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Defender XDR ISOC Announcement Signals a Changing of the Guard October 17, 2026 Microsoft continues to bring key features of its Sentinel service into Defender XDR, announcing plans...more Risks Increase Dramatically with Employees Using Shadow AI October 17, 2026 AI tools based on large language models are increasingly used by staff as a quick...more Microsoft 365 AI Governance Features: A Dog’s Breakfast Updated: October 15, 2026 Aspects of AI governance are addressed by many features across Microsoft 365’s compliance, identity, security,...more Microsoft Investing Little on AI in Its Own Management Services October 4, 2026 Although Microsoft promotes AI, including upsells in the form of Copilots, Azure AI, and the...more Agent 365 for GCC Is Available, but It Has Security, Compliance, and Other Gaps October 2, 2026 Microsoft 365 G7 mirrors E7 by adding Agent 365, which brings agent governance, observability, and...more Microsoft 365 G7 Government Suite: A Release in Progress September 25, 2026 The initial release of Microsoft 365 G7, the equivalent of Microsoft 365 E7 but licensed...more Microsoft 365 E7 Suite Available: It’s All About AI Updated: September 21, 2026 Unlike the E3 and E5 tiers of Microsoft 365, E7 is likely of very limited...more Demystifying Microsoft’s Copilots Updated: September 4, 2026 Microsoft’s range of Copilots, initially broad and confusing, is narrowing, but remains convoluted. Copilots, like...more Defender for Endpoint on Windows Receives New Deployment Tool August 18, 2026 A new deployment tool for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint should help organizations standardize on a...more DLP Cut from Defender for Cloud Apps – Customers Must Move to Purview DLP July 16, 2026 Microsoft is retiring a range of data loss prevention features available in Microsoft Defender for...more Security Copilot: Expanding and Expensive Updated: July 15, 2026 Security Copilot can help admins using Microsoft 365 management tools to perform security-related tasks faster....more Find and Secure Local AI Tools with Defender for Endpoint Updated: June 28, 2026 Local AI tools like GitHub Copilot and Claude Code on Windows offer powerful capabilities but...more Entra Cloud Sync Replacing Connect Sync: What to Expect June 27, 2026 Customers should begin transitioning now from Connect Sync to Cloud Sync, but larger customers won’t...more Windows Quick Machine Recovery Could Alleviate Future CrowdStrike-Style Outages Updated: April 16, 2026 Windows Quick Machine Recovery could help customers restore unbootable Windows 11 PCs, as after the...more Defender Helps Discover and Remediate OAuth Attacks March 27, 2026 Defender for Cloud Apps can help identify but not outright prevent problematic OAuth behavior from...more Six Steps from On-Premises to Full Cloud March 2, 2026 Organizations must increasingly focus on and invest in Microsoft-cloud based services because it increasingly retires...more

Enterprise Mobility + Security Suite Packaging April 13, 2026 Microsoft Defender for Servers Plans Updated: January 6, 2025

  Product Reference Purview Data Governance Purview Data Governance, a part of the Microsoft Purview family of compliance and governance services,...more   Licensing Reference Purview Data Governance Purview Data Governance, a part of the Microsoft Purview family of compliance and governance services,...more   Licensing Reference Key Vault Licensing details for the Azure Key Vault service.   Product Reference Key Vault Key Vault – Service product page.   Licensing Reference Azure Information Protection A license SKU discontinued in 2020 that covered a set of data classification, sensitivity labeling,...more   Product Reference Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a service that offers endpoint protection features including antimalware on...more   Product Reference Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Microsoft Defender for Office 365 offers two tiers of service that help prevent and assess...more   Product Reference Microsoft Defender for Identity Microsoft Defender for Identity is a Microsoft-hosted service that captures, parses, and analyzes Active Directory...more   Product Reference Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps is a Microsoft-hosted service designed to help organizations discover the...more   Product Reference Purview Information Protection and Governance Purview Information Protection & Governance is a collection of Microsoft cloud services intended to help...more   Product Reference Purview eDiscovery & Audit Purview eDiscovery & Audit is a collection of Microsoft cloud services intended to help organizations...more   Product Reference Purview Insider Risk Management Purview Insider Risk Management helps ensure employee activity remains compliant with existing regulations and policies.   Product Reference Entra ID Entra ID is a multitenant identity and access management (IAM) service hosted by Microsoft. The...more   Product Reference Intune Intune is a Microsoft-hosted service that provides mobile device management (MDM) and application management for...more   Product Reference Microsoft 365 Groups  Updated with new services supported by M365 groups   Product Reference Advanced Threat Analytics Advanced Threat Analytics (ATA) was a Windows Server-based security application that can help to identify...more

Security, Compliance, Identity, and Management Roadmap

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