Dorothy Li explores how the Microsoft Security Store brings together curated security solutions and AI agents from Microsoft and partners, streamlining discovery, purchase, and deployment for organizations looking to strengthen their security posture.

The New Microsoft Security Store: Uniting Partners and Innovation

by Dorothy Li

Overview

The Microsoft Security Store, introduced in public preview on September 30, 2025, is a unified marketplace for discovering, buying, and deploying security solutions and AI-powered agents from Microsoft and its partners. The store aims to help organizations defend against sophisticated cyberthreats and streamline security operations.

Key Features

  • Curated Ecosystem: The store connects customers with trusted security SaaS solutions and AI agents, all verified by Microsoft to be compatible with its security products.
  • Integration with Microsoft Security Products: Solutions are discoverable by products such as Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Entra, and Microsoft Purview, as well as by security functions—threat protection, identity management, compliance, cloud security, and more.
  • AI-Powered Agents: The Security Store features AI automation, including agents built on Microsoft Security Copilot, supporting functions like automated triage, investigation acceleration, and real-time insights.
  • Framework-Based Organization: Offerings are organized by industry standards such as the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, making it easy to filter by security function.

Benefits for Customers

  • Unified Experience: Simplifies the process of finding, evaluating, and deploying security solutions within the Microsoft ecosystem.
  • Streamlined Deployment: Customers deploy solutions and agents directly from the Security Store, with guided processes and automatic resource provisioning.
  • Azure Integration: Purchases use existing Microsoft accounts, with consolidated billing. Eligible purchases can contribute to Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitment (MACC).
  • Wide Range of Solutions: Includes offerings for threat protection, incident response, identity and access management, data security, privacy, compliance, endpoint and cloud security, and real-time AI automation.

Benefits for Partners

  • Global Commerce Infrastructure: Enables partners to transact in local currencies with built-in billing and entitlement management.
  • Access to New Customers: In-app discovery and integration with Microsoft’s go-to-market mechanisms increase exposure.
  • Monetization: Partners can sell both SaaS solutions and AI agents. The store is positioned as a central platform for security innovation.

Example Solutions and Agents

  • Threat Protection & AI Agents: BlueVoyant’s Watchtower for Microsoft Sentinel, Darktrace’s Email Analysis Agent for phishing detection; Illumio’s breach containment agent.
  • Identity and Access Management: Solutions from Invoke and Netskope, integrating with Microsoft Entra and Defender.
  • Data Security & Compliance: Offerings aligned with Microsoft Purview for data governance and regulatory compliance.
  • Endpoint & Cloud Security: Tanium’s Autonomous Endpoint Management, Illumio’s hybrid/multicloud breach containment.

Customer and Partner Feedback

Security professionals and partners highlight how the Microsoft Security Store simplifies the experience of finding relevant solutions and deploying them quickly, with quotes from leaders at Irth Solutions, Akamai, BlueVoyant, and glueckkanja AG underscoring the value of integration and rapid innovation.

Getting Started

Customers can visit securitystore.microsoft.com to browse and deploy solutions and agents. Partners interested in listing their products can start at the Security Store partner page.

Further Resources

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