Merge pull request #196725 from ElazarK/upcoming-changes

rewrote note

Author: tamarakhader

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

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: Important changes coming to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
 description: Upcoming changes to Microsoft Defender for Cloud that you might need to be aware of and for which you might need to plan 
 ms.topic: overview
-ms.date: 04/11/2022
+ms.date: 05/02/2022
 ---
 
 # Important upcoming changes to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ If you're looking for the latest release notes, you'll find them in the [What's
 | Planned change | Estimated date for change |
 |--|--|
 | [Changes to recommendations for managing endpoint protection solutions](#changes-to-recommendations-for-managing-endpoint-protection-solutions) | May 2022 |
-| [Multiple changes to identity recommendations](#multiple-changes-to-identity-recommendations) | May 2022 |
 | [Changes to vulnerability assessment](#changes-to-vulnerability-assessment) | May 2022 |
 | [Key Vault recommendations changed to "audit"](#key-vault-recommendations-changed-to-audit) | May 2022 |
+| [Multiple changes to identity recommendations](#multiple-changes-to-identity-recommendations) | June 2022 |
 
 ### Changes to recommendations for managing endpoint protection solutions
 
@@ -44,51 +44,6 @@ Learn more:
 - [Defender for Cloud's supported endpoint protection solutions](supported-machines-endpoint-solutions-clouds-servers.md#endpoint-supported)
 - [How these recommendations assess the status of your deployed solutions](endpoint-protection-recommendations-technical.md)
 
