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Month in brief

Codename MDASH Overview leads 1143 Defender updates

July 2026 recorded 76 new, 1002 updated, 59 removed Microsoft Defender documentation changes and 6 relevant Message Center announcements. The most active areas were Defender XDR, Endpoint, Sentinel.

For Defender administrators

Review the linked Microsoft Learn changes that apply to your managed platforms, policies, applications, and rollout plans. The archive preserves the source diff for verification.

This period briefing was assembled from the tracked Microsoft Learn and Message Center changes.

1143 updates by product

106

Microsoft Purview | Insider Risk Management triage agent summaries available in Microsoft Defender

New

Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management triage agent summaries will appear in Microsoft Defender alerts, providing AI-generated insights to streamline investigations. This feature rolls out from mid-August to December 2026, enabling easier alert review without changing existing configurations. No action is needed if prerequisites are met.

24 July 2026
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Ai Agent Detection Protection

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/security-for-ai/ai-agent-detection-protection.md.

20 July 2026

Microsoft 365 Defender

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/microsoft-365-defender.md.

20 July 2026

Create Custom Rbac Roles

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/create-custom-rbac-roles.md.

16 July 2026

Custom Permissions Details

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/custom-permissions-details.md.

15 July 2026

Compare Rbac Roles

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/compare-rbac-roles.md.

15 July 2026

Activate Defender Rbac

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/activate-defender-rbac.md.

15 July 2026

Manage Rbac

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/manage-rbac.md.

15 July 2026

Whats New

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/whats-new.md.

10 July 2026

EmailEvents

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/advanced-hunting-emailevents-table.md.

10 July 2026

Configure Siem Defender

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/configure-siem-defender.md.

10 July 2026

Configure Asset Rules

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/configure-asset-rules.md.

10 July 2026

Microsoft Xdr Auditing

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/microsoft-xdr-auditing.md.

10 July 2026

Create Dsi In Defender

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/create-dsi-in-defender.md.

10 July 2026

EmailAttachmentInfo

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/advanced-hunting-emailattachmentinfo-table.md.

10 July 2026

EmailPostDeliveryEvents

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/advanced-hunting-emailpostdeliveryevents-table.md.

10 July 2026

Investigate Users

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/investigate-users.md.

10 July 2026

Data Privacy

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/data-privacy.md.

10 July 2026

EmailUrlInfo

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/advanced-hunting-emailurlinfo-table.md.

10 July 2026

Compare Rbac Roles

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/compare-rbac-roles.md.

10 July 2026

Create Custom Rbac Roles

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/create-custom-rbac-roles.md.

10 July 2026

Fetch Incidents

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/fetch-incidents.md.

10 July 2026

DisruptionAndResponseEvents

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/advanced-hunting-disruptionandresponseevents-table.md.

10 July 2026

Autoad Results

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/autoad-results.md.

10 July 2026

Configure Event Hub

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/configure-event-hub.md.

10 July 2026

M365d Autoir Results

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/m365d-autoir-results.md.

10 July 2026

M365d Remediation Actions

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/m365d-remediation-actions.md.

10 July 2026

Threat Analytics

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/threat-analytics.md.

10 July 2026

Entity Page Device

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/entity-page-device.md.

10 July 2026

Entity Page Ip

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/entity-page-ip.md.

10 July 2026

Additional Information Xdr

Removed

Removed Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/additional-information-xdr.md.

10 July 2026

Auditing

Removed

Removed Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/auditing.md.

10 July 2026

Before You Begin Xdr

Removed

Removed Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/before-you-begin-xdr.md.

10 July 2026

Defender Experts Report

Removed

Removed Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/defender-experts-report.md.

10 July 2026

Dex Xdr Permissions

Removed

Removed Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/dex-xdr-permissions.md.

10 July 2026

Experts On Demand

Removed

Removed Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/experts-on-demand.md.

10 July 2026

Faq Managed Response

Removed

Removed Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/faq-managed-response.md.

10 July 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

Removed

Removed Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/frequently-asked-questions.md.

10 July 2026

Reports Xdr

Removed

Removed Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/reports-xdr.md.

10 July 2026

Start Using Mdex Xdr

Removed

Removed Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/start-using-mdex-xdr.md.

10 July 2026

Teams Restrictions Dexapp

Removed

Removed Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/teams-restrictions-dexapp.md.

10 July 2026
71

Custom Detection Rules

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/custom-detection-rules.md.

