Microsoft App Assure articles

Guidance for Building Agents on the Microsoft Sentinel Platform

MitchellGulledge — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:29:13 GMT

As a Senior Product Manager | Developer Architect on the App Assure team working to bring Microsoft Sentinel and Security Copilot solutions to market, I interact with many ISVs building agents on Microsoft Sentinel data lake for the first time. I’ve written this article to walk you through one possible approach for agent development – the process I use when building sample agents internally at Microsoft. If you have questions about this, or other methods for building your agent, App Assure offers guidance through our Sentinel Advisory Service.

Throughout this post, I include screenshots and examples from Gigamon’s Security Posture Insight Agent.

This article assumes you have:

An existing SaaS or security product with accessible telemetry.
A small ISV team (2–3 engineers + 1 PM).
Focus on a single high value scenario for the first agent.

The Composite Application Model (What You Are Building)

When I begin designing an agent, I think end-to-end, from data ingestion requirements through agentic logic, following the Composite application model.

The Composite Application Model consists of five layers:

Data Sources – Your product’s raw security, audit, or operational data.
Ingestion – Getting that data into Microsoft Sentinel.
Sentinel data lake & Microsoft Graph – Normalization, storage, and correlation.
Agent – Reasoning logic that queries data and produces outcomes.
End User – Security Copilot or SaaS experiences that invoke the agent.

This separation allows for evolving data ingestion and agent logic simultaneously. It also helps avoid downstream surprises that require going back and rearchitecting the entire solution.

Read the full announcement here: Accelerate Agent Development: Hacks for Building with Microsoft Sentinel data lake

Original Publication: Microsoft Sentinel Blog, April 2nd, 2026

Exploring Agentic Uses Cases for Microsoft Sentinel

Sai_Marapareddy — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:21:24 GMT

Interested in building an agent with Sentinel platform solutions but not sure where to start? This blog will help you understand some common use cases for agent development that we’ve seen across our partner ecosystem.

SOC teams don’t need more alerts - they need fast, repeatable investigation and response workflows. Security Copilot agents can help orchestrate the steps analysts perform by correlating across the Sentinel data lake, executing targeted KQL queries, fetching related entities, enriching with context, and producing an evidence-backed decision without forcing analysts to switch tools.

Microsoft Sentinel platform is a strong foundation for agentic experiences because it exposes a normalized security data layer, an investigation surface based on incidents and entities, and extensive automation capabilities. An agent can use these primitives to correlate identity, endpoint, cloud, and network telemetry; traverse entity relationships; and recommend remediation actions.

Read the full announcement here: Agentic Use Cases for Developers on the Microsoft Sentinel Platform

Original Publication: Microsoft Sentinel Blog, March 20th, 2026

RSAC 2026: New Sentinel Connectors Announcement

JesseKopavi — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:13:52 GMT

Microsoft Sentinel helps organizations detect, investigate, and respond to security threats across increasingly complex environments. With the rollout of the Microsoft Sentinel data lake in the fall, and the App Assure-backed Sentinel promise that supports it, customers now have access to long-term, cost-effective storage for security telemetry, creating a solid foundation for emerging Agentic AI experiences.

Since our last announcement at Ignite 2025, the Microsoft Sentinel connector ecosystem has expanded rapidly, reflecting continued investment from software development partners building for our shared customers. These connectors bring diverse security signals together, enabling correlation at scale and delivering richer investigation context across the Sentinel platform.

Below is a snapshot of Microsoft Sentinel connectors newly available or recently enhanced since our last announcement, highlighting the breadth of partner solutions contributing data into, and extending the value of, the Microsoft Sentinel ecosystem...

Read the full announcement here: RSAC 2026: New Microsoft Sentinel Connectors Announcement

Original Publication: Microsoft Sentinel Blog, March 20th, 2026

Announcing the Sentinel Advisory Service

MikeAdams — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:12:01 GMT

At RSAC last year, we introduced the Microsoft Sentinel Promise with a straightforward commitment to our customers: that third-party data ingestion for Sentinel is reliable, predictable, and scalable without the need for complex custom coding and architecting. In other words, your connectors for Sentinel will just work. That promise has guided App Assure’s work ever since, enabling customers to bring data from across their various security solutions into Sentinel to drive clearer insights and stronger protection.

