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title: "Grafana Enterprise Metrics v1.7 release notes | Grafana Enterprise Metrics documentation"
description: "Version 1.7 release notes The Grafana Enterprise Metrics (GEM) team is excited to announce the release of GEM 1.7. Features and enhancements GEM’s admin-api is now compatible with Azure Blob storage. Check out the admin_client_config section of the global configuration for more details on how to set this up. Two enhancements have been made to the federation frontend, a service which allows users to query multiple GEM clusters at once and combine the results. See Cluster query federation for more information. The federation frontend service will now propagate a request’s bearer token, allowing that token to be used for authentication at its downstream targets. The federation frontend service now supports TLS configuration to its downstream targets. Upgrade considerations Users can upgrade from GEM 1.6.2 to GEM 1.7 with no additional considerations."
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# Version 1.7 release notes

The Grafana Enterprise Metrics (GEM) team is excited to announce the release of GEM 1.7.

## Features and enhancements

- GEM’s admin-api is now compatible with Azure Blob storage. Check out the [`admin_client_config` section](/docs/enterprise-metrics/latest/configure/config-gem/reference/#admin_client) of the global configuration for more details on how to set this up.
- Two enhancements have been made to the federation frontend, a service which allows users to query multiple GEM clusters at once and combine the results. See [Cluster query federation](/docs/enterprise-metrics/latest/manage/cluster-query-federation/) for more information.
  
  - The federation frontend service will now propagate a request’s bearer token, allowing that token to be used for authentication at its downstream targets.
  - The federation frontend service now supports TLS configuration to its downstream targets.

## Upgrade considerations

Users can upgrade from GEM 1.6.2 to GEM 1.7 with no additional considerations.

## Bug fixes

### v1.7.1

- Fixed CVE-2022-44643