Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Review pull request annotations in GitHub and Azure DevOps

4 September 2026Doc update+6 / −4 lines

In brief

The documentation now explains that Defender for Cloud pull request annotations help identify and resolve security issues before code is merged in GitHub and Azure DevOps. It also updates wording, metadata, and related-content navigation.

What Defender admins need to know

Administrators can use the clearer guidance to review and act on detected issues; no action is required.

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Resolve security issues in Azure DevOps

After ~~configuring the scanner,~~you configure Defender for Cloud pull request annotations, you can view all detected issues.

To resolve security issues in Azure DevOps:

DevOps security in Defender for Cloud reactivates an annotation if the security issue isn't fixed in a new iteration.

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@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ --- title: Review pull request annotations in GitHub and Azure DevOps-description: Review pull request annotations in GitHub or in Azure DevOps.+description: Learn how to review and act on Defender for Cloud pull request annotations in GitHub and Azure DevOps to identify and resolve security issues before merging code. ms.topic: how-to-ms.date: 05/25/2025+ms.date: 07/03/2026+ms.custom: msecd-doc-authoring-1013 #customer intent: As a developer or security reviewer, I want to review pull request annotations so I can address security issues before merge. ai-usage: ai-assisted ---@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ This article shows how to review and act on Defender for Cloud pull request anno    ## Resolve security issues in Azure DevOps -After configuring the scanner, you can view all detected issues.+After you configure Defender for Cloud pull request annotations, you can view all detected issues.  **To resolve security issues in Azure DevOps**: @@ -53,7 +54,8 @@ After configuring the scanner, you can view all detected issues.  DevOps security in Defender for Cloud reactivates an annotation if the security issue isn't fixed in a new iteration. -## Learn more+<a name="learn-more"></a>+## Related content  Learn more about [DevOps security in Defender for Cloud](defender-for-devops-introduction.md).