Azure Updates: Trusted Launch for VMs; Routing Preference; JEDI contract

CTO Mark Russinovich highlighted the preview of Trusted Launch for VMs. Customers face a variety of persistent threats in the form of rootkits and bootkits, running in the same kernel-mode as the operating system they are trying to infect. Trusted Launch lets admins deploy VMs with verified, signed bootloaders and OS kernels, leveraging the Trusted Launch Virtual Trusted Platform Module. Security Center gathers inputs to act as a single pane of glass for alerts or recommendations.