

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:00:00 Z

Discover how the power of Rewrite rules can unlock advanced routing capabilities to allow steering of traffic based on query string parameters, HTTP cookies, and HTTP headers.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Application Gateway, Categories:

Azure Application Gateway support for TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 will end by 31 August 2025

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 07:00:00 Z

To align with Azure's ongoing security enhancements, all connections to Application Gateway must use Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2 or later, as support for TLS 1.0 and 1.1 on Azure Application Gateway will be discontinued starting 31 August 2025. The
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Application Gateway, Categories: Retirements

gRPC and frontend mTLS now available for Application Gateway for Containers

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 07:00:00 Z

Application Gateway for Containers is introducing support for gRPC and frontend mutual authentication (mTLS).Frontend mutual authentication (mTLS) brings feature parity to Application Gateway for Containers, for customers using Application Gateway Ingress
Update Type: GA, Services: Application Gateway, Categories: Features

Retirement: Azure Application Gateway support for TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 will end by 31 August 2025

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 00:00:00 Z

The TLS versions 1.2 and later offer improved security with features such as perfect forward secrecy and stronger cipher suites.
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Application Gateway, Categories: Retirements

Generally Available: gRPC and frontend mTLS now available for Application Gateway for Containers

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 00:00:00 Z

Application Gateway for Containers now supports gRPC and frontend mutual authentication. With both frontend and backend mutual authentication, end-to-end mutual authentication is now possible.
Update Type: GA, Services: Application Gateway, Categories: Features

Generally Available: Azure Application Gateway v2 Basic SKU

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 Z

Designed for customers, especially developers or small enterprises who are looking for a cost-effective Application Load Balancer solution and don’t require high scalability and advanced features.
Update Type: GA, Services: Load Balancer, Application Gateway, Categories: Services

Generally Available: Dedicated log analytics tables in Application Gateway

Fri, 16 Aug 2024 00:00:00 Z

Resource specific tables provide a dedicated and optimized way to store and query logs for Application Gateway. The resource specific tables allow for better data manipulation and enhanced performance in terms of ingestion latency and query times.
Update Type: GA, Services: Application Gateway, Categories: Features, Services

Integrating Workload profile Container App with Front Door and Application Gateway Private Link

Wed, 14 Aug 2024 06:48:03 Z

Introduction For the workload profile container app, private link support is not yet available. This is because the “Private Link Service does not support a load balancer that has an IP-based backend pool, which is used in Consumption + Dedicated environments (Workload Profile)”. Although we have a roadmap to implement this feature (Private link support for Workload Profiles · Azure Container Apps Roadmap), there is currently no ETA. In the meantime, I will guide you on how to integrate a workload profile container app with Azure Front Door using an Application Gateway. The architecture involves using the Application Gateway private link to connect to the Front Door, and placing the Application Gateway in the same VNET as the container app to achieve this integration. Note: As of August 2024, the private link for integrating Application Gateway with Front Door is still in public preview. Please avoid using it in production environments. For more details, refer to the documentation: Secure your Origin with Private Link in Azure Front Door Premium | Microsoft Learn. You can also check the document to see if it has reached General Availability (GA). Once it is GA, it will be safe to use in production environments. Instruction 1. Create Container App with workload profile in the internal VNET This step is straightforward. Follow the official documentation here (Integrate a virtual network with an internal Azure Container Apps environment | Microsoft Learn) to create a new internal Azure Container App environment in the VNET. Here are a few important points to note: (1) When using the workload profiles environment, ensure you have a /27 or larger subnet (2) After creation, enable Ingress for “Limited to VNET” to allow Application Gateway traffic to reach the container app 2. Create the Application gateway in the same VENT as Azure Container App Follow the step-by-step official document here (Protect Azure Container Apps with Application Gateway and Web Ap
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Network, Application Gateway, Azure Front Door, Private Link, Container Apps, Categories: Services

Public Preview: JavaScript (JS) Challenge on Azure WAF integrated with Azure Application Gateway

Fri, 05 Jul 2024 00:00:00 Z

Increase your security posture and generate a non-intrusive mitigation when a request matches a WAF bot rule or custom rule using Azure WAF JS challenge.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Application Gateway, Categories: Features, Security