Over the past year, that foundation has proven critical. As organizations move from legacy SIEM platforms to Sentinel, consistent access to high-quality third-party data remains essential, not only for detection and response, but increasingly for advanced analytics and AI-driven security experiences. With the introduction of Microsoft Sentinel data lake, customers and partners can now reason over security data cost-effectively and at greater scale. But as many teams are discovering, unlocking those outcomes requires more than simply getting data in the door.

At App Assure, we’ve seen a clear pattern emerge. Software companies often revisit connector design and data modeling multiple times as they help our mutual customers move from ingestion to analytics, and then again as they begin building agentic AI solutions, whether through Security Copilot, MCP server integrations, or custom workflows. Each iteration brings new requirements and new questions, often upstream of where teams initially started.

That’s why, as an extension of our Sentinel Promise, we’re excited to announce the Sentinel Advisory Service from App Assure.

Read the full announcement here: Extending App Assure’s Sentinel Promise through the Sentinel Advisory Service

Original Publication: Microsoft Sentinel Blog, March 20th, 2026

Advancing Windows on Arm in Japan

Phani_Krishna_Maringanti — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 22:02:48 GMT

Worldwide, customers are adopting Arm-powered Copilot+ PCs for the many benefits they provide over traditional PCs. These devices deliver industry-leading performance, outpacing competitors in both every day and demanding workloads, while offering breakthrough battery life that keeps users productive and creative for hours longer than before. With advanced AI acceleration built into every Copilot+ PC, users experience a new level of responsiveness and capability, making complex tasks faster and smarter.

These benefits are fueling a cycle of innovation and adoption, where both users and developers see tangible advantages in embracing Copilot+ PCs. Microsoft’s ongoing investment in this innovation, highlighted in our recent Windows Developer blog, ensures that developers can bring optimized experiences to market faster and that customers adopting Arm-powered Copilot+ PCs can trust their essential apps to run reliably.

A key part of delivering this experience is App Assure, the engineering-backed team that helps fulfill the Microsoft promise that your apps will work seamlessly on new Windows platforms. As the Arm ecosystem expands, App Assure’s mission has become increasingly important: helping developers validate compatibility, addressing technical blockers and providing hands on engineering support.

Read the full announcement here: Accelerating Arm momentum in Japan with App Assure

Read the localized announcement here: App Assure が加速する、日本における Arm サポートの動き

Original Publication: Windows Developer Blog, February 10th, 2026

Localization Publication: Japan Windows Blog, November 25th, 2026

Behind the Build with RSA: Identity Resilience in the Age of AI

Natee_Pretikul — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 22:07:10 GMT

Behind the Build is an ongoing series spotlighting standout Microsoft partner collaborations. Each edition dives into the technical and strategic decisions that shape real-world integrations—highlighting engineering excellence, innovation, and the shared customer value created through partnership.

RSA and Microsoft share a long, multiyear partnership shaped not by a single product or integration, but by shared customers grappling with some of today’s most complex security challenges, from cloud migration and identity sprawl to AI-driven threats. In this Behind the Build blog, we feature Dave Taku, RSA’s Vice President of Product Management and User Experience, to dive deeper into how that collaboration works at a technical level, how RSA and Microsoft engineers partner to solve real customer problems, and how recent work spanning Microsoft Entra, Microsoft Sentinel, and AI-driven security capabilities is shaping what comes next.

Meet Dave Taku

Dave Taku has spent nearly 25 years in cybersecurity, working across domains such as telecommunications and network security. But most of that time has been focused squarely on identity in areas like authentication, access management, governance and lifecycle, in particular. He’s been with RSA for two decades.

When asked what makes a great VP of product, Dave describes his role as one centered on enablement. “My job is really to provide clarity and empower the team, to help them be successful.” That team-oriented mindset carries through RSA’s broader approach to engineering and partnerships.

A Customer Driven Partnership with Microsoft

RSA’s collaboration with Microsoft has largely been shaped by shared customers, many of them large, complex enterprises navigating the shift from on premises environments to cloud-first architectures.

