Week in brief

Microsoft Defender coverage and maturity dashboard leads 243 Defender updates

Week of 16 February 2026 recorded 6 new, 228 updated, 6 removed Microsoft Defender documentation changes and 3 relevant Message Center announcements. The most active areas were Endpoint, Identity, Defender XDR.

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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.

Updates this week

18

What Is Identity Security?

Updated

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

18 February 2026

Identity Security Overview

Updated

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

18 February 2026

What Is Identity Security

Updated

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

18 February 2026

Identity Security

Removed

Removed Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/identity-security.md.

18 February 2026

Identity Security Dashboard

Removed

Removed Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/identity-security-dashboard.md.

18 February 2026

Identity Security

Updated

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

16 February 2026

Identity Security Dashboard

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/identity-security-dashboard.md.

16 February 2026

Identity Security

Updated

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

16 February 2026

Identity Security

Updated

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

16 February 2026
13

Phishing Triage Agent

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/phishing-triage-agent.md.

22 February 2026

Investigate Alerts

Updated

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

22 February 2026

Investigate Alerts

Updated

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

22 February 2026

OAuthAppInfo (Preview)

Updated

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

19 February 2026

OAuthAppInfo (Preview)

Updated

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

19 February 2026

Whats New

Updated

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

19 February 2026

Investigate Incidents

Updated

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

18 February 2026
4
3

Alert Policies

Updated

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

18 February 2026
2

Dex Xdr Overview

Updated

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

18 February 2026

Get Started Xdr

Updated

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

18 February 2026
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114

Mac Device Control Overview

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/mac-device-control-overview.md.

20 February 2026

Android New Ux

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/android-new-ux.md.

20 February 2026

Defender Compatibility

Updated

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

20 February 2026

Customize Controlled Folders

Updated

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

20 February 2026

Indicator Ip Domain

Updated

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

20 February 2026

Mac Device Control Overview

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/mac-device-control-overview.md.

19 February 2026

Whats New Mde Archive

Updated

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

19 February 2026

Android New Ux

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/android-new-ux.md.

19 February 2026

Release Notes Mde Archive

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/release-notes-mde-archive.md.

19 February 2026

Respond File Alerts

Updated

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

19 February 2026

Device Control Policies

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/device-control-policies.md.

19 February 2026

Indicator File

Updated

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

19 February 2026

Microsoft Defender Offline

Updated

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

19 February 2026

Schedule Antivirus Scans Wmi

Updated

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

19 February 2026

Release notes archive

Updated

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

18 February 2026

Whats New Mde Archive

Updated

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

18 February 2026

Release Notes Mde Archive

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/release-notes-mde-archive.md.

18 February 2026

Release Notes Mde Archive

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/release-notes-mde-archive.md.

18 February 2026

Whats New Mde Archive

Updated

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

18 February 2026

Mac Health Status

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/mac-health-status.md.

18 February 2026

Whats New Mde Archive

Updated

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

18 February 2026

Release Notes Archive Android

Removed

Removed Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/release-notes-archive-android.md.

18 February 2026

Enable Network Protection

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/enable-network-protection.md.

16 February 2026

Enable Network Protection

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/enable-network-protection.md.

16 February 2026
3

Api Hello World

Updated

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

17 February 2026

PowerShell

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/api/exposed-apis-create-app-webapp.md.

17 February 2026
3

Mac Troubleshoot Mode

Updated

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

19 February 2026

Troubleshoot Settings

Updated

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

18 February 2026
2

Onboard Server

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/onboard-server.md.

19 February 2026
2
1

Whats New Mde Archive

Updated

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

18 February 2026
10

Mdo Support Teams About

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/mdo-support-teams-about.md.

19 February 2026

Submissions Teams

Updated

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

19 February 2026
51

Understanding Security Alerts

Updated

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

19 February 2026

Accounts

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/security-posture-assessments/accounts.md.

19 February 2026

Whats New

Updated

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

19 February 2026

Whats New

Updated

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

19 February 2026

Connect Cyberark

Updated

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

19 February 2026

Connect Cyberark

Updated

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

19 February 2026

Whats New

Updated

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

19 February 2026

Configure Scoped Access

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/configure-scoped-access.md.

19 February 2026

Connect Cyberark

Updated

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

19 February 2026

Whats New

Updated

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

19 February 2026

Capacity Planning

Updated

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

19 February 2026

Connect Cyberark

Updated

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

19 February 2026

Connect Cyberark

Updated

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

19 February 2026

Directory Service Accounts

Updated

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

19 February 2026

Entity Tags

Updated

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

19 February 2026

Investigate Assets

Updated

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

19 February 2026

Remediation Actions

Updated

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

19 February 2026

Reports

Updated

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

19 February 2026

Role Groups

Updated

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

19 February 2026

Whats New Archive

Updated

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

19 February 2026

Prerequisites Sensor Version 2

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/deploy/prerequisites-sensor-version-2.md.

19 February 2026

What Is

Updated

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

19 February 2026

Zero Trust

Updated

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

19 February 2026

Alerts Xdr

Updated

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

17 February 2026

Alerts Xdr

Updated

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

17 February 2026

Whats New

Updated

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

17 February 2026

Whats New

Updated

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

17 February 2026

Dashboard

Updated

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

17 February 2026

Prerequisites Sensor Version 2

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/deploy/prerequisites-sensor-version-2.md.

17 February 2026

Remote Calls Sam

Removed

Removed Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/deploy/remote-calls-sam.md.

17 February 2026

Whats New

Updated

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

16 February 2026

Whats New

Updated

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

16 February 2026

Whats New

Updated

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

16 February 2026

Whats New

Updated

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

16 February 2026

Whats New

Updated

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

16 February 2026

Alerts Xdr

Updated

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

16 February 2026

Alerts Xdr

Updated

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

16 February 2026

Whats New

Updated

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

16 February 2026

Whats New

Updated

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

16 February 2026
6

Cloud Discovery Anonymizer

Updated

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

19 February 2026

App Governance Get Started

Updated

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

19 February 2026

Manage Admins

Updated

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

19 February 2026

Activity Filters Queries

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud-apps/activity-filters-queries.md.

19 February 2026

Attack Paths

Updated

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

19 February 2026

Governance Actions

Updated

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

19 February 2026
2

Api Files

Updated

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

18 February 2026

Api Files

Updated

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

18 February 2026
1

Content Inspection

Updated

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

19 February 2026
2

Fixed Reported Inaccuracies

Updated

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

20 February 2026

Fixed Reported Inaccuracies

Updated

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

20 February 2026
1

Fixed Reported Inaccuracies

Updated

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

18 February 2026
3

Whats New

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in unified-secops-platform/whats-new.md.

19 February 2026

Mto Distribution Profiles

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in unified-secops-platform/mto-distribution-profiles.md.

19 February 2026