Merge pull request #256546 from AlizaBernstein/WI-173598b-release-note-aac-alert-severity

WI-173598b-release-note-aac-alert-severity

Author: PMEds28

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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: Release notes
 description: This page is updated frequently with the latest updates in Defender for Cloud.
 ms.topic: overview
-ms.date: 10/25/2023
+ms.date: 10/30/2023
 ---
 
 # What's new in Microsoft Defender for Cloud?
@@ -24,10 +24,25 @@ If you're looking for items older than six months, you can find them in the [Arc
 
 |Date |Update  |
 |----------|----------|
+| October 30 | [Changing adaptive application control’s security alert's severity](#changing-adaptive-application-controls-security-alerts-severity)
 | October 25 | [Offline Azure API Management revisions removed from Defender for APIs](#offline-azure-api-management-revisions-removed-from-defender-for-apis) |
 | October 19 |[DevOps security posture management recommendations available in public preview](#devops-security-posture-management-recommendations-available-in-public-preview)
 | October 18 | [Releasing CIS Azure Foundations Benchmark v2.0.0 in Regulatory Compliance dashboard](#releasing-cis-azure-foundations-benchmark-v200-in-regulatory-compliance-dashboard) |
 
+## Changing adaptive application controls security alert's severity
+
+Announcement date: October 30, 2023
+
+As part of security alert quality improvement process of Defender for Servers, and as part of the [adaptive application controls](adaptive-application-controls.md) feature, the severity of the following security alert is changing to “Informational”:
+
+| Alert [Alert Type] | Alert Description |
+|--|--|
+| Adaptive application control policy violation was audited.[VM_AdaptiveApplicationControlWindowsViolationAudited, VM_AdaptiveApplicationControlWindowsViolationAudited] | The below users ran applications that are violating the application control policy of your organization on this machine. It can possibly expose the machine to malware or application vulnerabilities.|
+
+To keep viewing this alert in the “Security alerts” blade in the Microsoft Defender for Cloud portal, change the default view filter **Severity** to include **informational** alerts in the grid.
+
+   :::image type="content" source="media/release-notes/add-informational-severity.png" alt-text="Screenshot that shows you where to add the informational severity for alerts." lightbox="media/release-notes/add-informational-severity.png":::
+
 ## Offline Azure API Management revisions removed from Defender for APIs
 
 October 25, 2023