Public Preview: JavaScript (JS) challenge on Azure WAF integrated with Azure Application Gateway

Thu, 27 Jun 2024 23:11:32 Z

Status: In Preview Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) integrated with Azure Application Gateway now supports JavaScript (JS) challenge. Azure WAF JS challenge is available as a new mitigation action as part of the Bot Manager rule set and custom rules. The JavaScript challenge is an invisible web challenge used to distinguish between legitimate users and bots. Malicious bots fail the challenge, which protects web applications. In addition, the JavaScript challenge is beneficial as it reduces friction for legitimate users since it does not require human intervention. For more information on what's included in this release, visit Azure WAF JS Challenge. Products: Web Application Firewall Application Gateway _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Update Type: Preview, Services: App Service, Application Gateway, Categories:

Public preview: Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) integration in Microsoft Copilot for Security

Tue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 Z

Increase your security posture and receive an analysis of the top Azure WAF rules triggered, top offending IPs in the environment, SQL injection and Cross-site scripting attacks blocked by WAF, along with natural language explanation of the analysis.
Update Type: Preview, Services: App Service, Application Gateway, Azure Front Door, Copilot for Security, Copilot in Azure, Categories: Features, Security

Public preview: Azure Application Gateway v2 Basic SKU

Mon, 13 May 2024 00:00:00 Z

Designed for customers, especially developers or small enterprises who are looking for a cost-effective Application Load Balancer solution and don’t require high scalability and the advanced features.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Load Balancer, Application Gateway, Categories: Security, Services

General availability: Application Gateway Web Application Firewall (WAF) inspection limit & size enforcement

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 00:00:00 Z

Azure’s regional Web Application Firewall (WAF) running on Application Gateway now supports greater control over request body inspection, and maximum size limits for request bodies and file uploads.
Update Type: GA, Services: App Service, Application Gateway, Categories: Features, Security

Use Logic App to monitor Application Gateway Backend Health

Wed, 03 Apr 2024 17:42:00 Z

Problem statement: While Azure Application Gateway probes backend health and reports the status, it does not log failed health probe requests. These logs if stored can help you to diagnose problems with the backend.  Even more, if the backend is failing intermittently, it would be difficult to diagnose without the failure logs. Solution: Trigger an Azure Logic App whenever there is an alert for Unhealthy Backend Host count from Metrics and use the Azure Application Gateway Backend Health REST API to the ingest logs into a custom table in Log Analytics workspace. Please find below steps to configure the above flow: Create Logic App in Consumption Plan Add a Managed Identity for the Logic App Use Manual Trigger. The following steps are used in logic App Initialize the variables – Affected Resources, Final Response , Response Body, Sub ID, App Gateway name and Location (the header value in response incase we get 201/202, will explain this down the line). Add action ‘HTTP’ to send the HTTP request for backend health API , use Managed Identity for authentication. Note - Azure Application Gateway Backend Health REST API will run asynchronously with 202 response code. Among the header values, you will see:Location: https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/providers/Microsoft.Network/locations/{region}/operationResults/{operation-id}?api-version=2023-09-01 To check the status of the asynchronous operation, send another request to that URL: GET https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/providers/Microsoft.Network/locations/{region}/operationResults/{operation-id}?api-version=2023-09-01 If the response is 200, get set final response as yes and set the response body from the response. If the response is 202, you must send the request again with the header value in ‘location’ until you get 200 as explained above in the Note. Once you get the proper response, we must use ‘parse JSON’ action to format and fetch requi
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Logic Apps, Azure Monitor, Application Gateway, Categories: Management

Generally available: Application Gateway (v2) IPv6 support

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 00:00:00 Z

Azure Application Gateway v2 enables dual-stack (IPv4 and IPv6) connectivity from the clients, providing more flexible and reliable access to the backend Applications.
Update Type: GA, Services: Application Gateway, Categories: Features, Security, Services

General availability: Listener TLS certificates management in the Azure portal

Tue, 19 Mar 2024 00:00:00 Z

You can now manage the TLS certificates associated with Listeners through Azure portal.
Update Type: GA, Services: Application Gateway, Categories: Features, Security, Services, Management

