updated release notes, archive and upcoming

Author: ElazarK

articles/defender-for-cloud/release-notes-archive.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: Archive of what's new in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
 description: A description of what's new and changed in Microsoft Defender for Cloud from six months ago and earlier.
 ms.topic: reference
-ms.date: 02/27/2022
+ms.date: 03/02/2022
 ---
 # Archive for what's new in Defender for Cloud?
 
@@ -16,6 +16,21 @@ This page provides you with information about:
 - Bug fixes
 - Deprecated functionality
 
+## September 2021
+
+In September, the following update was released:
+
+### Two new recommendations to audit OS configurations for Azure security baseline compliance (in preview)
+
+The following two recommendations have been released to assess your machines' compliance with the [Windows security baseline](../governance/policy/samples/guest-configuration-baseline-windows.md) and the [Linux security baseline](../governance/policy/samples/guest-configuration-baseline-linux.md):
+
+- For Windows machines, [Vulnerabilities in security configuration on your Windows machines should be remediated (powered by Guest Configuration)](https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Security/RecommendationsBlade/assessmentKey/1f655fb7-63ca-4980-91a3-56dbc2b715c6)
+- For Linux machines, [Vulnerabilities in security configuration on your Linux machines should be remediated (powered by Guest Configuration)](https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Security/RecommendationsBlade/assessmentKey/8c3d9ad0-3639-4686-9cd2-2b2ab2609bda)
+
+These recommendations make use of the guest configuration feature of Azure Policy to compare the OS configuration of a machine with the baseline defined in the [Azure Security Benchmark](/security/benchmark/azure/overview).
+
+Learn more about using these recommendations in [Harden a machine's OS configuration using guest configuration](apply-security-baseline.md).
+
 ## August 2021
 
 Updates in August include:

articles/defender-for-cloud/release-notes.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: Release notes for Microsoft Defender for Cloud
 description: A description of what's new and changed in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
 ms.topic: reference
-ms.date: 03/01/2022
+ms.date: 03/02/2022
 ---
 # What's new in Microsoft Defender for Cloud?
 
@@ -17,6 +17,21 @@ To learn about *planned* changes that are coming soon to Defender for Cloud, see
 > [!TIP]
 > If you're looking for items older than six months, you'll find them in the [Archive for What's new in Microsoft Defender for Cloud](release-notes-archive.md).
 
+## March 2022
+
+Updates in March include:
+
+- [Deprecated the recommendations to install the network traffic data collection agent](#deprecated-the-recommendations-to-install-the-network-traffic-data-collection-agent)
+
+### Deprecated the recommendations to install the network traffic data collection agent
+
+Changes in our roadmap and priorities have removed the need for the network traffic data collection agent. Consequently, the following two recommendations and their related policies were deprecated.  
+
+|Recommendation |Description |Severity |
+|---|---|---|
+|[Network traffic data collection agent should be installed on Linux virtual machines](https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Security/RecommendationsBlade/assessmentKey/8c3e93d3-0276-4d06-b20a-9a9f3012742c) |Defender for Cloud uses the Microsoft Dependency agent to collect network traffic data from your Azure virtual machines to enable advanced network protection features such as traffic visualization on the network map, network hardening recommendations and specific network threats.<br />(Related policy: [Network traffic data collection agent should be installed on Linux virtual machines](https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Policy/PolicyDetailBlade/definitionId/%2fproviders%2fMicrosoft.Authorization%2fpolicyDefinitions%2f04c4380f-3fae-46e8-96c9-30193528f602)) |Medium |
+|[Network traffic data collection agent should be installed on Windows virtual machines](https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Security/RecommendationsBlade/assessmentKey/24d8af06-d441-40b4-a49c-311421aa9f58) |Defender for Cloud uses the Microsoft Dependency agent to collect network traffic data from your Azure virtual machines to enable advanced network protection features such as traffic visualization on the network map, network hardening recommendations, and specific network threats.<br />(Related policy: [Network traffic data collection agent should be installed on Windows virtual machines](https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Policy/PolicyDetailBlade/definitionId/%2fproviders%2fMicrosoft.Authorization%2fpolicyDefinitions%2f2f2ee1de-44aa-4762-b6bd-0893fc3f306d)) |Medium |
+|||
 ## February 2022
 
 Updates in February include:
@@ -664,18 +679,3 @@ These alerts are generated based on a new machine learning model and Kubernetes
 |||
 
