Azure Updates – Number 108 – February 22, 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.

With all the cold weather we’ve had in the west this winter, I’m happy to see some warmer weather this weekend!

In case it gets lost in the posting near the bottom, there are 2 really exciting tidbits with Microsoft Security Copilot this week:
Microsoft Security Copilot Achieves SOC 2 Certification
KQL Migrator powered by Microsoft Security Copilot

Microsoft Sentinel Blog

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

What’s 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]

Azure Updates

[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Container Storage on managed Prometheus

[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Migrate Supports Premium SSD v2 Disks

[Launched] Generally Available: 6th Generation Intel-based VMs – Dv6/Ev6

[Launched] Generally Available: Support for Multiple JMeter Files in Azure Load Testing

[Launched] Generally Available: The Modern Version of the Azure Storage Data Movement Library

[Launched] Generally Available: Scheduled Load Tests in Azure Load Testing

[In preview] Public Preview: Upgrade Existing Azure Gen1 VMs to Gen2-Trusted Launch

[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Firewall Updates – BYOIP Support for Secured Virtual Hubs

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL pg_signal_autovaccum_worker role

[Launched] Generally Available: Discovery of PostgreSQL Installed on Azure Arc-enabled Servers

[In preview] Public Preview: Virtual Canary Maintenance Program

[In preview] Public Preview: Modernization Advisor for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines

[In preview] Public Preview: Azure SQL Updates for Mid-February 2025

[Launched] Generally Available: New Pricing for Azure Virtual Network Manager

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage Is Now Available in One More Region

[Launched] Generally Available: Fallback to Internet on Private DNS Zones

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Firewall Updates – Increased IP Group Limits

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