Updated: August 19, 2025 (December 27, 2023)

  Roadmap

Network Security Roadmap

by
Greg DeMichillie

Greg brings with him over two decades of engineering, product and GTM experience. He has held leadership positions at premier... more

Azure provides services to filter and monitor network traffic. They include firewalls, protection against denial-of-service attacks, and management tools to centralize administration of network security.

Product: Network Security

Near Term (2025–2026)

Recent enhancements to Azure Firewall have focused on giving customers great control and insights. Examples include:

  • Integration with Security Copilot to help detect and respond to security threats
  • Customer-controlled maintenance windows that give customers greater control over network downtime
  • Real-time ingestion of event data into Azure Monitor to help customers more quickly detect and respond to incidents
  • Draft and Deploy (in preview) introduces a two-phase approach to managing policies, allowing customers to see the impact of potential changes before deploying them to their live environment.

Web Application Firewall has several capabilities now in preview, including:

  • Support for Application Gateway for Containers,

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