Guidance changes

Observed changes to selected Microsoft guidance. Review in My radar · Timelines and exceptions

Summaries identify wording to review. “May need admin action” is reserved for dates, prerequisites, endpoints, permissions and defaults; a match does not confirm a policy change or availability in your environment.

How this works

Checks start a history on this installation. Observation time is not Microsoft's edit time, and edits made before collection or reverted between checks are unknown. History is limited to 20 source revisions per page.

Where a page's source is in a public Microsoft documentation repository on GitHub, its page also lists Microsoft's commits, and a change shows Microsoft's newest commit message between the two checks. That commit is the likeliest explanation, not a confirmed one: several commits can land between checks, shared include files change pages too, and commit dates are when the source changed, which can precede publication.

Changes sharing a sole source-commit candidate fold together. Other busy days fold by UTC observation date; they do not imply one upstream edit. Expand an entry to read every page. Article references show literal targets and labels, including relative addresses; image bytes are not captured or compared.

Where Microsoft publishes a page's source under an open license (CC BY 4.0, or MIT for Entra), a change shows the changed passages in Microsoft's wording, with removed and added words marked. Other pages show short quotes of the changed words only. Full document copies are not published here.

Documentation discovery

440 curated addresses seed monitoring. 29 discovered addresses are currently selected, within the configured limit of 80 discovered documents.

Inventory backfill is enabled. Repository history is enabled where a validated public source is available. These channels have separate request budgets and do not establish a complete repository or documentation archive.

Inventories completed: 22
Inventories pending: 2
Discovered candidates: 44
Selected discoveries: 29
Run state: ReadFailure
Last successful inventory read: 20 Oct 2026

Discovering an older entry today does not make it a new Microsoft announcement. New explicit KB aliases share a selection identity. Previously attempted alias addresses remain available with their own histories.

Baseline security mode settingsSharePoint · found through an approved public inventory
New-SPOSiteSharePoint · found through an approved public inventory
Set-SPOTenantSharePoint · found through an approved public inventory
PropertyBag Element (Property Bag)SharePoint · found through an approved public inventory
Overview of the SharePoint FrameworkSharePoint · found through an approved public inventory
Security considerations of allowing custom scriptSharePoint · found through an approved public inventory
About the SharePoint Administrator role in Microsoft 365SharePoint · found through an approved public inventory
KB5008383—Active Directory permissions updates (CVE-2021-42291)Windows · found through an approved public inventory
KB5014754: Certificate-based authentication changes on Windows domain controllersWindows · found through an approved public inventory
Secure Boot DB and DBX variable update eventsWindows Server · found through an approved public inventory
KB5020805: How to manage Kerberos protocol changes related to CVE-2022-37967Windows · found through an approved public inventory
KB5021130: How to manage the Netlogon protocol changes related to CVE-2022-38023Windows · found through an approved public inventory
KB5021131: How to manage the Kerberos protocol changes related to CVE-2022-37966Windows Server · found through an approved public inventory
How to manage the Windows Boot Manager revocations for Secure Boot changes associated with CVE-2023-24932Windows · found through an approved public inventory
Secure Boot DB and DBX variable update eventsWindows Server · found through an approved public inventory
A Closer Look at the High Confidence DatabaseWindows Server · found through an approved public inventory
Windows 10 support has ended on October 14, 2025Windows Server · found through an approved public inventory
Protections for CVE-2025-26647 (Kerberos Authentication)Windows · found through an approved public inventory
How to manage PAC Validation changes related to CVE-2024-26248 and CVE-2024-29056Windows · found through an approved public inventory
KB5020805: How to manage Kerberos protocol changes related to CVE-2022-37967Windows Server · found through an approved public inventory
Overview of NTLM auditing enhancements in Windows 11, version 24H2, Windows Server 2019, and later versionsWindows · found through an approved public inventory
KB5021131: How to manage the Kerberos protocol changes related to CVE-2022-37966Windows Server · found through an approved public inventory
How to back up and restore the registry in WindowsWindows Server · found through an approved public inventory
KB5014754: Certificate-based authentication changes on Windows domain controllersWindows Server · found through an approved public inventory
KB5014754: Certificate-based authentication changes on Windows domain controllersWindows Server · found through an approved public inventory
Recovery DriveWindows · found through an approved public inventory
Find your BitLocker recovery keyWindows · found through an approved public inventory
Support tip: Implementing strong mapping in Microsoft Intune certificatesWindows Server · found through an approved public inventory
Enable strong name-based mapping in government scenariosMicrosoft 365 Apps · found through an approved public inventory

Review public inventory candidates

14 of 14 configured Learn inventories retained

5801 listed pages are outside the current monitored selection. These are curation candidates, not captured documents or newly published changes. Failed inventory reads retain the last accepted list; collection health is on Sources.

To monitor a reviewed page, add its full URL, product and title to PublicDocumentation:AdditionalPages. Up to 50 additions share the existing request, document and retention limits. This page never activates collection.

