Manage Incidents
UpdatedUpdated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/manage-incidents.md.
Day in brief
Offensive Security Testing for Microsoft Defender for Identity leads 26 Defender updates
22 January 2026 recorded 26 updated Microsoft Defender documentation changes. The most active areas were Identity, Endpoint, Vulnerability Management.
- Offensive Security Testing for Microsoft Defender for Identity
Identity · Identity protectionUpdated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/security-testing-best-practices.md.
- Recommendation exceptions
Vulnerability Management · GeneralUpdated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-vulnerability-management/tvm-exception-overview.md.
- Attack Surface Reduction Rules Reference
Endpoint · Vulnerabilities and exposureUpdated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/attack-surface-reduction-rules-reference.md.
- Manage Incidents
Defender XDR · GeneralUpdated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/manage-incidents.md.
- Discovery Docker Windows
Cloud Apps · Cloud and workloadsUpdated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud-apps/discovery-docker-windows.md.
This period briefing was assembled from the tracked Microsoft Learn and Message Center changes.
26 updates
Microsoft Defender XDR
5 updatesInvestigate Alerts
UpdatedUpdated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/investigate-alerts.md.
Manage Incidents
UpdatedUpdated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/manage-incidents.md.
Investigate Alerts
UpdatedUpdated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/investigate-alerts.md.
Manage Incidents
UpdatedUpdated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/manage-incidents.md.
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
5 updates
Mac Whatsnew
UpdatedUpdated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/mac-whatsnew.md.
Device Control Overview
UpdatedUpdated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/device-control-overview.md.
Mac Whatsnew
UpdatedUpdated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/mac-whatsnew.md.
Run Analyzer Linux
UpdatedUpdated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/run-analyzer-linux.md.
Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/attack-surface-reduction-rules-reference.md.
Microsoft Defender for Identity
10 updatesUpdated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/security-testing-best-practices.md.
Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/security-testing-best-practices.md.
Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/security-testing-best-practices.md.
Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/security-testing-best-practices.md.
Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/security-testing-best-practices.md.
Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/security-testing-best-practices.md.
Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/deploy/configure-windows-event-collection.md.
Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/deploy/deploy-defender-identity.md.
Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/deploy/configure-windows-event-collection.md.
Deploy Defender Identity
UpdatedUpdated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/deploy/deploy-defender-identity.md.
Discovery Docker Windows
UpdatedUpdated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud-apps/discovery-docker-windows.md.
Recommendation exceptions
UpdatedUpdated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-vulnerability-management/tvm-exception-overview.md.
Tvm Exception
UpdatedUpdated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-vulnerability-management/tvm-exception.md.
Tvm Software Inventory
UpdatedUpdated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-vulnerability-management/tvm-software-inventory.md.
Tvm Security Recommendation
UpdatedUpdated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-vulnerability-management/tvm-security-recommendation.md.
Existing customers
UpdatedUpdated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-vulnerability-management/tvm-software-inventory.md.