Hi, all! Welcome to our 6th issue of this newsletter. You may notice that the title has changed somewhat - and for good reason. Unless you were living under rock this past week, you should have heard about the Ignite announcements that we've waved the rebranding wand again. One of those is that we've combined Azure Defender and Azure Security Center into a new product name which is Microsoft Defender for Cloud.Periodically, Microsoft rebrands products and services. That’s just a fact. For many customers and partners it’s become almost comical how often this happens. But, I think you’ll see that this most recent effort is really just a completion of the rebranding we started last quarter. And its logical, I think. I usually laugh these off myself, but this one – to me – makes sense.But, more important than the names, are the reasons behind the changes. Azure is our cloud service. The security tools that we make available to our customers are intended to support monitoring and protecting their entire environment. All of the recent name updates represent services that are both multi-cloud and hybrid solutions. Our customers’ environments are diverse. With our investment in security at Microsoft, our customers should be able to secure their entire environment no matter what lingering legacy apps, services, and devices they use, or no matter what cloud platform they are required to use. So, removing the “Azure” branding, we feel that this better represents the message and better represents our services....There's a special Ignite section in this issue of the newsletter with a link to the product team's announcements of feature updates. I highly recommend reading it. But, if you're like me and just want a quick update, you can catch up on all the Defender for Cloud news in less than 4 minutes with the Security News Now - Microsoft Ignite 2021 Defender for Cloud Edition.My team here at Microsoft is steadily working on an official, weekly news show. This week we're providing samples of what's coming in a couple Ignite specials, including one for Azure <ahem> Microsoft Sentinel....This week there's a product team survey to highlight for those with the time and drive to participate. The survey was created prior to the Ignite announcements, so it still bears the old product name. From the product teamThe Azure Security Center Design team is looking for participants for a User Experience evaluation.Specifically we would like to better understand how Azure Security Center is being used and collect feedback on a few planned UX improvements.The survey is short and its available here: ASC Recommendations- User Experience...Virtual Ninja trainings are being planned, but, Sr. Program Manager at Microsoft, Heike Ritter needs your help determining how best to accomplish them - specifically how often and how long each session should be. If this interests you, please supply your thoughts here: https://cda.ms/35V...That's it from me for this week. We'll talk again in 2 weeks time...-Rod
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Microsoft Defender for Cloud - Issue #6
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Hi, all! Welcome to our 6th issue of this newsletter. You may notice that the title has changed somewhat - and for good reason. Unless you were living under rock this past week, you should have heard about the Ignite announcements that we've waved the rebranding wand again. One of those is that we've combined Azure Defender and Azure Security Center into a new product name which is Microsoft Defender for Cloud.Periodically, Microsoft rebrands products and services. That’s just a fact. For many customers and partners it’s become almost comical how often this happens. But, I think you’ll see that this most recent effort is really just a completion of the rebranding we started last quarter. And its logical, I think. I usually laugh these off myself, but this one – to me – makes sense.But, more important than the names, are the reasons behind the changes. Azure is our cloud service. The security tools that we make available to our customers are intended to support monitoring and protecting their entire environment. All of the recent name updates represent services that are both multi-cloud and hybrid solutions. Our customers’ environments are diverse. With our investment in security at Microsoft, our customers should be able to secure their entire environment no matter what lingering legacy apps, services, and devices they use, or no matter what cloud platform they are required to use. So, removing the “Azure” branding, we feel that this better represents the message and better represents our services....There's a special Ignite section in this issue of the newsletter with a link to the product team's announcements of feature updates. I highly recommend reading it. But, if you're like me and just want a quick update, you can catch up on all the Defender for Cloud news in less than 4 minutes with the Security News Now - Microsoft Ignite 2021 Defender for Cloud Edition.My team here at Microsoft is steadily working on an official, weekly news show. This week we're providing samples of what's coming in a couple Ignite specials, including one for Azure <ahem> Microsoft Sentinel....This week there's a product team survey to highlight for those with the time and drive to participate. The survey was created prior to the Ignite announcements, so it still bears the old product name. From the product teamThe Azure Security Center Design team is looking for participants for a User Experience evaluation.Specifically we would like to better understand how Azure Security Center is being used and collect feedback on a few planned UX improvements.The survey is short and its available here: ASC Recommendations- User Experience...Virtual Ninja trainings are being planned, but, Sr. Program Manager at Microsoft, Heike Ritter needs your help determining how best to accomplish them - specifically how often and how long each session should be. If this interests you, please supply your thoughts here: https://cda.ms/35V...That's it from me for this week. We'll talk again in 2 weeks time...-Rod