Episode 426 - Defender for the Cloud

In this episode, Audrey Long, a senior security software engineer at Microsoft, sheds light on the significance of the Defender for the Cloud service. As cloud computing becomes ubiquitous, securing assets and apps in clouds like Azure is of the utmost importance. The Defender for the Cloud service plays a vital role in ensuring the security of such assets, by leveraging advanced analytics and proactive threat detection to detect and respond to threats as they emerge in real-time.

Microsoft offers an array of Defender services that cater to different environments and apps. This includes Defender for Servers, Defender for Storage, Defender for SQL, Defender for Containers, Defender for App Service, and so on. The Defender for Azure Cosmos DB is currently in its preview phase.

The podcast also discusses recent updates to Azure, such as the introduction of storage-optimized VMs that deliver higher performance for data analytics, the general availability of Azure NC A100 v4 virtual machines for AI, and the new portal experience for Microsoft Artifact Registry.

For those looking to get started with Azure, there are some helpful guides available to skill up. The podcast also explores how migrating SQL Server data to Azure can prove to be a game-changer for businesses looking to leverage the cloud.

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