Planning Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

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This unit will guide you to use Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps. By using Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, you can enjoy the advantages of cloud applications while retaining control over your corporate resources. The tool enhances visibility into cloud activities and increases corporate data protection. This unit will guide you through setting up and using Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps.

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Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps (previously known as Microsoft Cloud App Security) is now part of Microsoft Defender XDR. The Microsoft Defender portal allows security admins to perform their security tasks in one location. This will simplify workflows, and add the functionality of the other Microsoft Defender XDR services. Microsoft Defender XDR will be the home for monitoring and managing security across your Microsoft identities, data, devices, apps, and infrastructure. For more information about these changes, see Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps in Microsoft Defender XDR.

Prerequisites

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Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps is a security tool and therefore doesn't require Office 365 productivity suite licenses.

  • In order for your organization to be in compliance for licensing Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, you must obtain a license for every user protected by Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps.
  • After you have a license for Defender for Cloud Apps, you'll receive an email with activation information and a link to the Defender for Cloud Apps portal.
  • To set up Defender for Cloud Apps, you must be a Global Administrator or a Security Administrator in Microsoft Entra ID or Office 365. It's important to understand that a user who is assigned an admin role will have the same permissions across all of the cloud apps that your organization has subscribed to. This is regardless of whether you assign the role in the Microsoft 365 admin center, or in the Azure classic portal, or by using the Azure AD module for Windows PowerShell.
  • To run the Defender for Cloud Apps portal, use Microsoft Edge (latest), Google Chrome (latest), Mozilla Firefox (latest), or Apple Safari (latest).