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

Fri, 15 Mar 2024 00:00:00 Z

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.
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: App Service, Application Gateway, Categories: Security, Retirements

General availability: Application Gateway for Containers

Tue, 27 Feb 2024 00:00:00 Z

Application Gateway for Containers is the next evolution to Application Gateway's Ingress Controller; bringing performance, scale, deployment, and feature enhancements.
Update Type: GA, Services: Application Gateway, Categories: Features, Security

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

Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 Z

TLS and TCP protocol support now available through Azure Application Gateway.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Application Gateway, Categories: Features, Security, Services, Management

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

Sun, 24 Dec 2023 00:00:00 Z

Stay protected against CVE-2023-50164 with the help of Azure’s regional WAF running on Application Gateway.
Update Type: GA, Services: App Service, Application Gateway, Categories: Features, Security, Services

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

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 00:00:00 Z

Easily manage public-facing and private-facing traffic on a common port.
Update Type: GA, Services: Application Gateway, Categories: Features, Security, Services, Management

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

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 00:00:00 Z

Protect applications from abnormally high levels of traffic with rate-limit rules on Azure’s regional Web Application Firewall running on Application Gateway.
Update Type: GA, Services: App Service, Application Gateway, Categories: Features, Security

Public preview: Application Gateway IPv6 support

Mon, 06 Nov 2023 00:00:00 Z

Azure Application Gateway v2 enables dual-stack (IPv4 and IPv6) connectivity from the clients, providing more flexible and reliable access to the backend Applications.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Application Gateway, Categories: Features, Security, Services

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

Tue, 31 Oct 2023 00:00:00 Z

Increase your security posture and reduce false positives with Default Rule Set 2.1, now generally available on the regional WAF with Application Gateway
Update Type: GA, Services: App Service, Application Gateway, Categories: Features, Security, Services

General availability: Gateway Load Balancer IPv6 Support

Tue, 26 Sep 2023 00:00:00 Z

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.
Update Type: GA, Services: Load Balancer, Application Gateway, Categories: Features, Security, Services

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

Thu, 14 Sep 2023 00:00:00 Z

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.
Update Type: GA, Services: App Service, Application Gateway, Categories: Features, Security

Secure your application traffic with Application Gateway mTLS

Wed, 08 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0800

Azure Application Gateway now supports mTLS and OCSP.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Application Gateway, Categories: Security

Azure Firewall Premium now in preview

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0800

Announcing the preview release of Azure Firewall Premium. Azure Firewall Premium provides next-generation firewall capabilities that are required for highly sensitive and regulated environments.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Application Gateway, Azure Firewall, Categories: Security

Application Gateway Ingress Controller for Azure Kubernetes Service

Mon, 02 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0800

Today we are excited to offer a new solution to bind Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Application Gateway. The new solution provides an open source Application Gateway Ingress Controller for Kubernetes, which makes it possible for AKS customers to leverage Application Gateway to expose their cloud software to the Internet.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Application Gateway, Categories:

Spinnaker continuous delivery platform now with support for Azure

Thu, 04 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0700

Spinnaker is an open source, multi-cloud continuous delivery platform for releasing software changes with high velocity and confidence. It is being chosen by a growing number of enterprises as the open source continuous deployment platform used to modernize their application deployments.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Application Gateway, Categories:

Azure Updates - Latest from Azure Charts

Modernizing TCP Applications with Azure Application Gateway Layer 4 TCP/TLS Proxy

Application Gateway for Containers managed add-on + AKS Automatic

Designing Reliable Health Check Endpoints for IIS Behind Azure Application Gateway

🚀 General Availability of Private Application Gateway on Azure Application Gateway v2

AKS cluster with AGIC hits the Azure Application Gateway backend pool limit (100)

Default Rule Set 2.2 and updates to ruleset support policy

WAF Insights for Application Gateway

Rethinking Ingress on Azure: Application Gateway for Containers Explained

Application Gateway for Containers - AKS managed add-on

X-Forwarded-For (XFF) grouping for rate limiting on Application Gateway WAF v2

Default Ruleset 2.2 in WAF for Azure Application Gateway

FIPS compliant mode for Application Gateway V2 SKUs

TLS and TCP termination on Azure Application Gateway

Integrating Azure Application Gateway v2 with Azure API Management for secure and scalable API

