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Retirement of legacy grouped recommendations (sub-assessments) has started
Analysis / inference: Microsoft Defender for Cloud has initiated the retirement of legacy grouped recommendations and sub-assessments.
- Published
- 31 Jul 2026, 05:30 AM IST
- Source
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud recommendations and alerts · Limited verification
- Classification
- Microsoft Security
Section 01 · Summary analysis
Analysis / inference: The retirement of legacy grouped recommendations alters how security posture data is retrieved through APIs, potentially breaking automated scripts or dashboards that query old sub-assessment endpoints.
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Section 02 · Analysis
SecOps Signal analysisOperational impact
Analysis / inference: Automation scripts or reports querying the retired sub-assessment data structures will fail until updated to individual recommendations.
Section 03 · Recommended actions
- Transition all workflows and tooling from grouped recommendations to individual recommendations as outlined in Microsoft documentation.
What to check
- Review API queries, scripts, and Azure Resource Graph queries to verify they no longer depend on legacy grouped recommendation endpoints or sub-assessments.
Affected scope
ProductsDefender for Cloud