During their Ignite 2021 conference, Microsoft announced a range of name changes across their security portfolio – these are:
| Old name | New name |
| Microsoft Cloud App Security (MCAS) | Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps |
| Azure Security Center + Azure Defender | Microsoft Defender for Cloud |
| Azure Defender for IoT | Microsoft Defender for IoT |
| Azure Defender for Storage | Microsoft Defender for Storage |
| Azure Sentinel | Microsoft Sentinel |
These are, I believe, all the changes but there may be some other “Azure –> Microsoft” changes that have taken place!
Whenever products change names, there’s the potential for confusion among partners and customers. While many of these are fairly straightforward, I can definitely see people getting confused between “Microsoft Defender for Cloud” and “Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps” 😂
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