CIA Brief 240219

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CIA Brief 240210

Microsoft plans to add Copilot support to OneDrive on the web in May –

https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-plans-to-add-copilot-support-to-onedrive-on-the-web-in-may/

Become a Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management Ninja –

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/defender-vulnerability-management/defender-vulnerability-management?view=o365-worldwide

Deep Dive of Microsoft-managed Conditional Access Policies in Microsoft Entra ID –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/small-and-medium-business-blog/deep-dive-of-microsoft-managed-conditional-access-policies-in/ba-p/4051865

Microsoft Copilot for Security provides immediate impact for the Microsoft Defender Experts team –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/02/08/microsoft-copilot-for-security-provides-immediate-impact-for-the-microsoft-defender-experts-team/

Network Analytics available now in Viva Engage –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/viva-engage-blog/network-analytics-available-now-in-viva-engage/ba-p/4030771

Microsoft Create: 6 practical ways to use ChatGPT –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PYWxbju3RY

Microsoft Copilot for Security provides immediate impact for the Microsoft Defender Experts team –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/02/08/microsoft-copilot-for-security-provides-immediate-impact-for-the-microsoft-defender-experts-team/

Script analysis in Microsoft Copilot for Security –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrkF2ZWqer8

Empowering employees with generative AI at their fingertips –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/microsoft-in-business/era-of-ai/2024/02/06/empowering-employees-with-generative-ai-at-their-fingertips/

Power Platform 2024 Release Wave 1 Release Highlights –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbA9rBw2YsQ

Delivering Copilot for everyone –

https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2024/02/07/delivering-copilot-for-everyone/

Latest Defender EASM Features Increase Visibility and Enhance Querying for Faster Remediation –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-external/latest-defender-easm-features-increase-visibility-and-enhance/ba-p/4037760

Iran accelerates cyber ops against Israel from chaotic start –

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2024/02/06/iran-accelerates-cyber-ops-against-israel/

A leadership view on deploying Co-pilot for security –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGd74t9jbLQ

Vulnerabilities assessments in Microsoft Security for Copilot –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw3Lrio9-iU

Microsoft Game Day Commercial | Copilot: Your everyday AI companion –

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

Face Check with Microsoft Entra Verified ID: A better way to verify –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzmfCJ1zHcY

Copilot for Microsoft 365 capabilities now available in the Windows desktop –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/copilot-for-microsoft-365/copilot-for-microsoft-365-capabilities-now-available-in-the/ba-p/4049286

Support tip: Improving the efficiency of dynamic group processing with Microsoft Entra ID and Intune –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/intune-customer-success/support-tip-improving-the-efficiency-of-dynamic-group-processing/ba-p/4049394

After hours

2020 Super Bowl Extended Bill Murray Jeep Commercial –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3qH4TKLP0c

(given it is the 30th anniversary after all!)

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CIA Brief 240203

Microsoft Create: How to use ChatGPT to plan a vacation –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT3IkaftZME

Monthly Microsoft Security news – February 2024 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-xdr-blog/monthly-news-february-2024/ba-p/4046948

Easily control audio and video settings in Teams meetings –

https://insider.microsoft365.com/en-us/blog/easily-control-audio-and-video-settings-in-teams-meetings

Microsoft Intune Tunnel for Mobile Application Management –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s_tBW_XQu0

Microsoft Endpoint Privilege Management –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3X2JGdXqDE

Microsoft Cloud PKI –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJfL55viYjg

Microsoft Intune Suite – beyond endpoint management in 2024 –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLcX9-uXlKY

How Microsoft 365 Delivers Trustworthy AI –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/copilot-for-microsoft-365/how-microsoft-365-delivers-trustworthy-ai/ba-p/4045596

3 new ways the Microsoft Intune Suite offers security, simplification, and savings –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/02/01/3-new-ways-the-microsoft-intune-suite-offers-security-simplification-and-savings/

Midnight Blizzard: Guidance for responders on nation-state attack –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/01/25/midnight-blizzard-guidance-for-responders-on-nation-state-attack/

Unlock the Power of Video at Work and School: 6 Features to Use in Microsoft Stream –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-stream-blog/unlock-the-power-of-video-at-work-and-school-6-features-to-use/ba-p/4043899

Power Platform January 2024 Newsletter –

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/january-2024-newsletter-microsoft-power-platform-community-uy5rc/

Easily Manage Privileged Role Assignments in Microsoft Entra ID Using Audit Logs –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-entra-blog/easily-manage-privileged-role-assignments-in-microsoft-entra-id/ba-p/4013854