 For a full list of the Kubernetes alerts, see [Alerts for Kubernetes clusters](alerts-reference.md#alerts-k8scluster).
-
-## September 2021
-
-In September, the following update was released:
-
-### Two new recommendations to audit OS configurations for Azure security baseline compliance (in preview)
-
-The following two recommendations have been released to assess your machines' compliance with the [Windows security baseline](../governance/policy/samples/guest-configuration-baseline-windows.md) and the [Linux security baseline](../governance/policy/samples/guest-configuration-baseline-linux.md):
-
-- For Windows machines, [Vulnerabilities in security configuration on your Windows machines should be remediated (powered by Guest Configuration)](https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Security/RecommendationsBlade/assessmentKey/1f655fb7-63ca-4980-91a3-56dbc2b715c6)
-- For Linux machines, [Vulnerabilities in security configuration on your Linux machines should be remediated (powered by Guest Configuration)](https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Security/RecommendationsBlade/assessmentKey/8c3d9ad0-3639-4686-9cd2-2b2ab2609bda)
-
-These recommendations make use of the guest configuration feature of Azure Policy to compare the OS configuration of a machine with the baseline defined in the [Azure Security Benchmark](/security/benchmark/azure/overview).
-
-Learn more about using these recommendations in [Harden a machine's OS configuration using guest configuration](apply-security-baseline.md).

articles/defender-for-cloud/upcoming-changes.md

@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ If you're looking for the latest release notes, you'll find them in the [What's
 | [Multiple changes to identity recommendations](#multiple-changes-to-identity-recommendations) | February 2022 |
 | [Deprecating the recommendation to use service principals to protect your subscriptions](#deprecating-the-recommendation-to-use-service-principals-to-protect-your-subscriptions) | February 2022 |
 | [Moving recommendation Vulnerabilities in container security configurations should be remediated from the secure score to best practices](#moving-recommendation-vulnerabilities-in-container-security-configurations-should-be-remediated-from-the-secure-score-to-best-practices) | February 2022 |
-| [Deprecating the recommendations to install the network traffic data collection agent](#deprecating-the-recommendations-to-install-the-network-traffic-data-collection-agent) | February 2022 |
 | [Changes to recommendations for managing endpoint protection solutions](#changes-to-recommendations-for-managing-endpoint-protection-solutions) | March 2022 |
 | [AWS recommendations to GA](#aws-recommendations-to-ga) | March 2022 |
 | [Relocation of custom recommendations](#relocation-of-custom-recommendations) | March 2022 |
@@ -118,19 +117,6 @@ Learn more:
 - [Overview of Azure Cloud Services (classic)](../cloud-services/cloud-services-choose-me.md)
 - [Workflow of Windows Azure classic VM Architecture - including RDFE workflow basics](../cloud-services/cloud-services-workflow-process.md)
 
-
-### Deprecating the recommendations to install the network traffic data collection agent
-
-**Estimated date for change:** February 2022
-
-Changes in our roadmap and priorities have removed the need for the network traffic data collection agent. Consequently, we'll be deprecating the following two recommendations and their related policies.  
-
-|Recommendation |Description |Severity |
-|---|---|---|
-|[Network traffic data collection agent should be installed on Linux virtual machines](https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Security/RecommendationsBlade/assessmentKey/8c3e93d3-0276-4d06-b20a-9a9f3012742c) |Defender for Cloud uses the Microsoft Dependency agent to collect network traffic data from your Azure virtual machines to enable advanced network protection features such as traffic visualization on the network map, network hardening recommendations and specific network threats.<br />(Related policy: [Network traffic data collection agent should be installed on Linux virtual machines](https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Policy/PolicyDetailBlade/definitionId/%2fproviders%2fMicrosoft.Authorization%2fpolicyDefinitions%2f04c4380f-3fae-46e8-96c9-30193528f602)) |Medium |
-|[Network traffic data collection agent should be installed on Windows virtual machines](https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Security/RecommendationsBlade/assessmentKey/24d8af06-d441-40b4-a49c-311421aa9f58) |Defender for Cloud uses the Microsoft Dependency agent to collect network traffic data from your Azure virtual machines to enable advanced network protection features such as traffic visualization on the network map, network hardening recommendations, and specific network threats.<br />(Related policy: [Network traffic data collection agent should be installed on Windows virtual machines](https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Policy/PolicyDetailBlade/definitionId/%2fproviders%2fMicrosoft.Authorization%2fpolicyDefinitions%2f2f2ee1de-44aa-4762-b6bd-0893fc3f306d)) |Medium |
-|||
-
 ### Moving recommendation Vulnerabilities in container security configurations should be remediated from the secure score to best practices 
 
 **Estimated date for change:** February 2022