Message Center

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28 notices

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MC1479503 (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps: Permission changes for select App Governance Entra roles
Plan for change · Microsoft Defender XDR · changed 20 Oct 2026 · 2 versions seenUpdated messageFeature updateAdmin impact
MC1478465 (Updated) Security Copilot is now included as part of your Microsoft 365 E5/E7 plan
Stay informed · Microsoft Entra · Microsoft Intune · Microsoft Defender XDR · changed 19 Oct 2026 · 2 versions seenUpdated messageUser impactAdmin impact
MC1387578 (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Localized default mark and notify email template
Stay informed · Microsoft Defender XDR · changed 15 Oct 2026Updated messageNew featureUser impactAdmin impact
MC1484009 (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: New email submissions data in Advanced Hunting
Stay informed · Microsoft Defender XDR · changed 9 Oct 2026Updated messageNew featureAdmin impact
MC1490909 Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management: Private preview for selected developer package vulnerability coverage
Plan for change · Microsoft Defender XDR · changed 7 Oct 2026New featureAdmin impact
MC1490905 Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Post-delivery protection for malicious QR codes in Microsoft Teams
Stay informed · Microsoft Defender XDR · changed 7 Oct 2026Feature updateUser impactAdmin impact
MC1279093 (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Enhancing how we handle promotional mail
Plan for change · Microsoft Defender XDR · changed 2 Oct 2026Major changeUpdated messageNew featureUser impactAdmin impact
MC1481318 Microsoft Defender XDR: Detection source support in alert tuning rules
Stay informed · Microsoft Defender XDR · changed 28 Sep 2026New featureFeature updateAdmin impact
MC1478463 Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Teams user reporting enabled by default
Plan for change · Microsoft Defender XDR · changed 25 Sep 2026Major changeUser impactAdmin impact
MC1392568 Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: Support for Amazon Linux 2 (ARM64) retiring October 31, 2026
Plan for change · Microsoft Defender XDR · changed 23 Sep 2026Major changeUpdated messageUser impactAdmin impactRetirementAct by 31 Oct 2026 · in 11 days
MC1388718 Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: Update to Linux connectivity requirements with new service URLs to allowlist
Plan for change · Microsoft Defender XDR · changed 23 Sep 2026Updated messageUser impactAdmin impact
MC1478005 Microsoft Defender for Office 365: View approver details for remediation actions in Advanced Hunting
Plan for change · Microsoft Defender XDR · changed 23 Sep 2026Feature updateUser impactAdmin impact
MC1477993 Case Management in Microsoft Defender
Stay informed · Microsoft Defender XDR · changed 23 Sep 2026New featureAdmin impact
MC1476237 Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Remediation actions from the Teams message entity flyout
Stay informed · Microsoft Defender XDR · changed 21 Sep 2026Feature updateUser impactAdmin impact
MC1474106 Microsoft Defender for Office 365: New MessageContents table in Advanced Hunting for Microsoft Teams messages
Stay informed · Microsoft Defender XDR · changed 18 Sep 2026Feature updateUser impactAdmin impact
MC1466750 Microsoft Secure Score: New AI-readiness recommendations for device security
Stay informed · Microsoft Defender XDR · changed 3 Sep 2026New featureUser impactAdmin impact
MC1422060 (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Prompt injection protection for email
Plan for change · Microsoft Defender XDR · changed 2 Sep 2026Updated messageNew featureUser impactAdmin impact
MC1465771 Microsoft Defender XDR: DLP alerts will be set as behaviors by default
Plan for change · Microsoft Defender XDR · Microsoft Purview · changed 1 Sep 2026Major changeNew featureAdmin impact
MC1462464 Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps: App Governance support for the Cloud Application Administrator role is being retired
Plan for change · Microsoft Defender XDR · changed 26 Aug 2026Major changeUser impactAdmin impactRetirementAct by 25 Sep 2026 · 25d ago
MC1461705 Microsoft Defender XDR: Unified identity timeline on the Identity page
Plan for change · Microsoft Defender XDR · changed 25 Aug 2026New featureAdmin impact
MC1461704 Microsoft Defender XDR: Unified response actions across identity accounts
Plan for change · Microsoft Defender XDR · changed 25 Aug 2026New featureAdmin impact
MC1255406 (Updated) Microsoft Purview | Data Security Triage Agent Summaries for DLP Alerts in Microsoft Defender XDR
Plan for change · Microsoft Defender XDR · Microsoft Purview · changed 17 Aug 2026Major changeUpdated messageNew featureAdmin impact
MC1454382 Action required: Update Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Android App
Prevent or fix issues · Microsoft Defender XDR · changed 13 Aug 2026Admin impact
MC1446794 Microsoft Teams: Report security concerns in Teams meetings
Plan for change · Microsoft Teams · Microsoft Defender XDR · changed 5 Aug 2026New featureUser impactAdmin impact
MC1447673 Microsoft Teams: Users can report security concerns in group calls
Plan for change · Microsoft Teams · Microsoft Defender XDR · changed 5 Aug 2026New featureUser impactAdmin impact
MC1440701 MDO Encrypted email attachment protection
Plan for change · Microsoft Defender XDR · changed 27 Jul 2026New featureAdmin impact
MC1220762 (Updated) Retirement notice: MDE and XDR Advanced Hunting APIs retiring; migrate to Microsoft Graph Security API
Plan for change · Microsoft Defender XDR · changed 28 Jan 2026Major changeUpdated messageUser impactAdmin impactRetirementAct by 31 Jan 2027 · in 3 months
MC992217 (Updated) Microsoft Defender: Changes to Defender for Cloud Apps alerts
Plan for change · Microsoft Defender XDR · changed 5 Jun 2025Updated messageFeature updateAdmin impact