Microsoft Teams available on Apple Vision Pro on February 2 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/microsoft-teams-available-on-apple-vision-pro-on-february-2/ba-p/4042499

Microsoft earnings beat across the board as cloud, AI drive momentum –

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/technology/microsoft-earnings-beat-across-the-board-as-cloud-ai-drive-momentum/ar-BB1hvri9?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=e176344ba388468f9bc7ad3509af872d&ei=13

Make meetings more fun and personal with Decorate your background –

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

Introducing More Granular Certificate-Based Authentication Configuration in Conditional Access –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-entra-blog/introducing-more-granular-certificate-based-authentication/ba-p/2365668

Create an org wide team –

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

Microsoft Incident Response Retainer Overview –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q-j0gq33Fg

After hours

Vision Pro Review: 24 Hours With Apple’s Mixed-Reality Headset –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xI10SFgzQ8

Editorial

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CIA Brief 240127

Sulava improves productivity and reaches more customers with Teams Premium –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYsKMnt9U8U

What’s new in Microsoft Intune January 2024 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-intune-blog/what-s-new-in-microsoft-intune-january-2024/ba-p/4036593

How to join immersive spaces –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN83rjhd-3g

Bring virtual connections to life with Microsoft Mesh, now generally available in Microsoft Teams –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2024/01/24/bring-virtual-connections-to-life-with-microsoft-mesh-now-generally-available-in-microsoft-teams/

Meet your AI assistant for education: Microsoft Copilot –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5z6t9gSO4E

What’s new in the Microsoft 365 app on the web and for Windows –

https://insider.microsoft365.com/en-us/blog/whats-new-in-the-microsoft-365-app-december-2023

How to explore immersive spaces –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esBzumV_59Q

Easily control audio and video settings in Teams meetings –

https://insider.microsoft365.com/en-us/blog/easily-control-audio-and-video-settings-in-teams-meetings

Feature Deep Dive: Open in App –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-onedrive-blog/feature-deep-dive-open-in-app/ba-p/4034738

Microsoft Entra user and admin access controls to prepare for Copilot –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-mechanics-blog/microsoft-entra-user-and-admin-access-controls-to-prepare-for/ba-p/4034067

Vulnerable Components Inventory now in public preview –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-vulnerability/vulnerable-components-inventory-now-in-public-preview/ba-p/4035357

After hours

Why work doesn’t happen at work –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XD2kNopsUs

Editorial

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CIA Brief 240120

How to get started with AI for industry and business leaders –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-cloud/blog/2023/12/19/how-to-get-started-with-ai-for-industry-and-business-leaders/

Microsoft Entra’s Top 50 Features of 2023 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-entra-blog/microsoft-entra-s-top-50-features-of-2023/ba-p/3796392

Protect faster with Microsoft Defender XDR’s latest UX enhancements –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-xdr-blog/protect-faster-with-microsoft-defender-xdr-s-latest-ux/ba-p/4027497

Westpac transforms IT and enables secure, inclusive, flexible work with Windows 11 Enterprise and Autopatch –

https://customers.microsoft.com/en-us/story/1683252944405589807-westpac-banking-capital-markets

How AI can help you banish bad meetings –

https://news.microsoft.com/how-ai-can-help-you-banish-bad-meetings/

New Microsoft Incident Response guides help security teams analyze suspicious activity –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/01/17/new-microsoft-incident-response-guides-help-security-teams-analyze-suspicious-activity/

Introducing SharePoint Premium for Information Workers –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfkGr7Pse3A

Copilot in Viva Engage is now in Public Preview –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/viva-engage-blog/copilot-in-viva-engage-is-now-in-public-preview/ba-p/4031051

Employee quick setup –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV6ciESunUw

Building your own copilot – yes, but how? (Part 1 of 2) –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/educator-developer-blog/building-your-own-copilot-yes-but-how-part-1-of-2/ba-p/4029571

Introducing the new PowerShell Module for Microsoft Defender for Identity –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-xdr-blog/introducing-the-new-powershell-module-for-microsoft-defender-for/ba-p/4028734

Visualize Entra Sign-in Logs using an Interactive Map –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-entra-blog/visualize-entra-sign-in-logs-using-an-interactive-map/ba-p/4013853

Train your users to be more resilient against QR code phishing –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-for-office/train-your-users-to-be-more-resilient-against-qr-code-phishing/ba-p/4022667

Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/business/copilot-for-microsoft-365

Microsoft 365 Copilot video play list –

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXPr7gfUMmKxDKxah3zpG4NhhDj-2lAvc

