CIA Brief 20250125

Microsoft 365 Copilot l SharePoint agents –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4T7_9t0u0I

AI at Work: What Are AI Agents, and How Do They Help Businesses? –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/ai-at-work-what-are-agents-how-do-they-help-businesses

Announcing Public Preview: New STIX Objects in Microsoft Sentinel –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsentinelblog/announcing-public-preview-new-stix-objects-in-microsoft-sentinel/4369164

Microsoft Copilot Studio 2025 Release Wave 1 Release Highlights –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2KQOxTfCuQ

Get greater visibility with aggregated reporting of endpoint telemetry signals –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftdefenderatpblog/get-greater-visibility-with-aggregated-reporting-of-endpoint-telemetry-signals/4366712

Microsoft Teams, a year in review: AI-powered customization and upgraded presentations –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/microsoft-teams-a-year-in-review-ai-powered-customization-and-upgraded-presentat/4366634

Improve SecOps collaboration with case management –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsentinelblog/improve-secops-collaboration-with-case-management/4369044

Announcing mandatory multifactor authentication for the Microsoft 365 admin center –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365businessblog/announcing-mandatory-multifactor-authentication-for-the-microsoft-365-admin-cent/4369645

Overview of Microsoft 365 for business setup –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK2YrZTKYEc

New Identity Secure Score recommendations in General Availability –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/identity/new-identity-secure-score-recommendations-in-general-availability/4369133

Disabling Immersive Reader for protected documents in Word for the web –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/disabling-immersive-reader-for-protected-documents-in-word-for-the-web/4366651

Microsoft and OpenAI evolve partnership to drive the next phase of AI –

https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/01/21/microsoft-and-openai-evolve-partnership-to-drive-the-next-phase-of-ai/

Windows 11 Security Book –

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/book/

Enhancing Security with Entra PIM and Conditional Access Policy using Authentication Context –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/coreinfrastructureandsecurityblog/enhancing-security-with-entra-pim-and-conditional-access-policy-using-authentica/4368002

Australian Super turns on Security Copilot –

https://www.itnews.com.au/news/australiansuper-turns-on-security-copilot-613914

Hunt for identity-based threats with Security Copilot and Microsoft Sentinel –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/securitycopilotblog/hunt-for-identity-based-threats-with-security-copilot-and-microsoft-sentinel/4366739

Microsoft Teams, a year in review: AI-powered customization and upgraded presentations –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/microsoft-teams-a-year-in-review-ai-powered-customization-and-upgraded-presentat/4366634

After hours

The Coming Wave animation – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ReMavRec7U

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