Network Security Roadmap

by
Greg DeMichillie

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 a unified management tool to centralize administration of network security.

Product: Network Security

Near Term (2026)

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

• Renaming and expanding Firewall Manager into Network Security Hub, to provide a unified management experience.
• 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 introduces a two-phase approach to managing policies, allowing customers to see the impact of potential changes before deploying them to their live environment.

Firewall Manager was renamed to Network Security Hub and brough together the administrative interfaces for Firewall, Web Application Firewall, and DDoS Protection.