Azure Updates – Number 112 – April 19, 2025 – Easter Edition!

Hop aboard the Azure Express for a delightful springtime summary of Azure News, featuring updates released from Microsoft Azure related to Azure, Architecture, Compute, and Sentinel topics. Each update is linked to its original Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Sentinel, Copilot for Security, or other blog source—saving you time so you can enjoy the Easter festivities instead of digging around for recent releases and changes.

Updates include preview and general availability announcements, news, and technical articles published in these topic areas over the previous two-week snapshot. This highlights a subset of news to help you navigate through recent updates. For more, feel free to visit the Azure Blog, Sentinel Blog, or Microsoft Security Copilot Blog to catch every springy detail.

Microsoft Sentinel Blog

Microsoft Sentinel Ninja Training – the April 2025 update

Multi-workspace for Multi-tenant is now in Public Preview in Microsoft’s Unified SecOps Platform

Multi Workspace for Single tenant is now in Public Preview in Microsoft?s unified SecOps platform

Automating Azure Resource Diagnostics Log Forwarding Between Tenants with PowerShell

Case Management is now Generally Available

Integrating Radware WAF Logs with Microsoft Sentinel Using Logic Apps

Ingesting Akamai Audit Logs into Microsoft Sentinel using Azure Function Apps

Microsoft Sentinel Project Deployment Tracker

Microsoft Sentinel – Custom ASIM Parser for Solarwind Data source

New capabilities coming to Microsoft Sentinel this Spring

Integrating Fluent Bit with Microsoft Sentinel

Introducing Threat Intelligence Ingestion Rules

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

Azure Updates

[Launched] Generally Available: ACLs (Access Control Lists) for Local Users in Azure Blob Storage SFTP

[Launched] Generally Available: New major version of Durable Functions

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure SQL Trigger for Azure Functions in Consumption plan

[In preview] Public Preview: Rule-based routing in Azure Container Apps

[In preview] Private Preview: DCesv6 and ECesv6 series confidential VMs with Intel? TDX

[Launched] Generally Available: ExpressRoute Metro Peering locations and Global Reach are now available in more regions

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Front Door custom cipher suite

[Launched] Generally Available: Performance Plus for Azure Disk Storage

[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Backup enables vaulted backup for Azure Data Lake Storage for comprehensive data protection

[In preview] Public Preview: Remote Model Context Protocol (MCP) support in Azure Functions

[In development] Private Preview: Azure Backup for AKS Now Supports Azure File Share-based Persistent Volumes

Retirement: Azure Functions ? Durable Functions support for Netherite will end on March 31, 2028

Retirement: HELM chart-based onboarding workflow for the Azure Monitor Container Insights agent is retiring on October 1, 2025

[Launched] Generally Available: Microsoft Azure Available from New Azure for U.S. Government Secret Cloud Region in the US

[Launched] Generally Available: Route-maps for Azure Virtual WAN

[Launched] Generally Available: Microsoft Azure now available from new cloud region in Indonesia

[Launched] Generally Available: Support for Managed Identity based authentication flows in Azure Load Testing

Retirement: Support for Python 3.9 ends on October 31, 2025 ? upgrade your Azure Functions apps to Python 3.11

[In preview] Public Preview: Managed Identity for Azure Red Hat OpenShift

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Front Door capturing request header, response header, and request query string values as server variables

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Bastion Developer now in 36 public regions

Retirement: Canonical Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Reaching End of Standard Support on May 31, 2025

[In preview] Public Preview: Self-serve enablement for all versions and deletes mode in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

[In preview] Public Preview: Power BI Connector for vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB

[In preview] Public Preview: Fabric Mirroring for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – flexible server

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure SQL Updates for Early-April 2025

[Launched] Generally Available: I/O Performance Analysis?SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines

[In preview] Public Preview: New Enhancements to Carbon Optimization ? Expanded API limits, Subscription Reader Access, and Filtering Options

[In preview] Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files File Access Logs

[Launched] Generally Available: Application Gateway as a Private Link Enabled Origin for Front Door Premium

[In preview] Private Preview: Threat Detection in Azure Backup Powered by MDC

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Networking Capabilities for Microsoft Copilot in Azure

[In preview] Public preview: Durable Task Scheduler for Azure Functions

[Launched] Generally Available: Microsoft Copilot in Azure is Now Generally Available

Microsoft Security Copilot Blog

Using Security Copilot to Proactively Identify and Prioritize Vulnerabilities

Securely integrate On-Prem and Self-Hosted VM instances of Splunk with Microsoft Security Copilot

Introducing more consumption flexibility with Security Copilot enhancements

Automate cybersecurity at scale with Microsoft Security Copilot agents

Take Flight with Microsoft Security Copilot Flight School

Advancing Security Copilot with MAGIC: Automating Self-Correction in NL2KQL and Beyond

Empowering Security Copilot with NL2KQL: Transforming Natural Language into Insightful KQL queries

Azure Lighthouse support for MSSP use of Security Copilot Sentinel scenarios in Public Preview

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