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What is Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps?
1+ week, 6+ day ago (203+ words) 4sysops - The online community for sys and AI ops Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps was originally introduced as Microsoft Cloud App Security (MCAS), a CASB service later rebranded and integrated into the broader Microsoft Defender suite as Microsoft Defender for Cloud…...
New SMTP DANE and MTA-STS connector modes in Exchange Online
1+ week, 6+ day ago (726+ words) 4sysops - The online community for sys and AI ops SMTP DANE and MTA-STS modes in Exchange Online Standards specify that SMTP DANE is the stronger mechanism. If both DANE and MTA-STS are present for a destination, a valid DANE validation takes…...
New in Microsoft Defender: AI-powered triage agents, new dashboard, automated hardening, voice call monitoring in Teams
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (762+ words) 4sysops - The online community for sys and AI ops Microsoft added a "coverage and maturity" page with four tiers'Connected, Protected, Fortified, and Resilient'though the criteria for each tier remain unpublished. The identity inventory now separates human accounts from service accounts, application…...
Using Open ID Connect (OIDC) for external MFA in Entra ID
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (615+ words) 4sysops - The online community for sys and AI ops Some businesses need third-party MFA providers so they can use one consistent, often more specialized or regulated, strong authentication system across many different (Microsoft and non-Microsoft) apps and systems. Open ID Connect…...
Permanently delete emails in Exchange Online with Priority Cleanup V2
2+ week, 1+ day ago (979+ words) 4sysops - The online community for sys and AI ops Traditional deletion methods cannot remove content protected by retention policies or e Discovery holds. Compliance search purges soft-delete items from the user view but leaves them discoverable in searches. Priority Cleanup performs…...
What are MCP extensions?
2+ week, 1+ day ago (528+ words) 4sysops - The online community for sys and AI ops The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard that enables AI applications to connect consistently to external tools, data sources, and systems. It defines how an AI "host" and MCP servers…...
Microsoft Sentinel introduces AI-powered automation and delegated access at RSAC 2026
2+ week, 2+ day ago (976+ words) 4sysops - The online community for sys and AI ops Microsoft Sentinel playbooks are automated workflows that apply predefined response procedures to alerts and incidents. These workflows use data from connected sources such as Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Azure logs, and security devices,…...
VS Code 1. 112 and 1. 113: weekly releases, integrated browser debugging, Copilot CLI agent permissions, MCP server sandboxing " 4sysops
2+ week, 3+ day ago (606+ words) 4sysops - The online community for sys and AI ops The integrated browser now maintains its own zoom level, tracked separately from VS Code's interface zoom and remembered per site. A right-click context menu provides standard browser actions (Copy, Paste, Open in…...
Microsoft 365 Backup: delegate administration, configure billing policies
2+ week, 3+ day ago (786+ words) 4sysops - The online community for sys and AI ops With departmental billing, you can break down backup costs by Azure subscription, limit backup management to specific departmental administrators, and prevent unauthorized backup charges from other departments. The feature implements RBAC to…...
Power Shell 7. 6: new features, install, and upgrade
2+ week, 6+ day ago (969+ words) 4sysops - The online community for sys and AI ops Power Shell 7. 6 includes updated versions of three built-in modules that ship with Power Shell. The most significant update affects PSRead Line v2. 4. 5, which controls how you interact with the Power Shell command line....