Featured xStratus Perspective: Azure Monitor, Azure Service Updates 7/20/26:  As organizations rapidly adopt generative AI, protecting AI telemetry becomes just as important as securing the underlying models and applications. Microsoft’s addition of dedicated access controls for generative AI content in Azure Monitor is a significant step toward enterprise-grade AI governance. Separating prompts, responses, and tool interactions into protected data stores enables organizations to implement least-privilege access while helping meet regulatory requirements for industries handling sensitive information.