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Sql Azure Vulnerability Assessment Rules Changelog

In brief

The July 2026 changelog documents a transition from grouped SQL vulnerability recommendations to individual recommendations. Two existing recommendations are marked Deprecated.

What Defender admins need to know

Review monitoring and reporting that depend on the deprecated recommendation IDs as the transition occurs.

Summaries are generated from the documentation change itself.

Documentation change

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This article details the changes made to the SQL vulnerability assessment service rules. Rules that are updated, removed, or added will be outlined below. For an updated list of SQL vulnerability assessment rules, see SQL vulnerability assessment rules.

July 2026

Recommendation IDRecommendation TitleChange details
82e20e14-edc5-4373-bfc4-f13121257c37SQL databases should have vulnerability findings resolvedDeprecated
f97aa83c-9b63-4f9a-99f6-b22c4398f936SQL servers on machines should have vulnerability findings resolvedDeprecated

September 2023

|Rule ID |Rule Title |Change details |