Azure Updates – Number 105 – December 28, 2024

On this last updates post of 2024, I would like to thank each and every one of my readers and community members that have made 2024 such an interesting year! What a pace of change we have reached in technology this past year. It’s really something for us all to reflect on as we begin the journey of this 2025 New Year!

This is a summary update on Azure News that includes updates released from Microsoft Azure related to Azure, Architecture, Compute, and Sentinel topics. Every update is linked to it’s original Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Sentinel or other blog source. Hopefully this will save you some time digging around to find recent releases and changes.

Updates include preview and general availability announcements, news, and technical articles published in the listed topic areas for the previous 2 week snapshot. Presented is a subset of news that is highlighted here, visit Azure Blog, Sentinel Blog, or the Microsoft Security Copilot Blog to see all the updates.

Microsoft Sentinel Blog

Introducing SOC Optimization Recommendations Based on Similar Organizations

Go agentless with Microsoft Sentinel for SAP

How to successfully evaluate the SAP for Sentinel solution and implement it in production (Part 1)

What’s New: View Microsoft Sentinel Workbooks Directly from Unified SOC Operations Platform

How Microsoft?s leading SIEM is getting even better

Leave no data behind: Using summary rules to store data cost effectively in Microsoft Sentinel

What?s New: Exciting new Microsoft Sentinel Connectors Announcement – Ignite 2024

Deploy Microsoft Sentinel using Bicep

Save money on your Sentinel ingestion costs with Data Collection Rules

What to do if your Sentinel Data Connector shows as [DEPRECATED]

Cowrie honeypot and its Integration with Microsoft Sentinel.

Introducing the Use Cases Mapper workbook

Level Up Your Security Skills with the New Microsoft Sentinel Ninja Training!

What’s New: Global Search in Unified Security Operations platform includes Sentinel user and devices

Detecting AiTM Phishing via 3rd-Party Network events in Unified Security Operations Platform

The power of Data Collection Rules: Detect Disabling Windows Defender Real-Time Protection

The power of Data Collection Rules: Monitoring PowerShell usage

SIEM Migration Update: Now Migrate with contextual depth in translations with Microsoft Sentinel!

The power of Data Collection Rules: Collecting events for advanced use cases in Microsoft USOP

What’s new: Multi-tenancy in the unified security operations platform experience in Public Preview

Azure Updates

[Launched] Generally Available: New Zealand North region added to Azure HDInsight

[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Database for MySQL bindings for Azure Functions

[In preview] Public Preview: Risk and safety evaluations for image and multimodal content in Azure AI Foundry

Microsoft Security Copilot Blog

KQL Migrator powered by Microsoft Security Copilot

Leveraging ASIM-based KQL plugins in Microsoft Security Copilot for investigation scenarios

Monitor User Activities and System Events with Security Copilot and Microsoft Sentinel

Ignite 2024: Transforming Security with Microsoft Security Copilot

Microsoft Security Copilot Achieves SOC 2 Certification

Know Before You Go: Security Copilot at Microsoft Ignite 2024

Identity forensics with Copilot for Security Identity Analyst Plugin

Microsoft Copilot for Security Achieves HITRUST Certification

Case Study: Harnessing Copilot for Security in Defending Against Cyberthreats

Use LogicApps and Copilot for Security to auto-process ISAC Emails

Harnessing the power of KQL Plugins for enhanced security insights with Copilot for Security

Extending Microsoft Copilot for Security Capabilities with Azure Function Apps

Microsoft Copilot for Security Now Covered by HIPAA Business Associate Agreement (BAA)

Using Microsoft Graph as a Microsoft Copilot for Security Plugin with Delegated Access

How to build a Copilot for Security API Plugin ? Part 2

Microsoft Copilot for Security Attains ISO 27001, 27017, and 27018 Certifications

Exploring Copilot for Security to Automate Incident Triage

Updates to Security Admin permissions for Microsoft Copilot for Security

What?s New? ? Security Copilot Azure logic app Connector

Azure Web Application Firewall(WAF) integration in Copilot for Security

Azure Firewall integration in Copilot for Security: protect networks at machine speed with Gen AI

Unifying security tools with Copilot for Security’s partner ecosystem

LeVar Burton joins Vasu Jakkal to share his hope for transformative technologies like generative AI

How to Become a Microsoft Security Copilot Ninja: The Complete Level 400 Training

Unleash the Power of Microsoft Copilot for Security: Introducing the Copilot for Security GitHub