May update: What’s new in Security for partners
This month’s Security Partner Update provides insights into the latest developments in Microsoft Security. Our goal is to help you enhance your practice and achieve better, more secure results for your customers. Below, you’ll find significant updates from Microsoft Defender, Sentinel, Purview, and Agent 365, in addition to essential partner announcements, training opportunities, and upcoming events. Also included are current incentives, resources for market engagement and compliance, as well as real-life success stories from partners taking advantage of secure, AI-enabled solutions available for scaling and growth through Microsoft Security.
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News and Announcements,
Incentives and Offers,
Skilling and Events,
Go-To-Market,
Customer Success
- Publish a Copilot agent or analytics solution in the Microsoft Security Store: Boost your presence within the Microsoft Security ecosystem and unlock new earning potentials by listing a compliant Copilot agent or analytics solution in the Security Store. This resource helps identity, data protection, and compliance teams easily find and integrate partner solutions into their existing workflows. Discover how to shape your offer and prepare for listing it.
- The Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500) certification is retiring: set to retire in August 2026, this certification will be succeeded by the new Cloud and AI Security Engineer Associate (SC‑500) certification. A transition period is available, allowing partners to use either certification to meet the skilling requirements for the Security Solutions Partner designation and related specialisations.
- Secure Boot certificates are expiring:: Secure Boot certificates will begin expiring starting June 2026. To maintain the protective benefits of Secure Boot, partners and customers need to upgrade their certificates beforehand. Check out the initial set of tools now available to make updating your Secure Boot certificates easy.
- Security Dashboard for AI, board-ready visibility into AI risk: Discover how CISO leaders are leveraging the Security Dashboard for AI to create board reports and build a shared intelligence framework across security teams. This tool facilitates executive-level discussions with customers, focusing on AI governance and comprehensive visibility into business risk outcomes.
- Hyper-scale your SOC with Microsoft Defender: Join our webinar on May 12, 2026, at 9:00 AM PST to learn how to safely expand your Security Operations Center (SOC) using Microsoft Defender’s role-based access control and delegated access features. Find out how to enable multiple SOC teams to operate within a shared environment and manage access efficiently, all while maintaining governance.
- Microsoft Sentinel adds unified RBAC with row-level access: Now featuring unified role-based access control with row-level scoping, Microsoft Sentinel enhances permission management and helps ensure that SOC teams can only access the data relevant to their roles, all within the Microsoft Defender portal.
- Securely delegate access with GDAP in Microsoft Sentinel: Now extending Granular Delegated Admin Privileges (GDAP) to Microsoft Sentinel, secure and scalable access is simplified, enabling organizations to oversee multi-tenant access directly in the Microsoft Defender portal while adhering to a consent-based, Zero Trust framework.
- Agent 365 – Your Data Security Controls Mechanics Video: Identify and secure AI agent risks quickly using this video. Microsoft Purview in Agent 365 helps you track active agents, assess risk, and verify that policies are working. Use this demo to drive executive discussions and enhance your services to extend data security and compliance for AI agents.
- Expanded Microsoft Purview Suite for Business Premium promo: Customers who have licensed Business Premium with Microsoft 365 Copilot Business or Microsoft 365 Copilot can enjoy a 50% discount on advanced data protection through Purview Suite for Business Premium. This special offer has been extended until July 1, 2026.
- Explore the new digital incentives guide experience: The Microsoft Commercial Partner Incentives Guide is now accessible online, offering clear navigation and quicker access to updated guidance. Dive into the new incentives guide and participate in our upcomingpartner community calls to provide your feedback as we enhance the experience.
- Explore the AI Business Solutions & Security Partner Experience (ASPX): Check out the new ASPX dashboard in Partner Center, which brings Microsoft-aligned insights directly to partners’ workflows. It provides an all-in-one view of customer usage, licensing, renewals, security readiness, and incentive eligibility, aligned with Microsoft’s global sales model.
- New capabilities in Microsoft Agent 365 and new Microsoft Defender and GitHub integration: The latest Defender capabilities in the Agent 365 tooling gateway now allow security teams to detect, block, and investigate threats to AI agents. In addition, a new Defender for Cloud integration with GitHub Advanced Security is now available, providing unified security visibility across the development lifecycle, enabling teams to track vulnerabilities from source code to deployment, thereby speeding up the resolution process.
- Don’t Miss Upcoming Events: Prepare for FY27 planning at the MCAPS Start for Partners. Gain insights from Microsoft leaders regarding FY27 priorities, market trends, and strategies for growth. Mark your calendars for MCAPS Start for Partners on July 22, followed by the Security Partner GTM Kickoff on July 28 to align with Microsoft’s security strategy across enterprise, CSP, and SMB segments, setting the stage for future success.
- Microsoft 365 Business Premium, Defender, and Purview: Deployment Best Practices: Attend this five-episode webinar series designed to cover the entire journey of deploying and securing Microsoft 365 Business Premium along with Microsoft Defender and Purview Suites. Focus areas include identity, device management, endpoint protection, email and application security, and data protection, transitioning from foundational capabilities to advanced scenarios.