“These efforts are almost always customer initiated,” Dave notes. “Customers want us working together to make their journey successful.”

That alignment has led to a wide range of joint initiatives over the years, spanning identity control planes, hybrid and multi cloud scenarios, and more recently, deeper analytics and AI driven security workflows.

Identity as the Foundation

Identity sits at the center of RSA’s partnership with Microsoft, particularly through integrations with Microsoft Entra. While organizations increasingly adopt Entra for cloud identity, many still operate complex hybrid estates and highly regulated environments. RSA can help in those mixed-use cases by extending identity controls beyond a single platform, providing behavioral analytics and risk-based authentication that complements Entra’s native features.

“At RSA, we’re laser focused on answering two questions for our customers,” Dave explains. “Who is this user (can we be absolutely sure)? And is their access appropriate from a zero-trust perspective?”

A standout example of Microsoft’s collaboration with RSA is their early adoption of External Authentication Methods (EAM), where they served as a day one launch partner. EAM built on prior generations of integration between RSA and Microsoft identity technologies and has been critical for customers migrating sensitive workloads to the cloud without disrupting existing security postures.

At the end of the day, it is customers that drive this kind of innovation. Dave points to large, global, financial institutions as clear bellwethers. As these organizations shift toward cloud first models and embrace Azure and SaaS, they face the challenge of modernizing identity without disrupting environments long secured by RSA or introducing new risks during migration. EAM has been critical in enabling that transition, allowing established RSA authentication and policy controls to carry forward into Microsoft Entra so customers can adopt cloud services while preserving the security models and operational consistency they depend on.

From Identity Signals to Agentic AI with Sentinel

More recently, RSA and Microsoft have expanded their collaboration through deeper integrations with Microsoft Sentinel, including work involving Sentinel’s data lake and Security Copilot. Together, the companies are advancing AI-driven capabilities that strengthen identity-security insights and automation, defend against AI-powered attacks, and address the growing need to secure non-human identities as autonomous agents become more prevalent in enterprise environments.

RSA’s approach starts with administrative telemetry from RSA ID Plus. Those events are ingested through a Sentinel connector and stored in the Microsoft Sentinel data lake which enables cost‑effective long‑term retention of identity telemetry, making it available for advanced analytics. Security Copilot agents then assess this data to surface anomalous or risky administrative behavior.

“Admin accounts are increasingly a target,” says Dave. “If you don’t know when an admin is behaving unusually, you’re already too late.”

This integration enables security teams to analyze identity related activity alongside broader organizational telemetry, helping analysts detect compromised credentials earlier and respond faster.

“Human operators can’t keep up anymore,” Dave says. “As identities become more dynamic and more automated, we need AI driven assistance to maintain zero trust at scale.”

Looking Ahead

As RSA and Microsoft look ahead, their collaboration is increasingly shaped by how identity security must evolve in an AI driven world. Dave outlines three core areas where both teams see significant opportunities for continued innovation. AI will play a growing role in helping organizations make sense of increasingly fluid identity environments, enabling better insight, decision making, and, over time, more autonomous responses as manual oversight becomes less viable. At the same time, the rise of AI powered attacks is placing new strain on traditional identity trust models, pushing the industry toward more adaptive, analytics driven signals. Finally, as enterprises adopt AI agents that act independently or on behalf of users, identity security is expanding beyond humans altogether, making the protection of non-human identities an essential frontier for the future of cybersecurity.

Programs like the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA) help enable this kind of deep technical collaboration, providing a framework for RSA and Microsoft to align on emerging scenarios, validate integrations, and bring new capabilities to market faster.

“It’s been a long journey together,” Dave reflects. “And we’re just getting started.”

App Assure Powers Seamless Transitions for the new Outlook

MikeAdams — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 21:11:49 GMT

Microsoft is continually evolving its products to deliver greater functionality, stronger security, and better experiences for users. That evolution is now underway for Outlook as we transition from classic Outlook to the new Outlook for Windows, a move that accelerates access to innovations like Copilot and other AI-native tools essential for success in today’s business landscape.

