New Features and Enhancements
What's Changed
Expanded Connectivity: We've added NCC producer VPC spoke support and enhanced hybrid spoke capabilities, including Cloud Interconnect and HA VPN integration.
Advanced Security: Introducing Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) policies and an enterprise tier for deeper threat protection.
Internal Load Balancing: New Internal Passthrough Load Balancers offer more flexible options for internal traffic distribution.
Platform Stability: You'll find improvements to test connectivity, along with patches for Managed Instance Groups (MIGs) and general user experience.
What's Added
Networking
NCC Producer VPC Spoke: This new feature streamlines cross-project service access by allowing producer VPCs to connect to an NCC hub, simplifying how different networks consume services.
Hybrid Spoke (Interconnect & HA VPN): Now, you can integrate your on-premises networks directly into Network Connectivity Center, providing centralized management for your hybrid cloud connectivity via Cloud Interconnect VLAN attachments and HA VPN tunnels.
Internal Passthrough Load Balancers: These new load balancers let you distribute internal traffic to virtual machine instances while preserving the client's source IP, ideal for specific internal application architectures.
Security
NGFW Firewall Policies & Enterprise: Elevate your security with network firewall policies and NGFW Enterprise.
General
Updated Test Connectivity: We've enhanced our tools to provide more robust and accurate network diagnostics.
MIG & User Journey Patches: This release includes various bug fixes and stability improvements for Managed Instance Groups and other general user workflows, ensuring a smoother experience.
New Contributors
- @sridharshini1 made their first contribution in #89
Full Changelog: v2.1.0...v3.0.0