Hunt for ransomwareDefender · defender-xdr · last accepted inventory 12 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-xdr/advanced-hunting-find-ransomware
Hunt using hunting graphDefender · defender-xdr · last accepted inventory 12 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-xdr/advanced-hunting-graph
Hunting overviewDefender · defender-xdr · last accepted inventory 12 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-xdr/hunting-overview
IdentityDefender · defender-xdr · last accepted inventory 12 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-xdr/investigate-users
Identity security initiative (preview)Defender · defender-xdr · last accepted inventory 12 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-for-identity/identity-security-initiative
Identity Security overviewDefender · defender-xdr · last accepted inventory 12 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-xdr/identity-security/identity-security-overview
IdentityAccountInfoDefender · defender-xdr · last accepted inventory 12 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-xdr/advanced-hunting-identityaccountinfo-table
IdentityDirectoryEventsDefender · defender-xdr · last accepted inventory 12 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-xdr/advanced-hunting-identitydirectoryevents-table
IdentityEventsDefender · defender-xdr · last accepted inventory 12 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-xdr/advanced-hunting-identityevents-table
IdentityInfoDefender · defender-xdr · last accepted inventory 12 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-xdr/advanced-hunting-identityinfo-table
IdentityLogonEventsDefender · defender-xdr · last accepted inventory 12 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-xdr/advanced-hunting-identitylogonevents-table
IdentityQueryEventsDefender · defender-xdr · last accepted inventory 12 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-xdr/advanced-hunting-identityqueryevents-table
Import IndicatorDefender · defender-endpoint · last accepted inventory 13 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-endpoint/api/import-ti-indicators
Import rolesDefender · defender-xdr · last accepted inventory 12 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-xdr/import-rbac-roles
Import, export, and deploy exploit protection configurationsDefender · defender-endpoint · last accepted inventory 13 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-endpoint/import-export-exploit-protection-emet-xml
Important considerationsDefender · defender-xdr · last accepted inventory 12 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-xdr/defender-experts/defender-experts-mdr-considerations
Incident response playbooksDefender · defender-xdr · last accepted inventory 12 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security/operations/incident-response-playbooks
Incidents methods and propertiesDefender · defender-xdr · last accepted inventory 12 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-xdr/api-incident
Increase compliance with the security baselineDefender · defender-endpoint · last accepted inventory 13 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-endpoint/configure-machines-security-baseline
Indicators propertiesDefender · defender-endpoint · last accepted inventory 13 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-endpoint/api/ti-indicator
Industry testsDefender · defender-xdr · last accepted inventory 12 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-xdr/top-scoring-industry-tests
Installer script based deploymentDefender · defender-endpoint · last accepted inventory 13 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-endpoint/linux-installer-script
Integrate your SIEM tools with Microsoft Defender XDRDefender · defender-xdr · last accepted inventory 12 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-xdr/configure-siem-defender
Integration with Microsoft Defender for CloudDefender · defender-endpoint · last accepted inventory 13 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-endpoint/azure-server-integration
Intel explorerDefender · defender-xdr · last accepted inventory 12 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-xdr/threat-intelligence-explorer
Intune and Microsoft UpdateDefender · defender-endpoint · last accepted inventory 13 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-endpoint/microsoft-defender-antivirus-ring-deployment-intune-microsoft-update
Investigate a non-human identityDefender · defender-xdr · last accepted inventory 12 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-xdr/investigate-non-human-identities
Investigate a user accountDefender · defender-endpoint · last accepted inventory 13 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-endpoint/investigate-user
Investigate agent health issuesDefender · defender-endpoint · last accepted inventory 13 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-endpoint/health-status
Investigate alertsDefender · defender-endpoint · last accepted inventory 13 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-endpoint/investigate-alerts
Investigate an Active Directory domainDefender · defender-xdr · last accepted inventory 12 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-for-identity/investigate-domain
Investigate an IP addressDefender · defender-endpoint · last accepted inventory 13 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-endpoint/investigate-ip
Investigate and respond to container threatsDefender · defender-xdr · last accepted inventory 12 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-xdr/investigate-respond-container-threats
Investigate and respond to threatsDefender · defender-xdr · last accepted inventory 12 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-xdr/pilot-deploy-investigate-respond
Investigate connection events that occur behind forward proxiesDefender · defender-endpoint · last accepted inventory 13 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-endpoint/investigate-behind-proxy
Investigate data loss prevention alerts with Microsoft Defender XDRDefender · defender-xdr · last accepted inventory 12 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-xdr/dlp-investigate-alerts-defender
Investigate data loss prevention alerts with Microsoft SentinelDefender · defender-xdr · last accepted inventory 12 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-xdr/dlp-investigate-alerts-sentinel
Investigate devicesDefender · defender-endpoint · last accepted inventory 13 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-endpoint/investigate-machines
Investigate entities on devicesDefender · defender-endpoint · last accepted inventory 13 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-endpoint/live-response
Investigate filesDefender · defender-endpoint · last accepted inventory 13 Nov 2026https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-endpoint/investigate-files