Daily Defender News7 July 2026 recorded 1 tracked Microsoft Defender documentation change and 1 relevant Message Center announcement. The most active areas were Defender XDR.
Defender XDR · Hunting and detectionStarting July 13, 2026, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint will remove SMB signature inspection events from Advanced Hunting to improve performance. Queries using these events will stop working; users should update them to filter SMB traffic by port 445 in DeviceNetworkEvents before July 1, 2026.
This period briefing was assembled from the tracked Microsoft Learn and Message Center changes.
Starting July 13, 2026, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint will remove SMB signature inspection events from Advanced Hunting to improve performance. Queries using these events will stop working; users should update them to filter SMB traffic by port 445 in DeviceNetworkEvents before July 1, 2026.
