Azure Updates - June 14th, 2019
Adaptive Network Hardening in Security Center is now GA
Now generally available for customers, Azure Security Center will learn network and connectivity patterns and then provide NSG (Network Security Group) rule recommendations to protect your environment here . Having an environment in a public cloud can definitely create unwanted exposure and this new offering enables end users to limit their exposure
Improved integration of Azure Security Center with Azure Advisor is now available
Azure users can view a detailed summery of security recommendations along with security alerts within Azure Advisor. Users can use the Advisor APIs to produce reports or to programmatically get security recommendations. Read more here
Azure DevTest Labs: PowerShell module to simplify management of labs
There is now a GitHub repo for the new AZ.DevTestLabs PowerShell module. PowerShell users can now simplify managing their DevTest environment. More can be read here
Azure Application Gateway Web Application Firewall custom rules are now GA
Custom rules for WAF_v2 are now Generally Available. Customers can create their own rules with IP/IP range or string based matching conditions. More can be read here
These are just a few of the updates that grabbed our attention. If you have ones you’d like to share please tweet us (@skylinesacademy) or comment below.
Thanks for reading and keep up to date on the ever changing cloud.
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Note: these updates do not affect your AZ-103, AZ-300, AZ-301, AZ-900 exam preparation.