Microsoft HTTP DDoS Ruleset 1.0 on Application Gateway WAF v2

Application Gateway for Containers – Slow start

Application Gateway for Containers Istio Service Mesh integration

JWT Validation in Azure Application Gateway

Azure Application Gateway mTLS passthrough support

Application Gateway for Containers with Web Application Firewall (WAF)

Public Preview: Custom WAF Block Status & Body for Azure Application Gateway

Enhanced cloning and Public IP retention scripts for Azure Application Gateway migration

Using Application Gateway to secure access to the Azure OpenAI Service: Customer success story

Unlock visibility, flexibility, and cost efficiency with Application Gateway logging enhancements

Using Server-sent events with Application Gateway

Enabling dedicated connections to backends in Azure Application Gateway

Backend TLS validation controls in Azure Application Gateway

Container Networking with Azure Application Gateway for Containers (AGC): Overlay vs. Flat AKS

Azure CNI Overlay for Application Gateway for Containers and Application Gateway Ingress Controller

Custom block response code and body for Application Gateway WAF

CNI Overlay for Application Gateway for Containers and AGIC

Unlock enterprise AI/ML with confidence: Azure Application Gateway as your scalable AI access layer

Application Gateway adds MaxSurge support for zero-capacity-impact upgrades

Private Application Gateway on Azure Application Gateway v2

Decoding On-Premises ADC Rules: Migration to Azure Application Gateway

Web Application Firewall on Application Gateway for Containers

Web Application Firewall (WAF) running on Application Gateway for Containers

Azure WAF integration in Microsoft Security Copilot

Using Server-sent events with Application Gateway

Azure Container Apps with Application Gateway and custom domain: hostname mismatch

Application Gateway as a Private Link Enabled Origin for Front Door Premium

Azure Networking Capabilities for Microsoft Copilot in Azure

CNI Overlay for Application Gateway for Containers and AGIC

Securely Integrating Azure API Management with Azure OpenAI via Application Gateway

New Origin Types for Azure Front Door Premium Private Link-Enabled Origins

Support for new custom error pages in Application Gateway

WebSocket support in Application Gateway for Containers

App Service session affinity proxy compatibility

Private Preview: Web Application Firewall (WAF) running on Application Gateway for Containers

Bot Manager Ruleset 1.1 on Azure WAF with Azure Application Gateway

Bot Manager Ruleset 1.1 on Azure WAF with Azure Application Gateway

Generally Available: Bot Manager Ruleset 1.1 on Azure WAF with Azure Application Gateway

Introducing the Application Gateway WAF Triage Workbook

QUIC based HTTP/3 with Application Gateway: Feature information Private Preview

Advanced routing capabilities using Application Gateway Rewrite Rules

Azure Application Gateway support for TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 will end by 31 August 2025

gRPC and frontend mTLS now available for Application Gateway for Containers

Retirement: Azure Application Gateway support for TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 will end by 31 August 2025

Generally Available: gRPC and frontend mTLS now available for Application Gateway for Containers

Generally Available: Azure Application Gateway v2 Basic SKU

Generally Available: Dedicated log analytics tables in Application Gateway

Integrating Workload profile Container App with Front Door and Application Gateway Private Link

Public Preview: JavaScript (JS) Challenge on Azure WAF integrated with Azure Application Gateway

Public Preview: JavaScript (JS) challenge on Azure WAF integrated with Azure Application Gateway

Public preview: Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) integration in Microsoft Copilot for Security

Public preview: Azure Application Gateway v2 Basic SKU

General availability: Application Gateway Web Application Firewall (WAF) inspection limit & size enforcement

Use Logic App to monitor Application Gateway Backend Health

Generally available: Application Gateway (v2) IPv6 support

General availability: Listener TLS certificates management in the Azure portal

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

General availability: Application Gateway for Containers

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

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

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

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

Public preview: Application Gateway IPv6 support

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

General availability: Gateway Load Balancer IPv6 Support

Public Preview: JavaScript (JS) challenge on Azure WAF integrated with Azure Application Gateway