Users are already asking for their most critical productivity apps to be ready for this change. And just as App Assure helped software companies transition from Exchange Tokens to Nested App Authentication earlier this year, we now stand ready to help you make the transition to new Outlook seamless and worry-free.

Benefits of new Outlook

Outlook is your organization’s hub for communication and collaboration. With the transition from COM add-ins to Web add-ins, new Outlook for Windows empowers both customers and partners alike.

Customers receive a streamlined interface that provides a consistent user experience across devices and AI-native tools built directly into Outlook, all while benefiting from a lower total cost of ownership and quicker access to new features.
Partners benefit from Microsoft’s deep investment in extensibility, allowing them to reach the entire Outlook audience whether those users are working via Windows, Mac, Mobile, or web.

Read the full announcement here: App Assure Powers Seamless Transitions for the new Outlook

Original Publication: Microsoft M365 Blog, November 18th, 2025

Ignite 2025: New Microsoft Sentinel Connectors Announcement

JesseKopavi — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 22:40:59 GMT

Microsoft Sentinel continues to set the pace for innovation in cloud-native SIEMs, empowering security teams to meet today’s challenges with scalable analytics, built-in AI, and a cost-effective data lake. Recognized as a leader by Gartner and Forrester, Microsoft Sentinel is a platform for all of security, evolving to unify signals, cut costs, and power agentic AI for the modern SOC.

As Microsoft Sentinel’s capabilities expand, so does its connector ecosystem. With over 350+ integrations available, organizations can seamlessly bring data from a wide range of sources into Microsoft Sentinel’s analytics and data lake tiers. This momentum is driven by our partners, who continue to deliver new and enhanced connectors that address real customer needs. The past year has seen rapid growth in both the number and diversity of connectors, ensuring that Microsoft Sentinel remains robust, flexible, and ready to meet the demands of any security environment.

Today we showcase some of the most recent additions to our growing Microsoft Sentinel ecosystem spanning categories such as cloud security, endpoint protection, identity, IT operations, threat intelligence, compliance, and more:

Read the full announcement here: Ignite 2025: New Microsoft Sentinel Connectors Announcement

Original Publication: Microsoft Sentinel Blog, November 12th, 2025

Unlocking Developer Innovation with Microsoft Sentinel data lake

Eleanor_Falla — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 22:23:28 GMT

Introduction

Microsoft Sentinel is evolving rapidly, transforming to be both an industry-leading SIEM and an AI-ready platform that empowers agentic defense across the security ecosystem. In our recent webinar: Introduction to Sentinel data lake for Developers, we explored how developers can leverage Sentinel’s unified data lake, extensible architecture, and integrated tools to build innovative security solutions. This post summarizes the key takeaways and actionable insights for developers looking to harness the full power of Sentinel.

Figure 1: Microsoft Sentinel journey

Read the full announcement here: Unlocking Developer Innovation with Microsoft Sentinel data lake

Original Publication: Microsoft Security Community Blog, November 5th, 2025

Behind the Build with Netskope: Engineering at the edge for strategic impact.

Natee_Pretikul — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:46:42 GMT

When Netskope was announced as Microsoft Security’s 2025 ISV Partner of the Year at RSAC, it marked the result of years of steady investment, mutual trust, and deep technical collaboration. To reflect on that journey and where it is headed, I sat down with David Willis, VP of Technology Alliances at Netskope, to discuss how Netskope builds for scale, integration, and long-term value, as well as the shared vision driving security innovations across both companies for the benefit of our mutual customers.

A Partnership Built on Vision and Trust

We began with David’s professional journey and what drives his success. His progression through the networking and security stack starting with physical infrastructure at AT&T to app performance at Riverbed, L7 security at Palo Alto Networks, and deep inspection at Netskope, gives him a rare, end-to-end view of how modern systems interact. Just as critical is his ability to apply that knowledge through a business lens. “I’ve always believed that technology alone isn’t enough. You have to understand the customer’s strategic needs too,” David shared.

Engineering for Scale and Seamless Integration

That dual perspective shapes how Netskope builds. Every project is designed for 100x scale, with functional testing as a baseline. 'We never ship based on internal QA alone,' David said. 'Customers don’t always know what they need until they see what you’ve built.' Live validation and rapid iteration are core to their process.

