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March 2024

Mar 22

Some compliance features in Microsoft Defender for Cloud will be retired on September 30, 2025

Target retirement date: September 30, 2025

Microsoft Actions and Compliance offerings, two regulatory compliance features in public preview, will no longer be available through the Defender for Cloud portal pages starting September 30, 2025.

  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Compliance
  • Retirements
  • Security

September 2023

Sep 18

General Availability: Malware Scanning in Defender for Storage

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q3 2023

Malware Scanning in Defender for Storage enables organizations to detect and prevent malware distribution events with content scanning upon upload and near real-time malware detection powered by Microsoft Defender Antivirus technologies.

  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Microsoft Defender
  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Services
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Features
  • Security

February 2022

Feb 4

Microsoft Defender for Cloud: Public preview updates for January 2022

IN PREVIEW

Public preview enhancements and updates released for Microsoft Defender for Cloud in January 2022.

  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Services
  • Features
  • Security
Feb 4

Microsoft Defender for Cloud: General availability updates for January 2022

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2022

New enhancements and updates released for general availability in Microsoft Defender for Cloud in January 2022.

  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Services
  • Features
  • Security

January 2022

Jan 4

General availability: Microsoft Defender for Cloud updates for December 2021

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2021

New enhancements and updates released for general availability (GA) in Microsoft Defender for Cloud in December 2021.

  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Services
  • Features
  • Security

December 2021

Dec 6

Microsoft Defender for Cloud: General availability updates for November 2021

NOW AVAILABLE

New enhancements and updates released for general availability (GA) in Microsoft Defender for Cloud in November 2021.

  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Services
  • Features
  • Security
Dec 6

Microsoft Defender for Cloud: Public preview updates for November 2021

IN PREVIEW

Public preview enhancements and updates released for Microsoft Defender for Cloud in November 2021.

  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Services
  • Features
  • Security

November 2021

Nov 10

Azure Security Center: General availability updates for October 2021

NOW AVAILABLE

New enhancements and updates released for general availability (GA) in Azure Security Center in October 2021.

  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Services
  • Features
  • Security
Nov 10

Azure Security Center: Public preview updates for October 2021

IN PREVIEW

Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure Security Center in October 2021.

  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Services
  • Features
  • Security

October 2021

Oct 5

Azure Security Center: Public preview updates for September 2021

IN PREVIEW

Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure Security Center in September 2021.

  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Services
  • Security

August 2021

Aug 31

Azure Security Center: Public preview updates for August 2021

IN PREVIEW

Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure Security Center in August 2021.

  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Services
  • Security
Aug 31

Azure Security Center: General availability updates for August 2021

NOW AVAILABLE

New enhancements and updates released for general availability (GA) in Azure Security Center in August 2021.

  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Services
  • Security

July 2021

Jul 31

Azure Security Center: Public preview updates for July 2021

IN PREVIEW

Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure Security Center in July 2021.

  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Services
  • Security
Jul 31

Azure Security Center: General availability updates for July 2021

NOW AVAILABLE

New enhancements and updates released for general availability (GA) in Azure Security Center in July 2021.

  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Services
  • Security
Jul 1

General availability: Azure Security Center updates for June 2021

NOW AVAILABLE

New enhancements and updates released in Azure Security Center in June 2021.

  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Services
  • Security

June 2021

Jun 2

Azure Security Center: Public preview updates for May 2021

IN PREVIEW

Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure Security Center in May 2021.

  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Services
  • Security
Jun 2

Azure Security Center: General availability updates for May 2021

NOW AVAILABLE

New enhancements and updates released for general availability (GA) in Azure Security Center in May 2021.

  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Services
  • Security

May 2021

May 3

Azure Security Center: General availability updates for April 2021

NOW AVAILABLE

New enhancements and updates released for general availability (GA) in Azure Security Center in April 2021.

  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Services
  • Security
May 3

Azure Security Center: Public preview updates for April 2021

IN PREVIEW

Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure Security Center in April 2021.

  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Services
  • Security

April 2021

Apr 1

Azure Security Center: Public preview updates for March 2021

IN PREVIEW

Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure Security Center in March 2021.

  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Services
  • Security

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