New version of File Integrity Monitoring based on Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

August 2024 Update

New version of File Integrity Monitoring based on Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
The new version of File Integrity Monitoring based on Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is now in public preview. It's part of Defender for Servers Plan 2. It enables you to:

• Meet compliance requirements by monitoring critical files and registries in real-time and auditing the changes.
• Identify potential security issues by detecting suspicious file content changes.
  As part of this release, the FIM experience over AMA will no longer be available in the Defender for Cloud portal. The FIM experience over MMA will remain supported until the end of November 2024. In the beginning of September, an in-product experience will be released which allows you to migrate your FIM configuration over MMA to the new FIM over Defender for Endpoint version.

Retirement of Defender for Cloud alert integration with Azure WAF alerts
Estimated date for change: September 25, 2024

Defender for Cloud alert integration with Azure WAF alerts will be retired on September 25, 2024. No action is needed on your end. For Sentinel customers, you can configure the Azure Web Application Firewall connector.

Enable Microsoft Defender for SQL servers on machines at scale
You can now enable Microsoft Defender for SQL servers on machines at scale. This feature allows you to enable Microsoft Defender for SQL on multiple servers at once, saving time and effort.