Netskope’s clarity around customer value is also reflected in how they approach product overlap with Microsoft. Where others might hesitate in the face of competing features, Netskope leans in, focusing on where joint solutions can go further. “There’s always going to be some overlap,” David said. “But customers don’t want to choose. They want their tools to work together.” That mindset has led to joint integration across Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Sentinel, Entra, and Purview, often yielding more value together than either could alone.

Joint Innovation Across Microsoft Security: Sentinel

A standout example is our collaboration in Microsoft Sentinel, using the Codeless Connector Framework (CCF) to build a Netskope integration. Netskope’s telemetry is rich in application context and behavioral data. It generates terabytes of logs per day, demanding ingestion at true enterprise scale.

The Netskope One platform streams Web Transaction logs directly from the customer’s tenant to a managed storage account in Azure Blob. The CCF connector retrieves, decompresses, and transforms the data for ingestion into Microsoft Sentinel, where it powers Analytic Rules, Security Copilot queries, and SOC dashboards. Together, we built performant pipelines that preserve fidelity, enabling downstream value through second-order insights.

Joint Innovation Across Microsoft Security: Purview

Initially, Netskope used its own classification engine to apply policies to sensitive data. Today, unstructured traffic is instead routed to Microsoft Purview for classification and policy checks, centralizing data loss prevention (DLP) policy logic across environments. This integration enables Netskope to function as an inline enforcement engine, positioning Purview as the central hub for Data Protection policies across all users and applications. This joint effort positions Netskope as a pioneer in integrating SASE enforcement with Microsoft Purview’s data protection capabilities, delivering unified visibility and control for customers. “Now Purview has this holistic view of all of the data that’s moving around,” said David.” That leads to event correlation, risk analysis, regulatory compliance. It’s exciting.”

AI and What it Means for Customers

No conversation about the security space would be complete without touching on the growing impact of AI, so I asked David about Netskope’s approach. 'We’ve always used AI tools or ML models to analyze data... now we want customers to safely use them too,' David explained. Netskope is operationalizing AI through Microsoft’s Agentic AI framework and Security Copilot, building context-aware integrations that unify signals across threat protection, DLP, and access control.

Key use cases include DLP incident management and correlating logs between Entra and Netskope, enabled by the Netskope API Platform and surfaced through Security Agents. These integrations help customers act faster and with greater precision, bringing richer context to frontline decisions.

The Road Ahead

As successful as our collaboration has already been, Microsoft and Netskope are accelerating efforts to create even more value. We are focused on delivering practical outcomes that simplify operations and drive real-world impact, helping customers strengthen their security across the board.

“What sets this collaboration apart,” David concluded, “is how deeply we integrate both our products and our priorities to deliver meaningful outcomes for our customers. I think customers in a year are going to be really happy with the joint Microsoft-Netskope story.”

For software companies exploring integration with Microsoft Sentinel CCF, the Netskope story highlights what’s possible through App Assure, a no-cost program that provides hands-on technical guidance, compatibility support, and a dedicated App Assure Manager to help you build secure, high-performance integrations with Microsoft platforms like Microsoft Sentinel. From development to deployment, App Assure ensures your solution meets Microsoft’s standards while accelerating time to market. Ready to get started building a Sentinel solution? Submit a request to App Assure.

Microsoft Sentinel data lake is backed by App Assure's Sentinel promise

MikeAdams — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 16:00:00 GMT

Microsoft Sentinel continues to lead the industry as a cloud-native SIEM, trusted by organizations worldwide to deliver scalable, intelligent security analytics. On September 30^th, Sentinel’s new data lake features become generally available. This unlocks new threat hunting, compliance, and investigation scenarios for security teams looking for a cost-effective solution to long-term retention of valuable security logs. Most importantly, the same connectors bringing your data into Sentinel’s analytics tier today, will now seamlessly bring that data into the data lake.

Expanding the Microsoft Sentinel promise to Sentinel data lake

With the launch of Microsoft Sentinel data lake, we remain as committed as ever that you are able to ingest your data and leverage our powerful new features to enhance your security posture. Microsoft’s Sentinel promise is that the connectors you use to take advantage of data lake will just work out of the box, and in the unlikely event you need assistance, App Assure stands ready to help mitigate issues.