Copilot for Microsoft 365 for small and medium businesses –

https://adoption-dev.azurewebsites.net/en-us/copilot/smb/

Bringing the full power of Copilot to more people and businesses –

https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2024/01/15/bringing-the-full-power-of-copilot-to-more-people-and-businesses/

Introducing Microsoft Copilot App –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKcyU8hh14Q

Introducing Copilot Pro: Supercharge your Creativity and Productivity –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QXS-boCQZI

Microsoft’s new Copilot Pro brings AI-powered Office features to the rest of us –

https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/15/24038711/microsoft-copilot-pro-office-ai-apps

Microsoft unlocks Copilot AI inside Office apps for all businesses –

https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/15/24038726/microsoft-copilot-microsoft-365-business-launch-availability

Introducing Automatic File and URL (Detonation) Analysis –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-threat/introducing-automatic-file-and-url-detonation-analysis/ba-p/4000489

After hours

A Guided Tour of Apple Vision Pro –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb0dG-2huJE

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CIA Brief 240113

Intune iOS/iPadOS Management In a Nutshell –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/core-infrastructure-and-security/intune-ios-ipados-management-in-a-nutshell/ba-p/4015363

Introducing SharePoint Premium for IT Admins –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnqZYx_7tZA

Make any space a smart workplace with Microsoft Teams –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io4jXTtW5B4

Introducing Automatic File and URL (Detonation) Analysis –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-threat/introducing-automatic-file-and-url-detonation-analysis/ba-p/4000489

Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/01/12/microsoft-is-named-a-leader-in-the-2023-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-endpoint-protection-platforms/

Welcome to Business Assist –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFC0TTGMaRk

Microsoft Teams, the smart workplace for your frontline workers –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdWn5ShOqo8

Microsoft briefly overtakes Apple as world’s most valuable company –

https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-overtakes-apple-worlds-most-valuable-company-2024-01-11/

New Windows 365 Boot and Switch features in public preview –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/new-windows-365-boot-and-switch-features-in-public-preview/ba-p/4027398

Experience Defender Experts above the fold –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-security-experts-blog/experience-defender-experts-above-the-fold/ba-p/4026320

Monthly news – January 2024 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-xdr-blog/monthly-news-january-2024/ba-p/4025630

SharePoint Premium and Content Management: 2023 in Review and What’s Next in 2024 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/sharepoint-premium-blog/sharepoint-premium-and-content-management-2023-in-review-and/ba-p/4024391

Microsoft 365 Admin Monthly Digest – Jan 2024 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-blog/microsoft-365-admin-monthly-digest-jan-2024/ba-p/4024956

Become a Microsoft Unified SOC Platform Ninja –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-sentinel-blog/become-a-microsoft-unified-soc-platform-ninja/ba-p/4014565

Microsoft, Palo Alto and other security leaders make 2024 AI security predictions –

https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/feature/microsoft-palo-alto-and-other-security-leaders-make-2024-ai-security-predictions/2024/01/

How Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 works –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJsf0Tpz0ho&list=PLXtHYVsvn_b_t2dNsM86jUHpzlL0RlCF8

Onboarding Intune Managed iOS User Enrollment Devices to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/core-infrastructure-and-security/onboarding-intune-managed-ios-user-enrollment-devices-to/ba-p/4020858

Build customer relationships with Microsoft 365 for business –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtZ5hOxU3Z8

Stand out from the competition with Microsoft 365 for business –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaL1YUUQIUs

After hours

My kinda Copilot –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI_BCS-Wisk

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CIA Brief 240106

Rerun queries in query history

Microsoft Datacenter Tour: Virtual Experience

SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop: December 2023

Enabling Microsoft Syntex PAYG

Experience AI-enhanced meetings in every Teams Room

Introducing a new Copilot key to kick off the year of AI-powered Windows PCs

What’s New in Microsoft Teams | December 2023

Get organized at work with Microsoft Loop

Copilot app for iOS

Copilot app for Android

Financially motivated threat actors misusing App Installer

Overview of multi factor authentication

After hours

GoPro: Best of 2023 –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb2cX8qwCho

Editorial

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CIA Brief 231231

Financially motivated threat actors misusing App Installer –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2023/12/28/financially-motivated-threat-actors-misusing-app-installer/

Overview of multi factor authentication –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCFAoMPFq-Q

CIAOPS Need to Know podcast – Episode 311 – https://ciaops.podbean.com/e/episode-311-copilot-fatigue/

After hours

How scam call centers actually work –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrZZan7QfEo

Editorial

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