10 July 2026

Advanced Hunting Overview

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/advanced-hunting-overview.md.

10 July 2026

Advanced Hunting Graph

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/advanced-hunting-graph.md.

10 July 2026

Api Advanced Hunting

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/api-advanced-hunting.md.

10 July 2026

Advanced Hunting Errors

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/advanced-hunting-errors.md.

10 July 2026

Advanced Hunting Go Hunt

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/advanced-hunting-go-hunt.md.

10 July 2026

Custom Detection Manage

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/custom-detection-manage.md.

10 July 2026
19

Alert Policies

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/alert-policies.md.

20 July 2026

Api Incident

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/api-incident.md.

10 July 2026
13

Custom Detections Overview

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/custom-detections-overview.md.

10 July 2026

Incidents Overview

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/incidents-overview.md.

10 July 2026

Get Started

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/get-started.md.

10 July 2026

Dex Servers Overview

Removed

Removed Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/dex-servers-overview.md.

10 July 2026

Dex Xdr Overview

Removed

Removed Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/dex-xdr-overview.md.

10 July 2026

Get Started Dex Servers

Removed

Removed Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/get-started-dex-servers.md.

10 July 2026

Get Started Xdr

Removed

Removed Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/get-started-xdr.md.

10 July 2026
9

Api Partner Access

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/api-partner-access.md.

10 July 2026

Api Create App Web

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/api-create-app-web.md.

10 July 2026

Api Access

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/api-access.md.

10 July 2026

Api Overview

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/api-overview.md.

10 July 2026

Api Hello World

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/api-hello-world.md.

10 July 2026

Api List Incidents

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/api-list-incidents.md.

10 July 2026

Api Update Incidents

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/api-update-incidents.md.

10 July 2026

Access Den Graph Api

Removed

Removed Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/access-den-graph-api.md.

10 July 2026
4

Top Scoring Industry Tests

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/top-scoring-industry-tests.md.

20 July 2026

Whats New

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/whats-new.md.

20 July 2026

Microsoft Defender: Automated investigation and response (AIR) integrated into antivirus with manual triggering removed

New

Starting September 1, 2026, Microsoft Defender will remove manual triggering and the standalone experience of automated investigation and response (AIR). AIR's protection is integrated into always-on antivirus, running automatically. Organizations using AIR in playbooks or scripts must update them before this date; full antivirus scans replace manual AIR investigations.

1 July 2026
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3

Deploy Supported Services

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/deploy-supported-services.md.

10 July 2026
3

MDO Encrypted email attachment protection

New

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 will introduce an opt-in Safe Attachments policy to quarantine emails with password-protected attachments that cannot be scanned. Administrators can control release, users can self-release with passwords, and the feature supports various file types. Rollout begins August 2026 worldwide.

27 July 2026
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2
2
2

Troubleshoot

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/troubleshoot.md.

10 July 2026
2
175

Get Vulnerability By Id

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-vulnerability-by-id.md.

31 July 2026

Manage Security Policies

Removed

Removed Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/manage-security-policies.md.

20 July 2026

Manage event-based forced updates

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/manage-event-based-updates-microsoft-defender-antivirus.md.

20 July 2026

Schedule Antivirus Scans

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/schedule-antivirus-scans.md.

20 July 2026

Investigate Behind Proxy

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/investigate-behind-proxy.md.

20 July 2026

Respond File Alerts

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/respond-file-alerts.md.

20 July 2026

Manage Auto Investigation

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/manage-auto-investigation.md.

20 July 2026

Supply chain attacks

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/malware/supply-chain-malware.md.

20 July 2026

Indicators Overview

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/indicators-overview.md.

20 July 2026

Mde Linux Deployment On Sap

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/mde-linux-deployment-on-sap.md.

20 July 2026

Switch To Mde Phase 2

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/switch-to-mde-phase-2.md.

20 July 2026

Admin Submissions Mde

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/admin-submissions-mde.md.

20 July 2026

Behavior Monitor

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/behavior-monitor.md.

20 July 2026

Edr In Block Mode

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/edr-in-block-mode.md.

20 July 2026

Indicator Certificates

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/indicator-certificates.md.

20 July 2026

Indicator File

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/indicator-file.md.

20 July 2026

Indicator Ip Domain

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/indicator-ip-domain.md.

20 July 2026

Indicator Manage

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/indicator-manage.md.