- Explore Microsoft Partner Digital Skilling Journeys: Enhance your skills with a curated learning experience focusing on presales, sales, and technology designed to align with strategic partner wins. First-time users may need to register. Use your work email to sign up, answer a few questions, and receive tailored tech and sales-ready skilling resources.
- Join our in-person workshops worldwide: Attend upcoming skilling workshops that are happening globally.
- Power the Frontier Firm with Microsoft Agent 365 & Microsoft 365 E7 – Sao Paulo:: This one-day sales readiness workshop will guide partners on positioning Agent 365 within Microsoft 365 E7 while articulating the Frontier Firm vision and delivering customer-ready AI value. Join on Monday, May 18 from 9:00 AM-5:15 PM BRT.
- Implement Agent 365 to Secure AI Apps, Copilot & Agents – Sao Paulo: Join this one-day workshop focused on securing and governing AI agents using Microsoft Agent 365 on Tuesday, May 19 from 9:00 AM-5:30 PM BRT.
- Sovereign Cloud Lead The Conversation – Tech Deal Ready – Copenhagen:: Join this presales workshop on designing and pitching Microsoft Sovereign Cloud solutions on Wednesday, May 20 from 9:30 AM-3:15 PM CET.
- Power the Frontier Firm with Agent 365 & Microsoft 365 E7 – Ottawa: This one-day sales readiness workshop will show partners how to position Agent 365 within Microsoft 365 E7, articulate the Frontier Firm vision, and drive customer-ready AI value. Join on Wednesday, June 3, from 12:00 PM-5:15 PM EDT.
- Implement Agent 365 to Secure AI Apps, Copilot & Agents – Ottawa: This one-day workshop will focus on securing and governing AI agents using Microsoft Agent 365 on Thursday, June 4, from 9:00 AM-5:30 PM EDT.
- Stay updated with our latest live virtual skilling events:
- Implement, Govern and Scale Data Security with Microsoft Purview in the era of AI:: Learn how to implement and govern Microsoft Purview data security on Monday, May 11 at 9:00 AM IST and Thursday, May 14, at 1:00 PM IST.
- Implement threat protection with Microsoft Defender XDR: This course covers Microsoft Defender XDR for unified, AI-driven threat protection. Join on either Wednesday, May 13, at 8:00 AM CST or Thursday, May 14, at 1:00 PM CST.
- France Certification Week: MAICPP – Cloud & AI Platforms + Security: Prepare for your certification exam with expert-led training focused on Azure AI, infrastructure, cybersecurity, threat protection, and more. This workshop is in French. Join on either Monday, May 18, at 9:00 AM CET or Friday, May 22, at 7:00 PM CET.
- Modernize and optimize your SOC deployment with Microsoft Sentinel: Learn how to deploy, configure, and optimize Microsoft Sentinel within the Microsoft Defender portal on Tuesday, May 26, at 9:00 AM IST or Wednesday, May 27, at 1:00 PM IST.
- Threat protection and incident response with Microsoft Sentinel within Unified Platform: Unified threat protection and response using Microsoft Defender, Sentinel SecOps. Join on either Tuesday, June 2, at 9:00 AM IST or Wednesday, June 3, at 1:00 PM IST.
- Frontier Partner Summit:: This event is crucial for translating skilling strategy into coordinated partner execution. Join us on Tuesday, June 9 from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM PDT.
- Stay informed with the new Partner Skilling Community discussion board: a dedicated space where Microsoft partners can discover skilling resources, ask questions, and enhance growth across solution areas. Connect with peers and experts for timely guidance, build capabilities, and get updates on new opportunities. Click “Follow” in the top right corner to receive email notifications for new content.
- Discover the Security and Compliance for SMB campaign-in-a-box: This asset collection is tailored for partners looking to promote unified, AI-driven security and data protection using Microsoft Defender and Purview suites to Business Premium clients. Access ready-to-use marketing assets that engage SMB customers and demonstrate how you can streamline security while supporting secure AI adoption. Partners with access to Partner Marketing Center Pro via a Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program, Solutions Partner designation, or ISV Success enrollment canexplore and execute the full campaign, while those using the Partner Marketing Center will find a limited set of resources for support.
- Access a broader library of compliance assets: We’re thrilled to unveil resources aimed at showcasing Microsoft’s capabilities in compliance, security, and risk management while tackling customer concerns. These assets address various topics including security assessments, regulatory readiness, data governance, risk management, and AI compliance. To learn more, select the relevant solution plays below:
- Discover how Quorum Cyber and Microsoft unite to safeguard voter data: At-scale protection of voter data requires constant vigilance, extensive platform expertise, and zero tolerance for error. Quorum Cyber, a Microsoft partner holding all four Security specialisations, successfully deployed Microsoft Sentinel within Data Trust’s Azure environment, utilising Azure Lighthouse for unified security visibility. This strategy ensures ongoing threat detection and response, providing Data Trust with a transparent assessment of their security posture and strengthening their partnership.
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