New Azure features and functionality for July 2021
It’s been a busy month as far as new Azure features and functionality go! Just in case you’ve missed something, we’ve collected all of the announcements from July 2021 in one place. Be sure to give this list a read through, as there’s a wealth of exciting new functions and updates to check out!
General Availability
- Web Application Firewall (WAF) bot protection on Application Gateway
- Web Application Firewall (WAF) geomatch custom rules on Application Gateway
- Start VM on connect capability in Azure Virtual Desktop enters general availability
- VMware Site Recovery Manager is now generally available for Azure VMware Solution
- Azure Stream Analytics Tools for Visual Studio Code
- Azure Monitor Agent and Data Collection Rules now support direct proxies and Log Analytics gateway
- Better integration between Azure Monitor and Grafana
- Python Functions now support custom telemetry in Application Insights
- Built-in Azure Policy support for Network Watcher Traffic Analytics
- Public IP information and inter-zone traffic among many new insights in Traffic Analytics
- Announcing the Azure Firewall Premium general availability
- Shared disks on Azure Disk Storage are now generally available on all Premium SSD and Standard SSD sizes
- Session and cache provider using Azure Cosmos DB in general availability
- Deliver a secure hybrid workplace with Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365
- New Azure Monitor built-in policy for Log Analytics workspace and linked automation account
- Azure Automation Customer Managed Keys
- Azure Blob storage – Container Soft Delete generally available
- Azure SQL enabled by Azure Arc generally available
- Application Insights integration with App Services for Java & Node.js apps
- Confidential computing using Always Encrypted with secure enclaves for Azure SQL Database in general availability
- Insights and workbooks for Azure Cosmos DB now in general availability
- HPC Cache for NVME-based Storage, Storage Target Management, and HIPAA Compliance
- HPC Cache on E-Series VMs Support of Blob NFS 3.0 now generally available
- Updates to secrets configuration options in App Service and Azure Functions
- Virtual Machine (VM) level disk bursting is now generally available on more VM types
- Skip X.509 certificate proof of possession for IoT Hub and DPS
Updates
- Azure Sphere SDK version 21.07 Update 1 is now available
- Azure Site Recovery update rollup 56 is now generally available – July 2021
- Azure IoT Central new and updated features—June 2021
- Azure API Management updates – July 2021
- App Service Environment v3 now generally available
- Update PowerShell versions 7.0 and 7.1 to protect against a remote code execution vulnerability
- Azure Security Center updates for June 2021
Misc
- Azure Spring Cloud Pricing Model Change
- Azure Purview product glossary
- Transition to Cloud Services (extended support) with new migration tool
