Azure Updates – Number 107 – February 8, 2025

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 the Unified Device Timeline Experience in Microsoft SIEM + XDR

Announcing Public Preview: New STIX Objects in Microsoft Sentinel

What?s new: Find the Sentinel content you need using AI search

Improve SecOps collaboration with case management

Ingesting Palo Alto Cortex XDR Logs into Microsoft Sentinel with the Updated CCP Connector

Whats New: Bicep Support in Microsoft Sentinel Repositories

How to successfully evaluate the SAP for Sentinel solution and implement it in production (Part 2)

Unified coverage management across SIEM and XDR in SOC optimization

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

Azure Updates

Retirement: Transition from Azure Data Studio to Visual Studio Code

[In preview] Public Preview: New Origin Types for Azure Front Door Premium Private Link-Enabled Origins

[Launched] Generally Available: Introducing Azure Databricks Clean Rooms

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure SQL Database free offer

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Databricks Available in Mexico Central

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure DNS Public Zones DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) support

[In preview] Public Preview: Introducing the New AKS Monitoring Experience – Unified Insights at Your Fingertips

[Launched] Generally Available: FIPS 140 Level 3 HSMs Premium Key Vault in China

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure SQL updates for late-January 2025

Retirement: Upgrade your Azure HDInsight clusters with TLS versions 1 dot 1 and below by March 31, 2025

[Launched] Public Preview: Azure Monitor Integrates Performance Diagnostics for Enhanced VM Troubleshooting

[In preview] Public Preview: Announcing the Next generation Azure Data Box Devices

[In preview] Public Preview: Introducing enhanced support for Generation 2 VMs in Azure DevTest Labs

[In preview] Public Preview: Reduce costs with Hibernation in Azure DevTest Labs

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Red Hat OpenShift in Spain Central

[Launched] Generally Available: Changes to instance size flexibility ratios for Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances for M-series

Microsoft Security Copilot Blog

Next-Gen Device Incident Investigation & Threat Hunting with Custom Plugins

Accelerating the Anomalous Sign-Ins detection with Microsoft Entra ID and Security Copilot

Microsoft Security Copilot Achieves PCI DSS Certification

Boost SOC automation with AI: Speed up incident triage with Security Copilot and Microsoft Sentinel

Hunt for identity-based threats with Security Copilot and Microsoft Sentinel

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