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Azure – You can now use Cloud Shell from the Azure mobile application

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Not sure since when it has been added but if you have installed the Azure mobile application (Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.azure&hl=en or iOS https://apps.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-azure/id1219013620) you can now start and use Azure Cloud Shell (also available using a web browser at https://shell.azure.com/) To start using Cloud Shell from your Azure mobile app, just hit the Cloud Shell button

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Azure – The Azure datacenter IP ranges XML file is being deprecated

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As you may already know, you were (still are) able to gather all Azure Datacenter IP ranges using XML if you had to manage firewall authorization to Azure services using an XML file (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=41653) Well, this service (the XML file) is being deprecated and removed by June 30, 2020. Instead you now have to use

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Azure – You can now assign multiple public IP addresses to your Azure Firewall

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You can now associate up to 100 public IP with your Azure Firewall. This allows you to implement more NAT scenario – Source NAT (SNAT) and/or Destination NAT (DNAT). A DNAT scenario will be translating the same communication port (let say TCP 443 for example) while targeting different internal host. A SNAT scenario will allows

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Azure – You can now deploy virtual machines on a dedicated host in Azure (preview)

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You can now deploy your virtual machines in Azure using a dedicated host. This means your VM’s will be deployed on single tenant physical servers. This will help customers to address compliance and regulatory requirements. This offer also supports Azure Hybrid Benefits. You can get the pricing of this new offer from https://aka.ms/ADHPricing To start

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Azure – You can now configure your NSG with ICMP

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It has been a long awaited capability: being able to use Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) protocol when configuring Azure Network Security Groups (NSG). Well, now you can define ICMP protocol in your NSG; in addition of the TCP or UDP ones. Until now, if you had to allow/deny ICMP protocols you had to use

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Azure – Virtual machines insights in preview

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A new performance and monitor feature has been made available for Azure virtual machines called Insights. This new capabilities (in preview) allows you to have deeper performance analysis of your virtual machine. All the capabilities offered by this new feature are not all available depending of your configuration: The Health feature is only available for

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Azure – You can now automatically on-board virtual machine on Azure Security Center

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As you know, after provisioning a virtual machine you had to manually connect to your Azure Log Analytics workspace to deploy the Monitoring Agent on the VM and then get reporting to Azure Security Center. Well, now you can totally forget to do such thing as you will be able to get any new virtual

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Azure – A new blueprint – PCI-DSS v3.2.1 – is available

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As you may already know, Microsoft has introduced the Blueprints feature quite some time ago (see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-au/azure/governance/blueprints/overview to know more). At first you had to create your Blueprint from scratch but then samples have been added to help you. Well a new Blueprint sample has just been added (PCI-DSS v3.2.1) to help you setting up

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Azure – Azure Backup for SQL Server 2008/2008 R2 is in preview

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As you are aware, Windows Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2008/2008 R2 are reaching their end of life. Microsoft has offered to extend the support of these products if you moved them to Azure for an additional 3 years to give more time for migration. That said, once you have move your SQL Server

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Azure – Azure Bastion is now in public preview

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After being in private preview for few months, Azure Bastion, a new way to remotely access virtual machine on Azure, is now in public preview. Azure Bastion is a PaaS (Platform as a Service) provisioned within your Azure virtual network allowing you to remotely and securely access your virtual machine using Remote Desktop (RDP) or

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