Read the full announcement here: App Assure's Sentinel promise now extends to Microsoft Sentinel data lake

Original Publication: Microsoft Sentinel Blog, September 30th, 2025

The Arm ecosystem expands for Copilot+ PCs

MikeAdams — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 19:14:13 GMT

The introduction of Copilot+ PCs is driving a transformative shift in the world of personal and enterprise computing. These devices combine all-day battery life, ultra-fast performance, enhanced security, portability and on-device AI capabilities exceeding 40 trillion operations per second (TOPS). Most importantly for our customers, an expanding ecosystem of Arm-compatible apps allows them to take advantage of the superior performance and capabilities of these machines for their daily productivity and personal tasks.

Microsoft’s App Assure team stands behind our commitment to the Arm ecosystem, ensuring that the software our users need, across categories and across regions, is available on Copilot+ PCs. As adoption accelerates, ISVs are eager to join this computing revolution and make their products Arm-compatible. Microsoft’s Arm Advisory Service stands ready to make this transition seamless and easy.

Read the full announcement here: Empowering the future: The expanding Arm app ecosystem for Copilot+ PCs

Original Publication: Windows Developer Blog, September 18th, 2025

Accelerating NordVPN’s Arm Optimization with Microsoft App Assure

MikeAdams — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 19:05:20 GMT

With the recent release of Copilot+ PCs, developers are increasingly focused on optimizing their apps for these devices. Copilot+ PCs are the fastest, most intelligent Windows PCs ever built. With powerful new system architecture designed to deliver best-in-class performance, all–day battery life and the ability to run the most advanced AI models on device, Copilot+ PCs help users to be more productive, creative and to communicate more effectively. The first wave of Copilot+ PCs was powered by Snapdragon X Elite and X Plus silicon. AMD and Intel soon released Copilot+ PCs powered by Ryzen AI 300 and Intel Core Ultra 200v processors, respectively, demonstrating that we are all-in on Copilot+ PCs.

Read the full announcement here: Microsoft App Assure helps Nord Security build for Windows on Arm

Original Publication: Windows Developer Blog, May 14^th, 2025

RSAC 2025: Announcement of New Microsoft Sentinel Connectors

JesseKopavi — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 18:59:52 GMT

Microsoft Sentinel is a leading cloud-native security information and event management (SIEM) solution that helps organizations confidently detect, investigate and respond to threats across their multi-cloud, multiplatform environments. Microsoft Sentinel offers seamless integration of data from both Microsoft and third-party sources for a comprehensive view across the entire digital environment.

We are very pleased to share the latest Microsoft Sentinel integrations from our valued Independent Software Vendor (ISV) partners that allow you to seamlessly connect your existing security solutions with Microsoft Sentinel and benefit from robust analytics and automation capabilities to strengthen your defenses against evolving cyber threats.

Read the full announcement here: RSAC 2025 new Microsoft Sentinel connectors announcement

Original Publication: Microsoft Sentinel Blog, April 22^nd, 2025

App Assure backs Microsoft’s Sentinel promise

MikeAdams — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 22:25:35 GMT

In today's evolving cyber-threat landscape, enterprises need the most up-to-date tools for detection, investigation, and response. Cloud-native, AI-driven solutions like Microsoft's Sentinel provide businesses with faster implementation, greater integration and automation capabilities, and intelligent event correlation. But when moving from on-prem to the cloud, or from one SIEM to another, migrating can seem risky and complex for Security Operations Centers (SOCs) that have spent years investing in customized solutions. One challenge businesses face is how to port over third-party connectors, especially ones processing large data volumes, which can reach terabytes per day. For customers with such needs, Microsoft has built the Codeless Connector Framework (CCF) in Microsoft Sentinel.

