The January 2024 security update is now available for Windows 11 and all supported versions of Windows 10. We recommend that you install these updates promptly. For more information about the contents of this update, see the release notes, which are easily accessible from the Windows 11 and Windows 10 update history pages. To learn more about the different types … […]

Previously, admins could not change the retention period set on existing labels configured to start retention from when items were labeled. This feature will remove this restriction, and the resulting behavior will be consistent with other retention label types.   When this will happen: Rollout will begin in mid-January 2024 and is expected to be complete … […]

This capability allows the admin with view-only restricted permissions to view the Data Loss Prevention and Information Protection policy configuration details without editing the policies or label configurations. When this will happen: Microsoft will begin rolling out in late December 2023 and complete by early February 2024. How this will affect your organization: 1. Assign … […]

Microsoft Defender Antivirus on Windows 10 and Windows 11 will be shipping with a new service: When this will happen: Microsoft will roll out to all rings (Current Channel (Preview), Current Channel (Staged) and Current Channel (Broad)) during the week of March 11th, 2024. How this will affect your organization: To enhance your endpoint security … […]

The Activity-Based Authentication Timeout for Outlook on the web will be replaced by Idle Session Timeout for Microsoft 365. When this will happen: Microsoft expect to complete by mid-February 2024. How this affects your organization: At the end of 2023, we will be ending support for Activity-Based Authentication Timeout, at that point all organizations who … […]

Exchange online protection (EOP)/ Defender for Office 365 (MDO) customers who want to send phishing simulation emails, need to configure advance delivery policy for optimal behavior. This policy will ensure that emails that match your conditions are delivered unfiltered to the Inbox and that safe links time of click protection and post-delivery actions are disabled. … […]

Microsoft is updating Microsoft Secure Score improvement actions to ensure a more accurate representation of security posture. The improvement actions listed below will be added to Microsoft Secure Score. Your score will be updated accordingly. When this will happen: This is expected to be complete by late January 2024. How this will affect your organization: … […]

Currently available in preview, Microsoft is rolling out a new action for Data Loss Prevention in Exchange Online called “Deliver the message to the hosted quarantine”.  When this will happen: Rollout is expected to be complete by late November 2023. How this will affect your organization: Previously while managing messages delivered to hosted quarantine, admins … […]

During FIDO2 security key registration, Microsoft Entra ID users may see an operating system or browser-generated prompt for creating a passkey on another device, such as a phone or tablet. In some cases, a QR code is shown to facilitate this option. When this happens, the user needs to select “Use a different device” to … […]

Previously, admins could not change the retention period set on existing labels configured to start retention from when items were labeled. This feature will remove this restriction, and the resulting behavior will be consistent with other retention label types.   When this will happen: Rollout will begin in late December 2023 (previously late November) and is … […]