Network Watcher is now Generally Available in South Africa North

Networking, Load Balancer

Upgrade to Standard SKU Load Balancer easily through a simple PowerShell script and take advantage of enhanced capabilities.

11/01/2022

Networking, Azure Firewall

Custom DNS, DNS Proxy, and FQDN filtering in network rules are now in preview. IP Groups and IP Groups in Firewall policy are now generally available.

30/06/2020

Networking, Azure Front Door

Migrate to Azure Front Door Standard or Premium by 31 March 2027, when Front Door (classic) will be retired.

27/03/2024

Networking, Azure Firewall

Azure Firewall Premium Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) certification from ICSA Labs is now available.

02/08/2022

Networking, VPN Gateway

Azure Virtual Network Gateways now support OpenVPN as a protocol for point-to-site clients to connect.

24/09/2018

Networking, Azure Front Door

Promotional pricing for data transfer to Azure Front Door is now available.

30/09/2019

Networking, Application Gateway

The default TLS policy for new deployments of Azure Application Gateway is now set to AppGwSslPolicy20220101.

27/07/2023

Networking, ExpressRoute

ExpressRoute Direct lets you use the functionality of ExpressRoute and connect directly to the global Microsoft backbone at 100 Gbps.

17/04/2019

Networking, ExpressRoute

You can now redeem an ExpressRoute Direct authorization to create an ExpressRoute Circuit in a different subscription.

15/06/2022

Networking, VPN Gateway

We’ve announced a new Azure Virtual Private Network (VPN) Gateway that allows you to connect your virtual network via ExpressRoute and site-to-site VPN.

04/05/2015

Networking, Private Link

Azure Private Link is now generally available. Azure Private Link is a secure and scalable way for you to consume services (such as Azure PaaS, Partner Service, BYOS) on the…

14/02/2020

Networking, Network Watcher

Use Azure Network Watcher connectivity check to test connectivity between Azure virtual machines.

12/07/2017