Updates Archives
Monthly updates for March 2020
Integration of Azure Security Center with Windows Admin Center is now available
Target availability: Q1 2020
It’s now possible to move your on-premises Windows servers from the Windows Admin Center directly to the Azure Security Center, which becomes a single pane of glass for viewing security information for all your resources.
Azure Security Center—Continuous export of security recommendations and alerts
The continuous export feature of Azure Security Center, which supports the export of your security alerts and recommendations, is now generally available.
Azure Security Center—Workflow automation is now generally available
The workflow automation feature of Azure Security Center is now generally available. Use it to automatically trigger Logic Apps on security alerts and recommendations. In addition, manual triggers are available for alerts and all recommendations that have the quick fix option available.
Azure Security Center—Protection for Azure Kubernetes Service is now available
Target availability: Q2 2020
Azure Security Center is expanding its container security features to protect Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
Azure Web Application Firewall for Azure Content Delivery Network is in preview
Protect your web applications from common exploits and vulnerabilities with Web Application Firewall for Azure Content Delivery Network. Web Application Firewall is already natively integrated with Azure Application Gateway and Azure Front Door services.
Azure Storage—Append Blob immutability support now generally available
Target availability: Q1 2020
Store business-critical data objects in a non-erasable and non-modifiable state for a user-specified retention interval using immutable storage for Azure Blob storage.
Onboard on-prem servers to Security Center from Windows Admin Center
Windows Admin Center is a management portal for Windows Servers who are not deployed in Azure offering them several Azure management capabilities such as backup and system updates. We have recently added an ability to onboard these non-Azure servers to be protected by ASC directly from the Windows Admin Center experience.
Azure Sentinel generally available in Azure Government
Azure Sentinel is now generally available in Azure Government, starting with US Gov Virginia region.
Announcing Azure Private Link GA for Azure Services
Azure Private Link now includes multiple new services available in Preview and GA.
Azure Private Link for Azure Cosmos DB is now generally available
Limit data exposure to the public internet and reduce the risk of data exfiltration by accessing your Azure Cosmos accounts from virtual networks via private IP addresses.
Azure Data Explorer deployment into Azure Virtual Networks now generally available
Deployment of an Azure Data Explorer into a virtual network is now generally available. Use this feature to isolate the network traffic and limit the attack surface for Azure Data Explorer and their corresponding communications.
Azure Service Fabric 7.0 fourth refresh release is now rolling out
Azure Service Fabric 7.0 fourth refresh release, which includes bug fixes and performance enhancements for standalone and Azure environments, has started rolling out to various Azure regions.
Deprecation of two security recommendations for web applications
Target availability: Q1 2020
Two security recommendations related to web applications are being deprecated.
Azure Security Center—Improved just-in-time experience
Target availability: Q1 2020
The features, operation, and UI for Azure Security Center’s just-in-time tools that secure your management ports have been enhanced.
Upgrade the TLS version of your Power BI application to TLS 1.2
Support for transport layer security (TLS) 1.0 and 1.1 for Power BI will end in June 2020. Upgrade the TLS version of your Power BI application to TLS 1.2 before then.
Azure SQL Database managed instance now enforces TLS 1.2 on outbound connections
Target availability: Q1 2020
In January 2020 Microsoft enforced TLS 1.2 for intra-service traffic in all Azure services. For Azure SQL Database managed instance, this resulted in TLS 1.2 being enforced on outbound connections used for replication and linked server connections to SQL Server.
Preparing for TLS 1.2 in Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure recommends all customers complete migration towards solutions that support transport layer security (TLS) 1.2 and to make sure that TLS 1.2 is used by default.
Web Application Firewall with Azure Front Door service now supports exclusion lists
Web Application Firewall exclusion lists allow you to omit certain request attributes from a rule evaluation. Use them to fine tune Web Application Firewall policies for your applications.
Vulnerability scanning for images in Azure Container Registry is now generally available
Target availability: Q1 2020
Vulnerability scanning for images stored in Azure Container Registry is now generally available in Azure Security Center.
Azure Security Center supports integration with Azure Monitor alerts
Target availability: Q1 2020
Configure Azure Monitor log alert rules for recommendations and alerts exported from Security Center by taking advantage of Security Center's continuous export capabilities to Log Analytics Workspace.
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