20 July 2026

Linux Exclusions

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/linux-exclusions.md.

20 July 2026

Machine Tags

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/machine-tags.md.

20 July 2026

Microsoft Defender Endpoint

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/microsoft-defender-endpoint.md.

20 July 2026

Run Detection Test

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/run-detection-test.md.

20 July 2026

Isolation Exclusions

Removed

Removed Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/isolation-exclusions.md.

20 July 2026

Managing Exclusions

Removed

Removed Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/managing-exclusions.md.

20 July 2026

Collect Diagnostic Data

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/collect-diagnostic-data.md.

15 July 2026

Autoir Investigation Results

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/autoir-investigation-results.md.

15 July 2026

Respond Machine Alerts

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/respond-machine-alerts.md.

15 July 2026

Configure Conditional Access

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/configure-conditional-access.md.

10 July 2026

Mde P1 Setup Configuration

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/mde-p1-setup-configuration.md.

10 July 2026

Get Machines

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/get-machines.md.

10 July 2026

Live Response

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/live-response.md.

10 July 2026

Mde Linux Prerequisites

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/mde-linux-prerequisites.md.

10 July 2026

Run Analyzer Macos

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/run-analyzer-macos.md.

10 July 2026

Whats New Mde Archive

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/whats-new-mde-archive.md.

10 July 2026

Automated Investigations

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/automated-investigations.md.

10 July 2026

Discover Local Ai Agents

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/discover-local-ai-agents.md.

10 July 2026

Linux Install Manually

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/linux-install-manually.md.

10 July 2026

Configure Endpoints Sccm

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/configure-endpoints-sccm.md.

10 July 2026

Review Detected Threats

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/review-detected-threats.md.

10 July 2026

Controlled Folders

Removed

Removed Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/controlled-folders.md.

10 July 2026

Customize Controlled Folders

Removed

Removed Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/customize-controlled-folders.md.

10 July 2026

Enable Controlled Folders

Removed

Removed Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/enable-controlled-folders.md.

10 July 2026

Run Analyzer Linux

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/run-analyzer-linux.md.

8 July 2026
15

Managing Exclusions

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/managing-exclusions.md.

10 July 2026
7

Troubleshoot ASR rules

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/troubleshoot-asr.md.

20 July 2026

Troubleshoot Settings

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/troubleshoot-settings.md.

20 July 2026
4
3

Defender Endpoint Plan 1

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/defender-endpoint-plan-1.md.

20 July 2026
3
1
167

Tenant Allow Block List About

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/tenant-allow-block-list-about.md.

31 July 2026

Zero Hour Auto Purge

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/zero-hour-auto-purge.md.

22 July 2026

Preset Security Policies

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/preset-security-policies.md.

20 July 2026

Quarantine Policies

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/quarantine-policies.md.

20 July 2026

User reported settings

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/submissions-user-reported-messages-custom-mailbox.md.

20 July 2026

Submissions Admin

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/submissions-admin.md.

20 July 2026

Anti Spam Policies Configure

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/anti-spam-policies-configure.md.

20 July 2026

Mdo Sec Ops Guide

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/mdo-sec-ops-guide.md.

20 July 2026

Anti Phishing Policies About

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/anti-phishing-policies-about.md.

20 July 2026

Connectors Remove Blocked

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/connectors-remove-blocked.md.

20 July 2026

Tenant Allow Block List About

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/tenant-allow-block-list-about.md.

20 July 2026

Quarantine End User

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/quarantine-end-user.md.

20 July 2026

Mdo Portal Permissions

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/mdo-portal-permissions.md.

20 July 2026

Tune anti-phishing protection

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/anti-phishing-protection-tuning.md.

20 July 2026

Message Trace Defender Portal

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/message-trace-defender-portal.md.

20 July 2026

Mdo Ices Vendor Ecosystem

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/mdo-ices-vendor-ecosystem.md.

20 July 2026

Submissions Teams

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/submissions-teams.md.

20 July 2026

Mdo Portal Permissions

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/mdo-portal-permissions.md.

15 July 2026

Create selector1 CNAME

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/email-authentication-dkim-configure.md.

10 July 2026

Quarantine End User

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/quarantine-end-user.md.

10 July 2026

Email Auth Sec Ops Guide

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/email-auth-sec-ops-guide.md.

10 July 2026

Tune anti-phishing protection

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/anti-phishing-protection-tuning.md.

