Episode 398 - Hear ye! Hear ye!

Evan and Sujit catch up on the flurry of Azure updates from the past week.

Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode398.mp3

YouTube: https://youtu.be/J0Vq3IGlTFY

Updates:

Azure Automation Hybrid Worker Extension for Azure and Arc-enabled servers now in public preview

From <https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/automation-user-hybrid-extension-support/>

SpaceCows – using AI, space technology and cloud to protect the Top End – Microsoft Australia News Centre

AKS Related

Public preview: HTTPS proxy configuration support | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure

Public preview: AKS support for WebAssembly System Interface (WASI) workloads | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure

Enable Cloud Controller Manager (Preview) - Azure Kubernetes Service | Microsoft Docs

Public preview: IPv6 for Kubenet | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure

General availability: Azure Monitor container insights for Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure

Microsoft says it mitigated the largest DDoS attack ever recorded (msn.com)

Networking

Utilize the Service Tag Discovery API to retrieve a list of Service Tags and corresponding IP ranges to easily configure on-premises firewalls and Azure resources.

Public preview: Customize Azure Static Web Apps authentication with a serverless function

Published date: October 13, 2021

You can now define a serverless function that is invoked whenever a user successfully logs in to your static web app. This function can assign custom roles to the logged in user. You can use these roles to configure route-based authorization rules; and other serverless functions in your app can also access these roles. 

From <https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-customize-azure-static-web-apps-authentication-with-a-serverless-function/>

• Generally available: IP-based website protection for Azure Static Web Apps | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure

SQL

• Leverage user-assigned managed identity for transparent data encryption (TDE) with customer managed keys, and more for SQL Database and SQL Managed Instance.

From <https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-sql-public-preview-updates-for-october-2021/

Private Link is now available in preview for Hyperscale (Citus) on Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open-source Postgres database on Azure.

New centralized management experience for Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server in public preview

From <https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/new-centralized-management-experience-for-azure-hybrid-benefit-for-sql-server-in-public-preview/>

General availability: Azure Monitor application insights in Azure Spring Cloud | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure