Security, Compliance, and Identity

Defender for Identity Improves Delegation with Scoped Access October 31, 2025 Scoped access, a new Defender feature, offers the ability to constrain which Active Directory domains...more Entra ID Protects Key Identities with Restricted Management October 31, 2025 Restricted management administrative units can help organizations improve security and compliance while enhancing logging and auditing. Organizations...more Demystifying Microsoft’s Copilots Updated: October 27, 2025 Copilot-branded technologies from Microsoft assist users in completing tasks, but Microsoft overstates ROI. Almost all...more Dynamics 365 License Compliance Enforcement Delayed to at Least Jan. 2026 October 20, 2025 Microsoft has delayed plans to lock the Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations front door from...more Understanding Dynamic Membership for Entra ID Groups Updated: October 19, 2025 Entra ID supports dynamic membership for users and devices in some types of groups. The...more Understanding Microsoft 365 Groups Updated: October 19, 2025 Microsoft 365 groups simplify definition of which users can collaborate with each other and the...more Understanding Entra ID Administrative Units Updated: October 19, 2025 Entra ID administrative units enable delegated management of users and groups within a single Entra...more Sentinel Enables AI Agents with MCP Server Preview October 19, 2025 A new MCP server is available for Microsoft Sentinel, the company’s SIEM, supporting natural language...more Conditional Access: How to Make Best Use of It to Secure Microsoft 365 October 11, 2025 Conditional access supports several approaches to keep Microsoft 365 secure by default. Policy templates, default...more What Tools Can Help Me Deploy and Manage Conditional Access? October 5, 2025 Conditional access (CA) policies within Microsoft 365 are complex to create and troubleshoot. A small set of...more Defender for Endpoint: Broad Support for Linux Servers September 12, 2025 Defender for Endpoint supports a wide range of Linux distributions running on VMs and physical...more Mixing License Tiers of Defender for Endpoint: Dos and Don’ts August 24, 2025 Potential license compliance problems for Defender for Endpoint customers have existed since P1 arrived. Microsoft...more Defender Threat Intelligence Coming to Sentinel and Defender XDR at No Additional Cost August 18, 2025 Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence (MDTI) will be retired as a commercial offering on Aug. 1,...more Understanding Microsoft’s Licensing for Entra ID Governance for External Users August 2, 2025 Entra ID Governance can now be licensed for management of external users. The licensing model...more Sentinel Integrated into Defender XDR July 27, 2025 Microsoft’s Sentinel Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) has been integrated into Microsoft Defender XDR....more How Azure AI Content Safety Protects AI Systems from Bad Actors Updated: July 26, 2025 Azure AI Content Safety provides several capabilities intended to safeguard generative AI applications from malicious...more

Microsoft Defender for Servers Plans Updated: January 6, 2025

  Product Reference Purview Data Governance and Security Purview Data Governance and Purview Data Security, members of the Microsoft Purview family of compliance...more   Product Reference Sentinel Microsoft Sentinel is Microsoft’s hosted security information and event management (SIEM) service, designed to help...more   Product Reference Purview Message Encryption Microsoft Purview Message Encryption is a Microsoft-hosted service that encrypts e-mail messages, providing end-to-end, persistent...more   Product Reference Exchange Online Protection Exchange Online Protection (EOP) is a security gateway cloud service for filtering e-mail.   Product Reference Microsoft 365 Groups  Microsoft 365 Groups are a special type of Entra ID user group that grants access...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   Licensing Reference Entra External ID An Entra ID feature that allows external users to use their own credentials to sign...more   Licensing Reference Azure Active Directory

Security, Compliance, and Identity Management Roadmap

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