277 questions with Microsoft Security | Microsoft Defender | Microsoft Defender for Identity tags
Security Recommendations for LAPS are outdated
These recommendations in the Microsoft Secure Score seems to be ignoring the new Windows LAPS and looking at the old LAPS. When we changed over to the Windows LAPS, these recommendations started getting flagged. I thought Microsoft would eventually…
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Defender | Microsoft Defender for Identity
Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | Other
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
Why defender is not correlating the Entra ID protection alerts?
Hi Team, In my environment, Entra ID Protection is generating multiple alerts even when the user, IP address, and sign-in events are the same and occur within seconds. These alerts are forwarded to Microsoft Defender, but they are not being correlated,…
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Defender | Microsoft Defender for Identity
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Entra | Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Sentinel
Issue with Attack Simulator - Not all targeted users showing up
Hello, I'm currently experiencing issues with the Attack Simulator. I'm running a phishing simulation, and I've selected the "Include all users in my organization" option, which should total to 193 users. However, the pages are only adding up…
Microsoft 365 and Office | Install, redeem, activate | For business | Windows
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Defender | Microsoft Defender for Identity
Defender for Identity - Directory Services Advanced Auditing is not enabled
Hi Everyone, We have followed the following guide from Microsoft in regards to enabling "advanced auditing" for Defender for Identity: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-for-identity/configure-windows-event-collection However, we keep…
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | Directory services | Active Directory
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Defender | Microsoft Defender for Identity
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
Duplicated Defender AAD Identity Protection alerts due to different sign-in request ID in milliseconds
Hi, We are seeking some advise regarding the duplication alerts in our defender portal. Any help is greatly appreciated. Subject: Duplicated Defender AAD Identity Protection Alerts Due to Different Sign-In Request IDs in Milliseconds Alert Name:…
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | Directory services | Active Directory
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Defender | Microsoft Defender for Identity
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Entra | Microsoft Entra ID
Privacy protection VPN option is not visible on my Microsoft defender
Privacy protection VPN option is not visible on my Microsoft defender. Earlier I was used now it's not visible, I have 365 personal plan
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Defender | Microsoft Defender for Identity
How can I investigate risky sign in's to determine if an account is actually compromised?
I am trying to determine why some user sign in's are flagged as risky. When I check the IP address that was associated with the sign in, most of the time it is from a GTHost server. Our users are mostly using iPhones and trying to log into the…
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Defender | Microsoft Defender for Identity
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Entra | Microsoft Entra ID
Auto scan usb Windows 11
In Intune, devices, configurations - I have in place this policy with NO conflict and no scanning happens at all when I insert a usb device (I check event viewer) Enable Automatic Scanning of Removable Media Allow Archive Scanning Allow Behavior…
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Defender | Microsoft Defender for Identity
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
Microsoft Security | Intune | Other
How do I disable Weak Cipher on Private Endpoint
Hello Our internal vulnerabilities picked up weak cipher vulnerabilities on the private endpoints. I have been searching everywhere for solution to disable the weak cipher. Please help
Windows for business | Windows 365 Enterprise
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Defender | Microsoft Defender for Identity
Where do I manage old audit activity alerts?
I have an activity alert setup for an ACCOUNT A and was later changed for ACCOUNT B but we still receive alert for ACCOUNT A. I have checked everywhere and there is no alert setup for account A How can I find it? Tried Powershell too but not much…
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Defender | Microsoft Defender for Identity
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Purview
When a Computer slows down?
Need to know what questions are important to solve a problem of a slow down computer with windows 10
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | Networking | Network connectivity and file sharing
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | Devices and deployment | Configure application groups
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Defender | Microsoft Defender for Identity
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
Azure ATP sensor issue -DC not visible under the security portal
Hi,we have installed the Azure ATP sensor on 33 DC's. But one DC's sensor status was unhealthy. To resolve this, we have cleared the DC entry from security portal and again re-install the ATP but unfortunately this time the affected DCS is visible in…
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Defender | Microsoft Defender for Cloud
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API to get Microsoft Defender Campaigns
Is there a way to get the Campaigns data inside the Microsoft Defender Portal using an API?
Microsoft 365 and Office | Install, redeem, activate | For business | Windows
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We received reports from our users that our URL is unsafe, but they are safe.
Hi there, I am trying to contact Microsoft Defender support, but I am experiencing difficulties getting in contact with anyone. I am writing regarding false positive alerts that our users are receiving from Microsoft Defender concerning our legitimate…
Microsoft 365 and Office | Install, redeem, activate | For business | Windows
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Defender | Microsoft Defender for Identity
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Defender | Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
Whats goin on?
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Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | Devices and deployment | Configure application groups
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Defender | Microsoft Defender for Identity
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Authenticator
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MDE managed devices
Hi! It is possible to manage Windows Servers with Defender for Endpoint and Intune. After setup, the Windows Server device appears in Intune. But can Devices > Configuration > Policies be deployed to it, or only policies under the Endpoint…
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Defender | Microsoft Defender for Cloud
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Microsoft Security | Intune | Other
Windows Defender Definition Updates folder taking 256 GB of space and not able to delete the files
Windows Defender Definition Updates folder taking 256 GB of space and no free space left on C drive. Tried deleting the files but not able to do it. We are using Sophos Antivirus.
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Defender | Microsoft Defender for Identity
Windows Defender Phishing Email Submission and Remediation
Hi, I have a question. We use gmail in my organization for email and Knowbe4 for phishing email submission and remediation. We have microsoft 365 licenses for all staff members. My organization is thinking of getting rid of Knowbe4 but I was wondering if…
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Defender | Microsoft Defender for Identity
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Defender | Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
I removed defender and now I can't download files in Edge.
After configuring the windows defender, windows defender apt, and windows defender smartscreen processes not to start by removing the execute permissions on the corresponding exe files, I am unable to download files in Edge. When I try to download the…
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Defender | Microsoft Defender for Identity
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
Microsoft Edge | Microsoft Edge development

MS Defender web protection / SmartScreen for Google Chrome and Firefox
Hi. We have our CE+ assessment in a few weeks. In our CE basic, we provided information about our browsers Edge, Google Chrome and Firefox they have MS Defender / SmartScreen options enabled for malicious sites and downloads. Unfortunately, MS Defender…