Learn what’s new in Azure Firewall

By Dustin Ward

This post was co-authored by Suren Jamiyanaa, Program Manager 2, Azure Networking. We continue to be amazed by the adoption, interest, positive feedback, and the breadth of use cases customers are finding for our service. Today, we are happy to share several key Azure Firewall capabilities as well as an update on recent important releases…

Improve outbound connectivity with Azure Virtual Network NAT

By Dustin Ward

For many customers, making outbound connections to the internet from their virtual networks is a fundamental requirement of their Azure solution architectures. Factors such as security, resiliency, and scalability are important to consider when designing how outbound connectivity will work for a given architecture. Luckily, Azure has just the solution for ensuring highly available and…

How developers can benefit from the new 5G paradigm

By Dustin Ward

5G is not an upgrade, it’s a new paradigm Fueled by the rapid expansion of the cloud, 5G is much more than a network upgrade—it will help create a new application paradigm and pave the way for the emergence of a new breed of network-intelligent applications that enable developers to solve problems previously out of…

Announcing Azure DNS Private Resolver: Now in preview

By Dustin Ward

A quick overview of Azure DNS We offer two types of Azure DNS Zones—private and public—for hosting your private DNS and public DNS records. Azure Private DNS: Azure Private DNS provides a reliable and secure DNS service for your virtual network. Azure Private DNS manages and resolves domain names in the virtual network without the…

Microsoft and AT&T demonstrate 5G-powered video analytics

By Dustin Ward

In November 2021, Microsoft and AT&T announced the launch of Azure public MEC (multi-access edge compute) with a site in Atlanta, Georgia. The Azure public MEC solution enables low-latency applications at the edge of the mobile operator’s network, providing Azure compute services integrated with 5G connectivity. Azure public MEC is designed to run AI and machine learning…

Streamline Azure workloads with ExpressRoute BGP community support

By Dustin Ward

In today’s globalized world, customers have started to maintain and expand their presence in the cloud across different geographic regions. With these increased deployments across Azure regions comes the increased complexity of customers’ hybrid networks. Establishing connectivity is no longer as simple as exchanging IP addresses between one pair of Azure regions and on-premises locations.…