-### Multiple changes to identity recommendations
-
-**Estimated date for change:** May 2022
-
-Defender for Cloud includes multiple recommendations for improving the management of users and accounts. In December, we'll be making the changes outlined below.
-
-- **Improved freshness interval** - Currently, the identity recommendations have a freshness interval of 24 hours. This update will reduce that interval to 12 hours.
-
-- **Account exemption capability** - Defender for Cloud has many features for customizing the experience and making sure your secure score reflects your organization's security priorities. The exempt option on security recommendations is one such feature. For a full overview and instructions, see [Exempting resources and recommendations from your secure score](exempt-resource.md). With this update, you'll be able to exempt specific accounts from evaluation by the eight recommendations listed in the following table.
-
-    Typically, you'd exempt emergency “break glass” accounts from MFA recommendations, because such accounts are often deliberately excluded from an organization's MFA requirements. Alternatively, you might have external accounts that you'd like to permit access to but which don't have MFA enabled.
-
-    > [!TIP]
-    > When you exempt an account, it won't be shown as unhealthy and also won't cause a subscription to appear  unhealthy.
-
-    |Recommendation| Assessment key|
-    |-|-|
-    |[MFA should be enabled on accounts with owner permissions on your subscription](https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Security/RecommendationsBlade/assessmentKey/94290b00-4d0c-d7b4-7cea-064a9554e681)|94290b00-4d0c-d7b4-7cea-064a9554e681|
-    |[MFA should be enabled on accounts with read permissions on your subscription](https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Security/RecommendationsBlade/assessmentKey/151e82c5-5341-a74b-1eb0-bc38d2c84bb5)|151e82c5-5341-a74b-1eb0-bc38d2c84bb5|
-    |[MFA should be enabled on accounts with write permissions on your subscription](https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Security/RecommendationsBlade/assessmentKey/57e98606-6b1e-6193-0e3d-fe621387c16b)|57e98606-6b1e-6193-0e3d-fe621387c16b|
-    |[External accounts with owner permissions should be removed from your subscription](https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Security/RecommendationsBlade/assessmentKey/c3b6ae71-f1f0-31b4-e6c1-d5951285d03d)|c3b6ae71-f1f0-31b4-e6c1-d5951285d03d|
-    |[External accounts with read permissions should be removed from your subscription](https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Security/RecommendationsBlade/assessmentKey/a8c6a4ad-d51e-88fe-2979-d3ee3c864f8b)|a8c6a4ad-d51e-88fe-2979-d3ee3c864f8b|
-    |[External accounts with write permissions should be removed from your subscription](https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Security/RecommendationsBlade/assessmentKey/04e7147b-0deb-9796-2e5c-0336343ceb3d)|04e7147b-0deb-9796-2e5c-0336343ceb3d|
-    |[Deprecated accounts with owner permissions should be removed from your subscription](https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Security/RecommendationsBlade/assessmentKey/e52064aa-6853-e252-a11e-dffc675689c2)|e52064aa-6853-e252-a11e-dffc675689c2|
-    |[Deprecated accounts should be removed from your subscription](https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Security/RecommendationsBlade/assessmentKey/00c6d40b-e990-6acf-d4f3-471e747a27c4)|00c6d40b-e990-6acf-d4f3-471e747a27c4|
-
- 
-- **Recommendations rename** - From this update, we're renaming two recommendations. We're also revising their descriptions. The assessment keys will remain unchanged. 
-
-
-    |Property  |Current value  | From the update|
-    |---------|---------|---------|
-    |Assessment key     | e52064aa-6853-e252-a11e-dffc675689c2        | Unchanged|
-    |Name     |[Deprecated accounts with owner permissions should be removed from your subscription](https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Security/RecommendationsBlade/assessmentKey/e52064aa-6853-e252-a11e-dffc675689c2)         |Subscriptions should be purged of accounts that are blocked in Active Directory and have owner permissions        |
-    |Description     |User accounts that have been blocked from signing in, should be removed from your subscriptions.<br>These accounts can be targets for attackers looking to find ways to access your data without being noticed.|User accounts that have been blocked from signing into Active Directory, should be removed from your subscriptions. These accounts can be targets for attackers looking to find ways to access your data without being noticed.<br>Learn more about securing the identity perimeter in [Azure Identity Management and access control security best practices](../security/fundamentals/identity-management-best-practices.md).|
-    |Related policy     |[Deprecated accounts with owner permissions should be removed from your subscription](https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Policy/PolicyDetailBlade/definitionId/%2fproviders%2fMicrosoft.Authorization%2fpolicyDefinitions%2febb62a0c-3560-49e1-89ed-27e074e9f8ad)         |Subscriptions should be purged of accounts that are blocked in Active Directory and have owner permissions |
-
-
-    |Property  |Current value  | From the update|
-    |---------|---------|---------|
-    |Assessment key     | 00c6d40b-e990-6acf-d4f3-471e747a27c4        | Unchanged|
-    |Name     |[Deprecated accounts should be removed from your subscription](https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Security/RecommendationsBlade/assessmentKey/00c6d40b-e990-6acf-d4f3-471e747a27c4)|Subscriptions should be purged of accounts that are blocked in Active Directory and have read and write permissions|
-    |Description     |User accounts that have been blocked from signing in, should be removed from your subscriptions.<br>These accounts can be targets for attackers looking to find ways to access your data without being noticed.|User accounts that have been blocked from signing into Active Directory, should be removed from your subscriptions. These accounts can be targets for attackers looking to find ways to access your data without being noticed.<br>Learn more about securing the identity perimeter in [Azure Identity Management and access control security best practices](../security/fundamentals/identity-management-best-practices.md).|
-    |Related policy     |[Deprecated accounts should be removed from your subscription](https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Policy/PolicyDetailBlade/definitionId/%2fproviders%2fMicrosoft.Authorization%2fpolicyDefinitions%2f6b1cbf55-e8b6-442f-ba4c-7246b6381474)|Subscriptions should be purged of accounts that are blocked in Active Directory and have read and write permissions|
-
 ### Changes to vulnerability assessment
 
 **Estimated date for change:** May 2022
@@ -111,6 +66,54 @@ The Key Vault recommendations listed here are currently disabled so that they do
 | Key Vault secrets should have an expiration date | 14257785-9437-97fa-11ae-898cfb24302b |
 | Key Vault keys should have an expiration date | 1aabfa0d-7585-f9f5-1d92-ecb40291d9f2 |
 
