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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
  • Security
  • Services
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
  • Security
  • Services

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
  • Security
  • Services
Apr 1

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.

  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Security
  • Services

March 2021

Mar 3

Azure trusted launch for Virtual Machines now in public preview

IN PREVIEW

Azure offers trusted launch as a seamless way to bolster the security of Generation 2 VMs. Designed to protect against boot kits, rootkits, and kernel-level malware, trusted launch is comprised of secure boot, virtual trusted platform module (vTPM), and boot integrity monitoring.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Security
  • Features
Mar 2

Windows Server 2022 is now available in public preview

IN PREVIEW

Windows Server 2022 brings innovation in security, hybrid, and application platform to Windows Server enabling you to run your existing and new business critical applications with confidence on Azure, on-premises, and at the edge.

  • Operating System
Mar 2

Azure Spring Cloud: General availability of Managed Virtual Network and Autoscale

NOW AVAILABLE

Two related features: Managed Virtual Network and Autoscale for Azure Spring Cloud are now generally available.

  • Features
Mar 1

Azure Security Center: Public preview updates for February 2021

IN PREVIEW

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

  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Security
  • Services
Mar 1

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.

  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Security
  • Services

February 2021

Feb 11

Azure Databricks Achieves DoD Impact Level 5 (IL5) on Microsoft Azure Government

NOW AVAILABLE

DoD Impact Level 5 (IL5) on Azure Government further validates security and compliance for Azure Databricks.

  • Azure Databricks
  • Compliance
Feb 1

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.

  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Security
Feb 1

Azure Security Center—Public preview updates for January 2021

IN PREVIEW

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

  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Security

January 2021

Jan 4

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.

  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Security
Jan 4

Azure Security Center—News and updates for December 2020

NOW AVAILABLE

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

  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Security

December 2020

Dec 10

Azure Stack HCI is now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

Flexible HCI delivered as an Azure Hybrid Service

  • Azure Arc
  • Hybrid Data Services
  • Services
  • Pricing & Offerings
Dec 1

Azure Security Center—News and updates for November 2020

NOW AVAILABLE

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

  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Security
  • Features

November 2020

Nov 17

Azure Kubernetes Service updates for November 2020

NOW AVAILABLE

AKS updates in general availability include ephemeral OS disk support, AKS containerd support, maxSurge support, Kubernetes 1.19 support, and more.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Security
  • Features
Nov 2

Azure Security Center—News and updates for October 2020

NOW AVAILABLE

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

  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Security
  • Features

October 2020

Oct 21

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

IN PREVIEW

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

  • Key Vault
  • Azure Policy
  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Security
  • Features
  • Compliance
Oct 13

Azure Site Recovery - TLS Certificate Changes

NOW AVAILABLE

Assess and mitigate the impact of Azure TLS certificate updates on your Site Recovery environment

  • Azure Site Recovery
  • Security
  • Features

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