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Defender unified role-based access control

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Defender · Official Microsoft guidanceObserved changes retained

Observed content change

8 removed passages (about 50 words). The changed wording mentions prerequisites. Review the source to confirm the effect.

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Requirement wording
RemovedMicrosoft Defender unified role-based access control (RBAC)
[removed: Note]
RemovedMicrosoft Defender unified role-based access control (RBAC)
[removed: Access to this page requires authorization. You can try signing in or changing directories.]
RemovedMicrosoft Defender unified role-based access control (RBAC)
[removed: Access to this page requires authorization. You can try changing directories.]
RemovedFeedback
[removed: Was this page helpful?]
RemovedFeedback
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Short quotes of Microsoft's changed wording from Microsoft source, © Microsoft Corporation. Read the page for the full text.

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Sections to inspect

Up to 12 section headings from retained before/after evidence. The current source may have changed again.

Why this was flagged

The changed words, with a few words around them, matched these rule categories: prerequisites. These matches identify subjects to assess; they do not establish a policy change or applicability.

Observation details · observed 12 Oct 23:53 UTC
Observed by ChangeIntel
12 Oct 23:53 UTC
Source update metadata
10 Sep 23:55 UTC
First observed on this installation
8 Oct 23:13 UTC
Last successful check
today 19:13 UTC
Next check due
21 Oct 01:13 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.

This is an earlier observation; review the latest in My radar.

Timeline

From the capture of 12 Oct 23:53 UTC · an earlier observation
  1. 2 months agomonth windowstarting

Requirements, exceptions and scope

Extracted automatically from Microsoft's wording. Confirm dates, conditions and whether they apply to you in the source before acting; a month or quarter is a window, not a day.

Observed history and review priority

Captured 12 Oct 23:53 UTC; extracted 16 Oct 16:10 UTC. Extractor: microsoft-1/9/fc65ebeb286710c0a830833db8a7e5de7e266b79981fe9c7c34479be9369ad3c.

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 · 3

Compact evidence remains available after full document bodies expire. Earlier extractions can have different vocabulary or capture limitations.

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

Retained observations

  • 18 Oct 23:50 UTC

    1 new passage (12 words), 1 edited passage (20 words changed). The changed wording mentions permissions, supported platforms. Review the source to confirm the effect.

  • 12 Oct 23:53 UTC · shown above
  • 8 Oct 23:13 UTC

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

What changed

First observed 18 Oct 2026

No field changes in the recorded history.

Cite this recorded revision to keep the same title, summary, facts and links when the page changes.

A day selects the latest observation by the end of that UTC day; today's selection can change until midnight. History starts when this installation records it.

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Sources read 20 Oct 22:55 UTC · 258 of 260 readable · 256 fully read · documentation 416/439 current