Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
Cloud and workloadsRelease Notes
In brief
Starting October 15, 2026, the Defender for Cloud Apps integration with Identity inventory will move from opt-in to automatic enablement for eligible tenants that do not use the listed excluded configurations.
What Defender admins need to know
Eligible tenants may receive the integration without opting in, so administrators should account for its automatic activation.
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Documentation change
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ms.service: defender-for-cloud-apps
ms.suite: ems
description: This article is updated frequently to let you know what's new in the latest release of Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps.
ms.date: 2026-06-14T00:10-04T00:00:00.0000000Z
ms.topic: overview
ms.custom:
- msecd-doc-authoring-1026
- sfi-ga-nochange
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For news about earlier releases, see Archive of past updates for Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps.
October 2026
Automatic enablement of SaaS accounts integration with Identity inventory
Starting October 15, 2026, the SaaS accounts integration between Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps and Identity inventory will transition from opt-in to automatic enablement. The integration will be enabled automatically for eligible tenants that don't use the User group admin or App/instance admin roles. Eligible tenants don't need to take any action.
For more information, see Identity inventory integration.
August 2026
Unified RBAC is enabled by default for new Defender for Cloud Apps customers
@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@ ms.collection: M365-security-compliance ms.service: defender-for-cloud-apps ms.suite: ems description: This article is updated frequently to let you know what's new in the latest release of Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps.-ms.date: 2026-06-14T00:00:00.0000000Z+ms.date: 2026-10-04T00:00:00.0000000Z ms.topic: overview ms.custom:+- msecd-doc-authoring-1026 - sfi-ga-nochange - sfi-image-nochange+ai-usage: ai-assisted locale: en-us document_id: 9a3d9f7b-4864-bde6-1ec0-292f4af822bd document_version_independent_id: 9a3d9f7b-4864-bde6-1ec0-292f4af822bd@@ -59,6 +61,14 @@ For more information on what's new with other Microsoft Defender security produc
For news about earlier releases, see [Archive of past updates for Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps](release-note-archive).
+## October 2026
+
+### Automatic enablement of SaaS accounts integration with Identity inventory
+
+Starting **October 15, 2026**, the SaaS accounts integration between Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps and Identity inventory will transition from opt-in to automatic enablement. The integration will be enabled automatically for eligible tenants that don't use the **User group admin** or **App/instance admin** roles. Eligible tenants don't need to take any action.
+
+For more information, see [Identity inventory integration](https://aka.ms/saas-accounts-integration).
+
## August 2026
### Unified RBAC is enabled by default for new Defender for Cloud Apps customers