10 July 2026

Tenant Allow Block List About

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/tenant-allow-block-list-about.md.

10 July 2026

Anti Phishing Policies About

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/anti-phishing-policies-about.md.

10 July 2026

Anti Spam Policies Configure

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/anti-spam-policies-configure.md.

10 July 2026
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2
1
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45

Migrate To Sensor V3

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/deploy/migrate-to-sensor-v3.md.

20 July 2026

Manage and update sensors

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/sensor-settings.md.

20 July 2026

Whats New

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/whats-new.md.

15 July 2026

Troubleshooting Known Issues

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/troubleshooting-known-issues.md.

15 July 2026

Manage and update sensors

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/sensor-settings.md.

10 July 2026

Uninstall the sensor

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/uninstall-sensor.md.

10 July 2026

Identity Inventory

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/identity-inventory.md.

10 July 2026

Role Groups

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/role-groups.md.

10 July 2026

Alerts Overview

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/alerts-overview.md.

10 July 2026

Password Protection

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/password-protection.md.

10 July 2026

Zero Trust

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/zero-trust.md.

10 July 2026

Advanced Settings

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/advanced-settings.md.

10 July 2026

Alerts Xdr

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/alerts-xdr.md.

10 July 2026

Capacity Planning

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/deploy/capacity-planning.md.

10 July 2026

Configure Sensor Settings

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/deploy/configure-sensor-settings.md.

10 July 2026

Directory Service Accounts

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/deploy/directory-service-accounts.md.

10 July 2026

Manage Action Accounts

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/deploy/manage-action-accounts.md.

10 July 2026

Privacy Compliance

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/privacy-compliance.md.

10 July 2026

Troubleshooting Known Issues

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/troubleshooting-known-issues.md.

10 July 2026

What Is

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/what-is.md.

10 July 2026
3

Deploy Sensor V3

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/deploy/deploy-sensor-v3.md.

15 July 2026
59

Investigate Risky Oauth

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud-apps/investigate-risky-oauth.md.

20 July 2026

Discovery Docker Windows

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud-apps/discovery-docker-windows.md.

20 July 2026

In Browser Protection

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud-apps/in-browser-protection.md.

20 July 2026

Behaviors

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud-apps/behaviors.md.

10 July 2026

Ops Guide Daily

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud-apps/ops-guide/ops-guide-daily.md.

10 July 2026

Release Notes

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud-apps/release-notes.md.

10 July 2026

Get Started

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud-apps/get-started.md.

10 July 2026

Protect Aws

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud-apps/protect-aws.md.

10 July 2026

Protect Box

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud-apps/protect-box.md.

10 July 2026

Protect Dropbox

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud-apps/protect-dropbox.md.

10 July 2026

Protect Google Workspace

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud-apps/protect-google-workspace.md.

10 July 2026

Protect Office 365

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud-apps/protect-office-365.md.

10 July 2026

Protect Salesforce

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud-apps/protect-salesforce.md.

10 July 2026

Protect Servicenow

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud-apps/protect-servicenow.md.

10 July 2026

Protect Webex

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud-apps/protect-webex.md.

10 July 2026

Working with the RegEx engine

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud-apps/working-with-the-regex-engine.md.

10 July 2026

Cas Compliance Trust

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud-apps/cas-compliance-trust.md.

10 July 2026

Discovery Kubernetes

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud-apps/discovery-kubernetes.md.

10 July 2026

Discovery Linux Podman

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud-apps/discovery-linux-podman.md.

10 July 2026

Investigate Anomaly Alerts

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud-apps/investigate-anomaly-alerts.md.

10 July 2026

Ip Tags

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud-apps/ip-tags.md.

10 July 2026

Ai Agent Inventory

Removed

Removed Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud-apps/ai-agent-inventory.md.

10 July 2026

Ai Agent Protection

Removed

Removed Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud-apps/ai-agent-protection.md.

10 July 2026
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Release Note Archive

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud-apps/release-note-archive.md.

10 July 2026

Best Practices

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud-apps/best-practices.md.

10 July 2026
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Defender For Sql Usage

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud/defender-for-sql-usage.md.

20 July 2026

Data Ingestion Benefit

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud/data-ingestion-benefit.md.

15 July 2026

Regional Availability

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud/regional-availability.md.

15 July 2026

Data and AI Security Dashboard

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud/data-aware-security-dashboard-overview.md.