+### Multiple changes to identity recommendations
+
+**Estimated date for change:** June 2022
+
+Defender for Cloud includes multiple recommendations for improving the management of users and accounts. In June, we'll be making the changes outlined below.
+
+#### New recommendations in preview
+
+The new release will bring the following capabilities:
+
+- **Extended evaluation scope** – Improved coverage to identity accounts without MFA and external accounts on Azure resources (instead of subscriptions only) allowing security admins to view role assignments per account.
+
+- **Improved freshness interval** - Currently, the identity recommendations have a freshness interval of 24 hours. This update will reduce that interval to 12 hours.
+
+- **Account exemption capability** - Defender for Cloud has many features you can use to customize your experience and ensure that your secure score reflects your organization's security priorities. For example, you can [exempt resources and recommendations from your secure score](exempt-resource.md). 
+
+    This update will allow you to exempt specific accounts from evaluation with the six recommendations listed in the following table.
+
+    Typically, you'd exempt emergency “break glass” accounts from MFA recommendations, because such accounts are often deliberately excluded from an organization's MFA requirements. Alternatively, you might have external accounts that you'd like to permit access to but which don't have MFA enabled.
+
+    > [!TIP]
+    > When you exempt an account, it won't be shown as unhealthy and also won't cause a subscription to appear  unhealthy.
+
+    |Recommendation| Assessment key|
+    |-|-|
+    |MFA should be enabled on accounts with owner permissions on your subscription|94290b00-4d0c-d7b4-7cea-064a9554e681|
+    |MFA should be enabled on accounts with read permissions on your subscription|151e82c5-5341-a74b-1eb0-bc38d2c84bb5|
+    |MFA should be enabled on accounts with write permissions on your subscription|57e98606-6b1e-6193-0e3d-fe621387c16b|
+    |External accounts with owner permissions should be removed from your subscription|c3b6ae71-f1f0-31b4-e6c1-d5951285d03d|
+    |External accounts with read permissions should be removed from your subscription|a8c6a4ad-d51e-88fe-2979-d3ee3c864f8b|
+    |External accounts with write permissions should be removed from your subscription|04e7147b-0deb-9796-2e5c-0336343ceb3d|
+#### Recommendations rename 
+
+This update, will rename two recommendations, and revise their descriptions. The assessment keys will remain unchanged.
+
+| Property | Current value | New update's change |
+|--|--|--|
+|**First recommendation**| - | - |
+|Assessment key | e52064aa-6853-e252-a11e-dffc675689c2 | No change |
+| Name | [Deprecated accounts with owner permissions should be removed from your subscription](https://ms.portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Security/RecommendationsBlade/assessmentKey/e52064aa-6853-e252-a11e-dffc675689c2) | Subscriptions should be purged of accounts that are blocked in Active Directory and have owner permissions. |
+| Description | User accounts that have been blocked from signing in, should be removed from your subscriptions.
+These accounts can be targets for attackers looking to find ways to access your data without being noticed. | User accounts that have been blocked from signing into Active Directory, should be removed from your subscriptions. These accounts can be targets for attackers looking to find ways to access your data without being noticed. <br> Learn more about securing the identity perimeter in [Azure Identity Management and access control security best practices](../security/fundamentals/identity-management-best-practices.md). |
+| Related policy | [Deprecated accounts with owner permissions should be removed from your subscription](https://ms.portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Policy/PolicyDetailBlade/definitionId/%2fproviders%2fMicrosoft.Authorization%2fpolicyDefinitions%2febb62a0c-3560-49e1-89ed-27e074e9f8ad) | Subscriptions should be purged of accounts that are blocked in Active Directory and have owner permissions. |
+|**Second recommendation**| - | - |
+| Assessment key | 00c6d40b-e990-6acf-d4f3-471e747a27c4 | No change |
+| Name | [Deprecated accounts should be removed from your subscription](https://ms.portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Security/RecommendationsBlade/assessmentKey/00c6d40b-e990-6acf-d4f3-471e747a27c4) | Subscriptions should be purged of accounts that are blocked in Active Directory and have read and write permissions. |
+| Description | User accounts that have been blocked from signing in, should be removed from your subscriptions. <br> These accounts can be targets for attackers looking to find ways to access your data without being noticed. | User accounts that have been blocked from signing into Active Directory, should be removed from your subscriptions. These accounts can be targets for attackers looking to find ways to access your data without being noticed. <br> Learn more about securing the identity perimeter in [Azure Identity Management and access control security best practices](../security/fundamentals/identity-management-best-practices.md). | 
+| Related policy | [Deprecated accounts should be removed from your subscription](https://ms.portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Policy/PolicyDetailBlade/definitionId/%2fproviders%2fMicrosoft.Authorization%2fpolicyDefinitions%2f6b1cbf55-e8b6-442f-ba4c-7246b6381474) | Subscriptions should be purged of accounts that are blocked in Active Directory and have read and write permissions. |
 
 ## Next steps