Level up your Azure Network Security Skills with our Upcoming Webinar Series

As network and application-layer threats continue to evolve, security and infrastructure teams need more than product knowledge. They need practical, scenario-driven guidance they can apply to real workloads. To support that, the Azure Network Security team is hosting a series of upcoming technical webinars covering the capabilities our customers rely on every day: Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF), Azure Firewall, Azure DDoS Protection and Azure Bastion. 

Each session is focused on demos, the latest enhancements, and the design and operational decisions you face when securing modern Azure environments. Whether you are protecting customer-facing web applications, hardening east-west and egress traffic, or securing remote administrative access at scale, there is a session in this lineup for you. 

These webinars are ideal for Security Architects and Engineers, Network and Infrastructure teams, SOC Analysts, Cloud Platform Owners, Partner Technical Consultants, and any practitioner responsible for the security posture of workloads running on Azure. 

Below is the schedule of the upcoming live deliveries.  

Upcoming Events  

Azure WAF Layer 7 DDoS defense in practice 

Date and time: Thursday, June 18, 2026, at 8am PST 

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As web applications become primary targets for sophisticated application-layer attacks, Azure Web Application Firewall continues to evolve to meet the needs of modern application security teams facing volumetric and targeted application-layer threats. In this webinar, we will explore how Azure WAF enables a layered, adaptive approach to application-layer DDoS mitigation, helping organizations detect and block malicious request patterns through intelligent inspection, control traffic flow to prevent resource exhaustion from abusive sources, progressively challenge suspicious clients to verify legitimacy without disrupting real users, and combine multiple defense mechanisms into a cohesive mitigation strategy that adapts to evolving attack techniques. Whether you're securing customer-facing web apps or business-critical services, this session will equip you with practical approaches to building resilient application-layer defenses on Azure. 

Azure Firewall IDPS Detections and Sentinel Integration 

Date and time: Thursday, July 9, 2026, at 8am PST 

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As network threats grow in complexity, organizations need visibility that extends beyond simple traffic filtering into intelligent detection and unified investigation workflows. Azure Firewall's Intrusion Detection and Prevention capabilities continue to evolve to meet the needs of modern security operations teams facing advanced lateral movement, exploitation attempts, and command-and-control activity. In this webinar, we will explore how Azure Firewall identifies malicious network patterns in real time, how detection signals flow seamlessly into Microsoft Sentinel to enrich the broader security narrative, and how security teams can correlate firewall intelligence with other data sources to accelerate threat hunting, streamline incident response, and build a more connected and actionable view of their network security posture. 

What's New in Azure Bastion 

Date and time: Thursday, July 23, 2026, at 8am PST 

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Secure remote access to cloud workloads remains a critical requirement as organizations scale their Azure environments and adapt to evolving operational demands. Azure Bastion continues to evolve to meet the needs of modern infrastructure teams seeking seamless, browser-based connectivity without exposing virtual machines to the public internet. In this webinar, we'll explore the latest enhancements to Azure Bastion covering new capabilities that improve connectivity options, streamline the administrative experience, expand protocol and session support, and strengthen the overall security posture of remote access workflows. Whether you're managing a handful of VMs or operating at enterprise scale, this session will bring you up to speed on what's new and how these improvements can simplify and secure your day-to-day operations. 

What's New in Azure Firewall 

Date and time: Thursday, August 6, 2026, at 8am PST 

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As network architectures grow more distributed and threat landscapes more dynamic, organizations need a cloud-native firewall that keeps pace with both modern workload patterns and adversary techniques. Azure Firewall continues to evolve to meet the needs of network and security teams managing hybrid environments, multi-region deployments, and increasingly complex east-west and north-south traffic flows. In this webinar, we will explore the latest enhancements to Azure Firewall covering new policy and rule management capabilities, improvements that expand protocol and traffic inspection coverage, and deeper integrations across the Azure security ecosystem to streamline operations. Whether you are standardizing perimeter protection across a global Azure footprint or modernizing segmentation for business-critical workloads, this session will bring you up to speed on what is new and how these improvements can simplify and strengthen your day-to-day network security operations. 

What's New in Azure Web Application Firewall 

Date and time: Thursday, August 27, 2026, at 8am PST 

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Web applications remain primary entry points for attackers, and organizations need a Web Application Firewall that adapts as quickly as the threats targeting their workloads. Azure Web Application Firewall continues to evolve to meet the needs of modern application security teams defending against an expanding mix of OWASP-class attacks, automated abuse, and business logic threats across diverse hosting models. In this webinar, we will explore the latest enhancements to Azure WAF. We will cover new detection and rule capabilities that improve protection accuracy, tuning and exclusion improvements that reduce false positives without weakening coverage, and expanded visibility and analytics that accelerate investigation. Whether you are securing customer-facing web apps or managing WAF policies at scale, this session will bring you up to speed on what's new and how these improvements can simplify and strengthen your application protection strategy 

Past Recordings: 

View additional past webinars from Azure Network Security on Microsoft Security Community YouTube. 

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