10 July 2026

Enable Just-in-Time Access

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud/enable-just-in-time-access.md.

10 July 2026

Connect your AWS Account

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud/quickstart-onboard-aws.md.

10 July 2026

Connect your GCP Project

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud/quickstart-onboard-gcp.md.

10 July 2026

Defender For Apis Prepare

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud/defender-for-apis-prepare.md.

10 July 2026

Release Notes Archive

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud/release-notes-archive.md.

10 July 2026

Alerts Ai Workloads

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud/alerts-ai-workloads.md.

10 July 2026

Faq Runtime Gated

Removed

Removed Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud/faq-runtime-gated.md.

10 July 2026

Secure Container Image

Removed

Removed Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud/secure-container-image.md.

10 July 2026
4

Defender Sensor Change Log

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud/defender-sensor-change-log.md.

10 July 2026
3

Deploy Helm

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud/deploy-helm.md.

10 July 2026
2
1
28

Release Notes

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-iot-azure/organizations/release-notes.md.

10 July 2026

Manage Subscriptions Enterprise

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-iot-azure/organizations/manage-subscriptions-enterprise.md.

10 July 2026

Create custom alerts

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-iot-azure/device-builders/quickstart-create-custom-alerts.md.

10 July 2026

Configure a micro agent twin

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-iot-azure/device-builders/how-to-configure-micro-agent-twin.md.

10 July 2026

Manage Subscriptions

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-iot-azure/organizations/how-to-manage-subscriptions.md.

10 July 2026

Whats New

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-iot-azure/organizations/whats-new.md.

10 July 2026

Billing

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-iot-azure/organizations/billing.md.

10 July 2026

Prerequisites

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-iot/prerequisites.md.

10 July 2026

Set Up Rbac

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-iot/set-up-rbac.md.

10 July 2026

Device Inventory

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-iot-azure/organizations/device-inventory.md.

10 July 2026

Microsoft Defender Iot

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-iot/microsoft-defender-iot.md.

10 July 2026

References Data Retention

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-iot-azure/organizations/references-data-retention.md.

10 July 2026

Set Up Sites

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-iot/set-up-sites.md.

10 July 2026

Whats New Archive

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-iot-azure/organizations/whats-new-archive.md.

10 July 2026
8

Enterprise

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-iot-azure/organizations/concept-enterprise.md.

10 July 2026

Configure Sensor Settings Portal

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-iot-azure/organizations/configure-sensor-settings-portal.md.

10 July 2026

Manage Sensors On The Cloud

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-iot-azure/organizations/how-to-manage-sensors-on-the-cloud.md.

10 July 2026
3

Ot Deploy Path

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-iot-azure/organizations/ot-deploy/ot-deploy-path.md.

10 July 2026

Plan Corporate Monitoring

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-iot-azure/organizations/best-practices/plan-corporate-monitoring.md.

10 July 2026
3
2

Eiot Defender For Endpoint

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-iot-azure/organizations/eiot-defender-for-endpoint.md.

10 July 2026

Overview

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-iot-azure/organizations/overview.md.

10 July 2026
151

Sentinel Integration Guide

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/isv/sentinel-integration-guide.md.

20 July 2026

Audit Track Tasks

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/audit-track-tasks.md.

20 July 2026

Create Analytics Rules

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/create-analytics-rules.md.

20 July 2026

Customer Managed Keys

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/customer-managed-keys.md.

20 July 2026

Entity Behaviors Layer

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/entity-behaviors-layer.md.

20 July 2026

Normalization Ingest Time

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/normalization-ingest-time.md.

20 July 2026

Sap Btp Solution Overview

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/sap/sap-btp-solution-overview.md.

20 July 2026

Skill Up Resources

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/skill-up-resources.md.

20 July 2026

Threat Detection

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/threat-detection.md.

20 July 2026

Customer Managed Keys

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/customer-managed-keys.md.

15 July 2026

Sap Agent Migrate

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/sap/sap-agent-migrate.md.

10 July 2026

Ci Cd Custom Content

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/ci-cd-custom-content.md.

10 July 2026

Move To Defender

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/move-to-defender.md.

10 July 2026

Hunts

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/hunts.md.

10 July 2026

Bookmarks

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/bookmarks.md.

10 July 2026

Entity Behaviors Layer

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/entity-behaviors-layer.md.

