Azure Security
The latest Azure Security coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft postpones Azure Synapse firewall retirement to 2027 — but the clock is ticking
A deadline that sent shivers through Azure Synapse administrators has quietly been rolled back. Microsoft is now giving teams until June 1, 2027, to stop relying on a long-standing firewall bypass...
Upgrade Azure Monitor Metrics Extension to 1.65 to Block Adjacent-Network Privilege Escalation
On July 14, 2026, Microsoft published a security advisory that should jolt every Azure administrator: a critical flaw in the Azure Monitor Agent Metrics Extension could allow an attacker on the same...
AWS Security Hub Now Scans Azure VMs and Functions: What Multicloud Teams Need to Know
AWS Security Hub can now discover and assess Microsoft Azure virtual machines, container images, Function Apps, and identities, the company announced July 14. The expansion means security operations...
AI-Powered Threat Detection: Azure Security Architect Adesina Abass Steps Into the Spotlight
Adesina Abass, a Microsoft Certified Trainer and researcher at Fortress Technologies, is being recognized for his work merging artificial intelligence with Azure security architecture. The spotlight...
Azure Security Researcher Matthew Jensen Earns MVR Status After Exposing Entra ID Vulnerabilities in Zero Day Quest
On June 30, 2026, Microsoft’s Security Response Center (MSRC) published an in-depth profile of Matthew Jensen, a cloud security researcher whose path from hands-on IT administration to discovering...
Microsoft Sets 2029 Deadline for Post-Quantum Cryptography Migration Across Windows and Enterprise
Microsoft will require all its critical products and services to adopt post-quantum cryptography (PQC) by 2029, the company announced on June 30, 2026, dramatically accelerating a previously internal...
Eudia Partners With Microsoft to Embed Governed Legal AI Twins Into Microsoft 365 and Azure
Eudia, a Palo Alto-based legal technology firm, has struck a collaboration deal with Microsoft to bring its Expert Digital Twins and specialized legal AI agents directly into Microsoft 365 and Azure,...
Parallels RAS 21.2 Breaks Hypervisor Lock-In with Custom Provider Framework
Parallels today announced the release of Parallels RAS 21.2, a watershed update that introduces the Custom Provider Framework—a bridge to hypervisor-agnostic virtual desktop and application...
Microsoft Open-Sources Azure Integrated HSM to Bring Verifiable Key Security to Cloud Servers
Microsoft revealed on April 30, 2026 that it will open-source the core components of its Azure Integrated HSM, a custom-designed hardware security module that is being embedded into next-generation...
Vectra Warns Azure’s Monitoring Shift Opens a Logging Blind Spot—Here’s What to Do About It
Security researchers at Vectra AI have flagged a behavior in Microsoft’s Azure Monitor Agent architecture that could let an attacker shut off logging for dozens of virtual machines at once—using...
Microsoft Security Heavyweight Joins Macquarie Government to Lead Azure Push for Agencies
Macquarie Government has appointed Dr. Chris Peiris—a former Microsoft cybersecurity leader for Asia Pacific and a veteran of national-security cloud advisory work—to head its Microsoft Security...
Saxon becomes first partner to earn all six Microsoft Solutions badges for end-to-end Copilot deployment.
Saxon has become one of the first companies to earn all six Microsoft Solutions Partner designations, positioning itself as a comprehensive partner for enterprise AI adoption and Microsoft Copilot...