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2026 (4)

September (1)

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Firewall auto-learn SNAT routes

Azure Updates

2026-09-01

Azure Firewall auto-learn SNAT routes is now generally available. It periodically learns registered and private destination prefixes and applies them as No-SNAT ranges to preserve original source IPs and reduce manual SNAT management.

August (3)

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Ipv6 support in Azure Firewall

Azure Updates

2026-08-18

Azure Firewall is now in public preview with IPv6 support. Customers can configure Azure Firewall and Firewall Policy in dual-stack mode for IPv4 and IPv6 traffic, including native IPv6 network-rule filtering and DNS Proxy support.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: 2.2X IDPS performance optimization in Azure Firewall

Azure Updates

2026-08-11

Azure Firewall Premium now supports up to 22 Gbps throughput with TLS inspection and IDPS in Deny mode, up from 10 Gbps. It also increases per-TCP-connection throughput with IDPS enabled in Alert or Deny mode to 600 Mbps, from 300 Mbps.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Explicit proxy in Azure Firewall

Azure Updates

2026-08-05

Azure Firewall explicit proxy is now generally available. It lets customers configure applications and browsers to send HTTP and HTTPS traffic directly to Azure Firewall through proxy settings, instead of relying on route-based traffic forwarding.