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Observation details · observed 23 Oct 09:22 UTC
Observed by ChangeIntel
23 Oct 09:22 UTC
Source update metadata
20 Oct 22:38 UTC
First observed on this installation
5 Oct 17:20 UTC
Last successful check
today 04:15 UTC
Next check due
today 10:15 UTC

Observation time is not publication time, and a comparison does not establish an effective date. Full source bodies are not published; this page holds generated summaries, section headings and, as the page's license allows, Microsoft's changed wording. A documentation edit does not confirm feature availability in an environment.

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Timeline

From the capture of 23 Oct 09:22 UTC
  1. September 2025
  2. October 2025
  3. November 2025 Published timing is qualified; effectiveness is not confirmed.
  4. December 2025
  5. February 2026 Published timing is qualified; effectiveness is not confirmed.
  6. March 2026
  7. April 2026
  8. May 2026
  9. AnnouncedJune 2026 Planned; nothing changes yet
  10. July 2026 Published timing is qualified; effectiveness is not confirmed.
  11. August 2026 Published timing is qualified; effectiveness is not confirmed.
  12. September 2026 Published timing is qualified; effectiveness is not confirmed.
  13. October 2026 Now:
  1. 13 months agomonth window
  2. 12 months agomonth window
    • Featurein October 2025MilestoneRequirement
  3. 11 months agomonth window
    • Featurein November 2025MilestoneRequirement1 condition
  4. 9 months agomonth window
  5. 8 months agomonth window
  6. 6 months agomonth window
  7. 5 months agomonth window
    • Featurein April 2026MilestoneRequirementScope
  8. 4 months agomonth window
    • Featurein May 2026MilestoneException
  9. 3 months agomonth windowAnnounced
    • Featurein June 2026MilestoneRequirementScope
    • Featurein April 2026MilestoneRequirementScope
  10. 2 months agomonth window
    • Featurein July 2026MilestoneRequirementScope
  11. 8 weeks agomonth window
    • Featurein August 2026MilestoneScope
  12. 3 weeks agomonth window
    • Featurein September 2026MilestoneScope
      AI-Readiness
  13. this window includes todaymonth window
    • Featurein October 2026Milestone
      Type: Feature; Feature: Vulnerability…

Settings and overrides named on this page

Registry values, policies and cmdlets the source mentions, with the dated steps that name them. Read the source for the values to set.

Requirements, exceptions and scope

  • GuidanceScope1 passage
    For recent releases of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, including build numbers, improvements, and fixes, see Microsoft Defender for Endpoint release notes.…

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How this timeline changed

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  1. New dated step Featurein October 2026seen by ChangeIntel
    October 2026
Observed history and review priority

Captured 23 Oct 09:22 UTC; extracted 23 Oct 09:22 UTC. Extractor: microsoft-1/9/d9863eb412f92fa5ec3a8ca32e2dd7cfe8095530f456ecb1866608d1166a435d.

Review priority. Previously extracted guidance is missing from a later capture · Extracted assertions require review · Applicability or exceptions require review · A published date window is near

0 date changes and 0 condition changes across 4 compared revisions. Suggested check interval: 6 hours.

Earlier unavailable versions and edits between checks are unknown. A missing statement requires review; it does not mean the policy was cancelled. Recovered historical statements are not original revision snapshots.

Retained observations · 6

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No related evidence found in this installation's recent collection. This does not establish that no announcement exists.

Retained observations

  • 23 Oct 09:22 UTC · shown above
  • 21 Oct 01:58 UTC

    1 edited passage (17 words changed). No rule matched the changed words; review the source for its effect.

  • 19 Oct 00:53 UTC

    2 new passages (about 90 words), 1 edited passage (81 words changed). The changed wording mentions dates and deadlines, supported platforms. Review the source to confirm the effect.

  • 12 Oct 19:19 UTC

    1 removed passage (14 words). The changed wording mentions network endpoints. Review the source to confirm the effect.

  • 6 Oct 17:27 UTC

    Source metadata changed; retained article content is unchanged.

  • 5 Oct 17:20 UTC

    Baseline for retained history; no earlier retained text to compare.

What changed

First observed 18 Oct 2026
  1. 19 Oct 2026 · 00:55:08 UTC Settings namedAI-Readiness, DuckDuckGo → AI-Readiness
  2. 19 Oct 2026 · 00:55:08 UTC Feature (12)October 2026
  3. 19 Oct 2026 · 00:55:08 UTC SummaryMicrosoft's guidance publishes 12 dates, from September 2025 to September 2026 (Feature). → Microsoft's guidance publishes 13 dates, from September 2025 to October 2026 (Feature).

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