Tag Archives: Azure Updates
Retirement of Azure Spatial Anchors
Microsoft has announced the retirement of Azure Spatial Anchors, with a final sunset date set for December 31, 2024. This decision comes as part of Microsoft’s ongoing updates to its Azure platform, as it continues to focus on providing cutting-edge solutions for developers and businesses.
Enable TLS 1.3 for Application Insights Availability Tests
Introduced in Application Insights, availability tests now support TLS 1.3 for secure connections.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9 Supported on Azure VMs
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.9 is the latest release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. It offers stability, security, bug fixes, and performance enhancements for production environments. The update includes new features such as an image builder service and compatibility with the Convert2RHEL tool for easier deployment and migration tasks. It also includes the…
Customer-controlled keys now available for encrypting Azure NetApp Files volumes
Customer-managed keys (CMK) for Azure NetApp Files volume encryption enables customers to increase the security of their encryption keys by directly managing key rotation, access, permissions, and auditing tasks. This provides additional security against unauthorized key access and helps comply with regulatory requirements. The use of CMK does not impact performance and the feature is…
Release: Premium SSD v2 & Ultra disks backed by Trusted Launch | Azure Updates
Trusted Launch VMs now support Azure Premium SSD v2 disks and Ultra disks storage. This allows hosting workloads on high throughput, high IOPS, and consistent low latency disk storage with foundational compute security. Trusted Launch VMs provide compute security to Azure Generation 2 VMs by enabling Secure Boot and vTPM capabilities. They protect the OS…