10 July 2026

Public endpoint

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/notebooks-hunt.md.

10 July 2026

Watchlists Create

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/watchlists-create.md.

10 July 2026

Watchlists Queries

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/watchlists-queries.md.

10 July 2026

Workspace Manager

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/workspace-manager.md.

10 July 2026

Audit Track Tasks

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/audit-track-tasks.md.

10 July 2026

Purview Solution

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/purview-solution.md.

10 July 2026

Summary Rules

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/summary-rules.md.

10 July 2026

Sentinel Mcp Triage Tool

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/datalake/sentinel-mcp-triage-tool.md.

10 July 2026

Whats New

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/whats-new.md.

10 July 2026

Windows

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/notebooks-msticpy-advanced.md.

10 July 2026

Offboard

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/offboard.md.

10 July 2026

Search Jobs

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/search-jobs.md.

10 July 2026

Ingest time normalization

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/normalization-ingest-time.md.

10 July 2026

Generate Playbook

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/automation/generate-playbook.md.

10 July 2026
24

Graph Visualization

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/datalake/graph-visualization.md.

10 July 2026

Create Custom Connector

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/create-custom-connector.md.

10 July 2026

Sentinel Mcp Graph Tool

Removed

Removed Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/datalake/sentinel-mcp-graph-tool.md.

10 July 2026
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5
4
1
5

Understand dashboards

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in easm/understanding-dashboards.md.

10 July 2026

Modify Inventory Assets

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in easm/modifying-inventory-assets.md.

10 July 2026

Domain asset filters

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in easm/domain-asset-filters.md.

10 July 2026
2

Understand Asset Details

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in easm/understanding-asset-details.md.

10 July 2026
1
48

Codename Mdash Faq

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in exposure-management/codename-mdash-faq.md.

20 July 2026

Whats New

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in exposure-management/whats-new.md.

20 July 2026

Codename MDASH Overview

New

Added Microsoft Defender documentation in exposure-management/ai-code-security-overview.md.

15 July 2026

Run agentic code scans

New

Added Microsoft Defender documentation in exposure-management/run-ai-code-security-scans.md.

15 July 2026

Codename MDASH - FAQ

New

Added Microsoft Defender documentation in exposure-management/codename-mdash-faq.md.

15 July 2026

Initiatives List

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in exposure-management/initiatives-list.md.

15 July 2026

Whats New

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in exposure-management/whats-new.md.

15 July 2026

Review Attack Paths

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in exposure-management/review-attack-paths.md.

15 July 2026

Work Attack Paths Overview

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in exposure-management/work-attack-paths-overview.md.

15 July 2026

Configure Data Connectors

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in exposure-management/configure-data-connectors.md.

15 July 2026

Prerequisites

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in exposure-management/prerequisites.md.

15 July 2026

Release notes

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in exposure-management/whats-new.md.

10 July 2026

Value Data Connectors

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in exposure-management/value-data-connectors.md.

10 July 2026

Critical Asset Management

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in exposure-management/critical-asset-management.md.

10 July 2026

Prerequisites and support

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in exposure-management/prerequisites.md.

10 July 2026
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Fixed Reported Inaccuracies

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-vulnerability-management/fixed-reported-inaccuracies.md.

15 July 2026

Fixed Reported Inaccuracies

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-vulnerability-management/fixed-reported-inaccuracies.md.

10 July 2026
17

Get Defender Business

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-business/get-defender-business.md.

10 July 2026

Mdb Web Content Filtering

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-business/mdb-web-content-filtering.md.

10 July 2026

Mdb Whats New

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-business/mdb-whats-new.md.

10 July 2026

Mdb Controlled Folder Access

Removed

Removed Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-business/mdb-controlled-folder-access.md.

10 July 2026
2

Mdb Asr

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-business/mdb-asr.md.

10 July 2026

Mdb Reports

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-business/mdb-reports.md.

10 July 2026
1

Mdb Onboard Devices

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-business/mdb-onboard-devices.md.

6 July 2026
1
1
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3

Mto Endpoint Security Policy

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in unified-secops-platform/mto-endpoint-security-policy.md.

20 July 2026

Submission Guide

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in unified-secops-platform/submission-guide.md.

20 July 2026
2
1

Deploy

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in unified-secops-platform/overview-deploy.md.

10 July 2026
1

Reduce Risk Overview

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in unified-secops-platform/reduce-risk-overview.md.

10 July 2026
1