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Right up there in the top right with AWS - great to see the competition driving innovation in this space. ∞ more info

protects files and directories from accidental deletes by retaining the deleted data in the system for a specified period of time Important to note… All soft deleted files and directories are billed at the same rate as active ones until the retention period has expired. ∞ more info

Microsoft crept into the Leader category of The Forrester Wave for Q4 2021 in the iPaaS category. Sitting up in the same category as Software AG, MuleSoft and TIBCO is a pretty big achievement, as is surpassing IBM and Boomi. Azure Integration Services consisting of Logic Apps, API Management, Event Grid, and Service Bus helps customers connect applications, data, and services on-premises and in the cloud, helping enterprises create new revenue opportunities with an API-driven partner and developer ecosystem and boost productivity with secure and automated workflows....

A really good, in-depth article on the Log4j 2 vulnerability including how to use the various Microsoft security components to detect and block this vulnerability. It gives a good view of how these technologies each have a part to play in an overarching security strategy. Technologies covered are: Defender for Endpoint Defender for Office 365 Defender for Cloud Defender for IoT Azure Sentinel Azure Firewall Premium Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) ∞ more info

There are some really interesting announcements around Azure Space including partnerships with Airbus, iDirect, ESRI, Blackshark.ai, and Orbital Insight. Azure Orbital also reaches preview stage if you want to communicate with and control a satellite! ∞ more info

A few new updates for Microsoft Defender for Cloud reaching GA. The ones I think are most interesting are: Azure Security Center and Azure Defender become Microsoft Defender for Cloud Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Linux now supported by Microsoft Defender for servers ∞ more info

Great new feature to effectively have an SFTP server without running a server. ∞ more info

Great article that summarises some of the things that Defender for Cloud (previously Azure Defender and Security Center) actually does. It’s time to understand how we can leverage modern technology to combat the attackers, but before we start thinking about the “How”, we need to be clear on “What". ∞ more info

deeper integration between Azure Purview and Power BI… the benefits of the Purview/Power BI integration, such as being able to search and browse Power BI assets, explore enhanced dataset metadata, trace end-to-end data lineage, and open Power BI to drill down on datasets for further analysis. ∞ more info

Great addition as part of a wider ransomware protection solution. Immutable storage with versioning for Blob Storage is now available in preview. Immutable storage provides the capability to store data in a write once, read many (WORM) state. Once data is written, the data becomes non-erasable and non-modifiable, and you can set a retention period so that files can’t be deleted until after that period has elapsed. This preview is available in France and Canada regions....