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April 2021

1 Apr

Azure Security Center: General availability updates for March 2021

NOW AVAILABLE

New enhancements and updates released for general availability in Azure Security Center in March 2021.

  • Security Center
  • Services
  • Security

March 2021

1 Mar

Azure Security Center: Public preview updates for February 2021

IN PREVIEW

Preview enhancements and updates released for Azure Security Center in February 2021.

  • Security Center
  • Services
  • Security
1 Mar

Azure Security Center: General availability updates for February 2021

NOW AVAILABLE

New enhancements and updates released for general availability in Azure Security Center in February 2021.

  • Security Center
  • Services
  • Security

February 2021

1 Feb

Azure Security Center—Public preview updates for January 2021

IN PREVIEW

New preview enhancements and updates made to Azure Security Center in January 2021.

  • Security Center
  • Security
1 Feb

Azure Security Center—General availability updates for January 2021

NOW AVAILABLE

New general availability enhancements and updates made to Azure Security Center in January 2021.

  • Security Center
  • Security

January 2021

4 Jan

Azure Defender for SQL (in Azure Security Center)—News and updates for December 2020

NOW AVAILABLE

December 2020's enhancements and updates to Azure Defender for SQL in Azure Security Center.

  • Security Center
  • Security
4 Jan

Azure Security Center—News and updates for December 2020

NOW AVAILABLE

New enhancements and updates made to Azure Security Center in December 2020.

  • Security Center
  • Security

December 2020

1 Dec

Azure Security Center—News and updates for November 2020

NOW AVAILABLE

New enhancements and updates made to Azure Security Center in November 2020.

  • Security Center
  • Security
  • Features

November 2020

2 Nov

Azure Security Center—News and updates for October 2020

NOW AVAILABLE

New enhancements and updates made to Azure Security Center in October 2020.

  • Security Center
  • Security
  • Features

October 2020

21 Oct

Azure Policy for Key Vault now supports keys, secrets and certificates

IN PREVIEW

Get a deeper view into your organisation's security posture, configure daily automated audits and start enforcing best practices in under 5 minutes.

  • Key Vault
  • Azure Policy
  • Security Center
  • Compliance
  • Security
  • Features

September 2020

30 Sep

Azure Security Center—News and updates for September 2020

NOW AVAILABLE

New enhancements and updates that were made to Azure Security Center in September 2020.

  • Security Center
  • Security
  • Features
2 Sep

Azure Security Center—News and updates for August 2020

New enhancements and updates that were made to Azure Security Center in August 2020.

  • Security Center
  • Security
  • Features

August 2020

4 Aug

Azure Security Center—News and updates for July 2020

NOW AVAILABLE

New enhancements and updates were made to Azure Security Center in July 2020.

  • Security Center
  • Security
  • Features

July 2020

30 Jun

Azure Security Center—News and updates for June 2020

NOW AVAILABLE

New enhancements and updates were made to Azure Security Center in June 2020.

  • Security Center
  • Security
  • Features

May 2020

19 May

Azure Security Center—News and updates for May 2020

NOW AVAILABLE

See the list of enhancements and updates made to Azure Security Center in May 2020.

  • Security Center
  • Security
  • Features
11 May

Azure Log Analytics agent for Windows SHA-2 signing date has been extended

Target availability: Q3 2020

The Azure Log Analytics agent for Windows will begin to use SHA-2 signing exclusively on 17th Aug, 2020. This change requires action only if you’re running the agent on a legacy OS version.

  • Log Analytics
  • Azure Monitor
  • Automation
  • Security Center
  • Microsoft Sentinel
  • Security
  • Management
  • Operating System

April 2020

15 Apr

Advanced integrations with export of Security Center recommendations and alerts

IN PREVIEW

In order to enable enterprise level scenarios on top of Security Center, we now enable you to consume Security Center alerts and recommendations in additional places except the Azure Portal or API.

  • Security Center
  • Security
2 Apr

New Azure RTOS Collaborations with Semiconductor Industry Leaders

IN PREVIEW

Embedded developers can now access reliable, real-time performance for resource-constrained devices and seamless integration to Azure IoT. STMicroelectronics, Renesas, Qualcomm, NXP and Microchip will offer development kits featuring Azure RTOS.

  • Azure Sphere
  • Security Center
  • Security
  • Operating System
  • SDK and Tools

March 2020

23 Mar

Azure Security Center—Protection for Azure Kubernetes Service is now available

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q2 2020

Azure Security Center is expanding its container security features to protect Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).

  • Security Center
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Services
  • Security
  • Features
18 Mar

Action Required—Log Analytics agent for Windows will enforce SHA-2 signing on 18th May 2020

Target availability: Q3 2020

The Log Analytics agent for Windows, sometimes known as the OMS Windows agent or Microsoft Monitoring agent, will begin to enforce SHA-2 signing on 18th May 2020. This change only requires action if you are running the agent on a legacy OS version (Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2008).

  • Log Analytics
  • Azure Monitor
  • Automation
  • Security Center
  • Microsoft Sentinel
  • Security
  • Operating System

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