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azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Service tag match condition for Azure Front Door Premium WAF

Azure Updates

2026-10-20

Service tag match conditions for Azure Front Door Premium WAF custom rules are now generally available. This lets rules match on Azure service tag IP prefix groups.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Keyless TLS on Application Gateway with Azure Key Vault Managed HSM

Azure Updates

2026-10-20

Azure Application Gateway now supports keyless TLS termination with certificates stored in Azure Key Vault Managed HSM. During TLS handshakes, signatures are performed inside the HSM and the private key is not exported to the gateway.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Advanced platform metrics for Azure Monitor

Azure Updates

2026-10-20

Advanced platform metrics for Azure Monitor are now generally available. The release adds finer-grained signals to help customers identify changes and trends in resources more quickly and accurately.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Metrics usage insights for Azure Monitor workspace

Azure Updates

2026-10-19

Metrics usage insights for Azure Monitor workspace is now generally available. It provides visibility into workspace metrics usage, including utilization, unused metrics, usage trends, and changes driving usage.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure DNS enables DNS-based load balancing through Traffic Manager linked records

Azure Updates

2026-10-19

Azure DNS now supports DNS-based load balancing by linking a DNS record set directly to an Azure Traffic Manager profile. This removes the need to use a CNAME record pointing to Traffic Manager.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Databricks Private network gateway

Azure Updates

2026-10-16

Azure Databricks Private network gateway is now in Public Preview. It lets serverless compute reach resources in your VNet and transitively connected networks through a single managed gateway.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: External key management for Azure Key Vault Managed HSM

Azure Updates

2026-10-16

External key management for Azure Key Vault Managed HSM is now generally available in all Azure public regions. It allows organizations with regulatory or sovereignty requirements to keep physical control of key-encryption keys while using Azure services that support this capability.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Files cross-region data copy and synchronization with Azure Storage Mover

Azure Updates

2026-10-15

Azure Files now supports copying and synchronizing file share data across storage accounts, Azure regions, and subscriptions within the same tenant using Azure Storage Mover. The feature is in public preview and supports scheduled incremental transfers to maintain secondary copies.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Standard service endpoint

Azure Updates

2026-10-15

Azure introduced Standard service endpoint as a generally available capability in the Azure Private Link family. It is designed to provide a scalable, secure way to connect Azure IaaS workloads to Azure PaaS services, addressing manageability and scale limitations.

azure: [Launched] Generally Availabile: Automatic zone balance for Virtual Machine Scale Sets

Azure Updates

2026-10-15

Automatic zone balance for Virtual Machine Scale Sets is generally available. It continuously monitors scale sets across availability zones and redistributes VM instances when zonal imbalances are detected.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Cloud HSM hardware audit logging

Azure Updates

2026-10-14

Azure Cloud HSM hardware audit logging is now generally available. It adds hardware-generated audit records for supported HSM management operations to aid security monitoring, compliance, governance, and forensic investigations.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Site Recovery Support for Azure ARC-enabled Windows VMWare/Physical servers

Azure Updates

2026-10-14

Azure Site Recovery now supports disaster recovery for Azure Arc-enabled Windows VMware virtual machines and on-premises physical servers. This lets customers protect Arc-managed machines with ASR while still using Azure Arc for governance and inventory.