Read the full announcement here: App Assure’s promise: Migrate to Sentinel with confidence

Original Publication: Microsoft Sentinel Blog, April 21^st, 2025

App Assure ensures a smooth transition to Nested App Authentication in Outlook

MikeAdams — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 22:23:53 GMT

Business today doesn’t happen in silos. Workflows span across multiple apps, from email to CRM to collaboration tools. Outlook add-ins play a key role in keeping teams productive, but they too often rely upon legacy authentication methods that weren’t designed for this new, interconnected world. Microsoft is taking steps to champion security by replacing traditional Exchange Online tokens with Nested App Authentication (NAA). Thanks to building on top of Microsoft Entra ID, NAA supports modern authentication protocols and zero-trust policies while providing a streamlined single sign-on experience.

To help ensure a seamless transition, the App Assure team has been actively working with software vendors, supporting their efforts to update Outlook add-ins and ensure these remain functional and secure without interrupting customers’ experiences.

Read the full announcement here: App Assure puts Security first for Microsoft Outlook Customers

Original Publication: Microsoft 365 Blog, April 2^nd, 2025

Ignite 2024: Announcement of New Microsoft Sentinel Connectors

JesseKopavi — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 18:52:35 GMT

Microsoft Sentinel continues to be a leading cloud-native security information and event management (SIEM) solution, empowering organizations to detect, investigate, and respond to threats across their digital ecosystem at scale. Microsoft Sentinel offers robust out of the box (OOTB) content, allowing seamless connections with a wide array of data sources from both Microsoft and third-party providers. This enables comprehensive collection and analysis of security signals across multicloud, multiplatform environments, enhancing your overall security posture.

In this Ignite 2024 blog post, we are thrilled to present the latest integrations contributed by our esteemed Partners.

Read the full announcement here: What’s New: Exciting new Microsoft Sentinel Connectors Announcement - Ignite 2024

Original Publication: Microsoft Sentinel Blog, November 18^th, 2024

App Assure promise expands to Copilot for Microsoft 365

MikeAdams — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 18:50:24 GMT

At Microsoft, our mission to empower every person and every organization to achieve more is continually propelled by innovation. A prime example of that innovation is Copilot for Microsoft 365. Today I’m thrilled to share an important update that will help even more organizations take advantage of this groundbreaking AI tool.  

Copilot iterates fast and relies on the latest updates and integration throughout the Microsoft product suite, so devices need to be on a monthly update channel for Microsoft 365 Apps (Current Channel or Monthly Enterprise Channel). We recommend Monthly Enterprise Channel for predictable updates, reliability, and enterprise management. Every day we see more commercial customers moving to a monthly update channel to maximize the benefits of Copilot. The vast majority—over 75 percent—are currently running on the Monthly Update Channel or Current Channel. To support the transition, I’m excited to announce that we’re expanding App Assure’s app compatibility promise to include a specific commitment to Copilot customers adopting monthly updates.

Read the full announcement here: Microsoft App Assure supports Copilot for Microsoft 365 customers moving to monthly updates

Original Publication: Microsoft 365 Copilot Blog, May 22^nd, 2024

Opera builds Arm-optimized browser with assistance from App Assure

MikeAdams — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 22:20:12 GMT

The Microsoft App Assure team helps app developers around the world to ensure their users have top-notch experience on all Microsoft platforms. Today, I want to highlight one of our many successful engagements: the new Opera Browser for Arm-based Windows devices. In May, an Arm-optimized version of Opera for Windows was made available on the developer stream of the browser. Engineering assistance from the Microsoft App Assure team played a key role in this effort.

Read the full announcement here: Microsoft App Assure helps Opera build Arm-optimized browser

Original Publication: Windows Developer Blog, May 16^th, 2024

Launch Announcement: Arm Advisory Service Expands Globally

MikeAdams — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 22:21:59 GMT

In October 2023, Microsoft introduced the Arm Advisory Service. Since then, interest has risen steeply. This is no surprise, as many across the industry consider Windows on Arm devices as the future of computing, with unparalleled speed, battery life, and connectivity. Our no-cost engineering advisory program has a proven track record helping developers build Arm-optimized apps for Windows.

With all the momentum around the growing ecosystem, I’m very excited to announce that we are officially expanding the service to developers around the world.

Read the full announcement here: Announcing worldwide availability of Arm Advisory Service for developers

Original Publication: Windows Developer Blog, March 13^th, 2024