Yes yes I know. Crazy last 10 days :-) Maybe I should do another AMA so you can yell at me :-)

📽️ https://youtu.be/WjdPF-6fbx4

📄 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/azure-weekly-update-24th-october-2026-john-savill-hp1ic

Traffic Manager Azure DNS integration (00:50) - You can now link an Azure DNS record set directly with a Traffic Manager profile instead of having to go via the cname of the trafficmanager.net which adds a hop and delay. I now create a new record set trafficManagementProfile which causes Azure DNS to resolve the profile internally and return the endpoint IP or FQDN depending on the record as the response.

App GW keyless TLS with AKV managed HSM (01:47) - This enables private keys to stay in the Azure Key Vault Managed HSM which means the TLS handshake signature is performed inside the HSM so the gateway never sees the private key.

AFD WAF service tag matching (02:13) - For Azure Front Door Premium Web Application Firewall you can now leverage service tags (which are Microsoft maintained…