CIA Brief 20250616

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AI Challenger | HEINEKEN: Tapping AI to Become the Best-Connected Brewer –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo647KQyMus

Directory Based Edge Blocking Now Available for Public Folders & Dynamic Distribution Groups –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/exchange/directory-based-edge-blocking-now-available-for-public-folders–dynamic-distribu/4421006

Stay in the flow with Microsoft 365 Companion apps –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/stay-in-the-flow-with-microsoft-365-companion-apps/4419809

Cross-border collaboration: International law enforcement and Microsoft dismantle transnational scam network targeting older adults –

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2025/06/05/microsoft-dismantle-transnational-scam/

Leveling up your Microsoft Store on Windows experience –

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2025/06/05/leveling-up-your-microsoft-store-on-windows-experience/

Microsoft Intune: Why Constant Verification Means Better Security –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYZh9NEXGGo

Expanding the Identity perimeter: the rise of non-human identities –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftthreatprotectionblog/expanding-the-identity-perimeter-the-rise-of-non-human-identities/4418953

Putting the “Identity” in Identity Threat Detection and Response with Microsoft Entra ID –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/putting-the-%E2%80%9Cidentity%E2%80%9D-in-identity-threat-detection-and-response-with-microsoft-/4418863

How Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is redefining endpoint security –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/06/03/how-microsoft-defender-for-endpoint-is-redefining-endpoint-security/

After hours

Engineers vs Almost Impossible Tasks – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBfK04-QPpg

Editorial

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Creating Microsoft Sentinel automations and workbooks in Microsoft Defender –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lc0T_hPTug4

Alert correlation in Microsoft Defender –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIIxN1dMJTc

Incident investigation in Microsoft Defender –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnZBVm8ZGsY

Microsoft Scenario Library –

https://adoption.microsoft.com/en-us/scenario-library/

Defending against evolving identity attack techniques –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/05/29/defending-against-evolving-identity-attack-techniques/

Check out the latest security skill-building resources on Microsoft Learn –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/check-out-the-latest-security-skill-building-resources-on-microsoft-learn/4418018

What’s new in Microsoft Intune: May 2025 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftintuneblog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft-intune-may-2025/4415748

Monitoring & Assessing Risk with Microsoft Entra ID Protection –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/nonprofittechies/monitoring–assessing-risk-with-microsoft-entra-id-protection/4404069

From skepticism to success: How AI is helping teachers transform classrooms in Peru –

https://news.microsoft.com/source/latam/features/ai/world-bank-peru-teachers-copilot/?lang=en

Discover how automatic attack disruption protects critical assets while ensuring business continuity –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftdefenderatpblog/discover-how-automatic-attack-disruption-protects-critical-assets-while-ensuring/4416597

Access chats while sharing your screen in Teams meetings –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/access-chats-while-sharing-your-screen-in-teams-meetings/4417972

New Russia-affiliated actor Void Blizzard targets critical sectors for espionage –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/05/27/new-russia-affiliated-actor-void-blizzard-targets-critical-sectors-for-espionage/

After hours

AI company’s CEO issues warning about mass unemployment – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zju51INmW7U

Editorial

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Computer use in Copilot Studio –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWCbtGHlw9I

Automating Phishing Email Triage with Microsoft Security Copilot –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/securitycopilotblog/automating-phishing-email-triage-with-microsoft-security-copilot/4416559

What’s new in Microsoft 365 Copilot | May 2025 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft-365-copilot–may-2025/4414313

Disrupting Lumma Stealer: Microsoft leads global action against favored cybercrime tool –

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2025/05/21/microsoft-leads-global-action-against-favored-cybercrime-tool/

Lumma Stealer: Breaking down the delivery techniques and capabilities of a prolific infostealer –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/05/21/lumma-stealer-breaking-down-the-delivery-techniques-and-capabilities-of-a-prolific-infostealer/

Part 2: Build custom email security reports and dashboards with workbooks in Microsoft Sentinel –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftdefenderforoffice365blog/part-2-build-custom-email-security-reports-and-dashboards-with-workbooks-in-micr/4411303

Generate status reports in minutes with Project Manager agent in Planner –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/plannerblog/generate-status-reports-in-minutes-with-project-manager-agent-in-planner/4413783

An IT pro’s guide to Windows at Microsoft Build 2025 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-itpro-blog/an-it-pro%E2%80%99s-guide-to-windows-at-microsoft-build-2025/4415327

The Microsoft 365 Copilot app: Built for the new way of working –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/the-microsoft-365-copilot-app-built-for-the-new-way-of-working/4414700

Build 2025: Agents in Microsoft 365 announcements –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/build-2025-agents-in-microsoft-365-announcements/4414281

Multi-agent orchestration, maker controls, and more: Microsoft Copilot Studio announcements at Microsoft Build 2025 –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/copilot-studio/multi-agent-orchestration-maker-controls-and-more-microsoft-copilot-studio-announcements-at-microsoft-build-2025/

Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot Tuning –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365CopilotBlog/introducing-microsoft-365-copilot-tuning/4414762

Data security for agents and 3rd party AI in Microsoft Purview –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftmechanicsblog/data-security-for-agents-and-3rd-party-ai-in-microsoft-purview/4414788

Microsoft Build Book of News –

https://news.microsoft.com/build-2025-book-of-news/

Microsoft Defender for Office 365’s Language AI for Phish: Enhancing Email Security –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftdefenderforoffice365blog/microsoft-defender-for-office-365s-language-ai-for-phish-enhancing-email-securit/4410446

Build 2025: Agents in Microsoft 365 announcements –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/build-2025-agents-in-microsoft-365-announcements/4414281

Sentinel-Threat Intelligence Feeds Integration to strengthen Threat Detection & Proactive Hunting. –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/coreinfrastructureandsecurityblog/sentinel-threat-intelligence-feeds-integration-to-strengthen-threat-detection–p/4415063

Protect AI apps with Microsoft Defender –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftmechanicsblog/protect-ai-apps-with-microsoft-defender/4414381

After hours

Keynote in Under 15 Minutes: Satya Nadella at Microsoft Build 2025 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV0_vYrVvE4

Editorial

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Microsoft 365 Copilot: Your time and project management advisor –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/microsoft-365-copilot-your-time-and-project-management-advisor/4413166

Copilot on Windows: “Hey, Copilot!” begins rolling out to Windows Insiders –

https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2025/05/14/copilot-on-windows-hey-copilot-begins-rolling-out-to-windows-insiders/

See your day at a glance with the new Calendar app –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/see-your-day-at-a-glance-with-the-new-calendar-app/4412492

Defender for Endpoint successfully passes the AV-Comparatives 2025 Anti-Tampering Test –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftdefenderatpblog/defender-for-endpoint-successfully-passes-the-av-comparatives-2025-anti-tamperin/4414153

Print Documents and Files to OneNote for Smarter Saving, Searching, and Annotating –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft_365blog/print-documents-and-files-to-onenote-for-smarter-saving-searching-and-annotating/4410959

Improve communication with Microsoft Copilot and other Microsoft 365 tools –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/improve-communication-with-microsoft-copilot-and-other-microsoft-365-tools/4413165

Start, Fresh — Redesigning the Windows Start menu for you –

https://microsoft.design/articles/start-fresh-redesigning-windows-start-menu/

SharePoint in the Era of AI: Spring 2025 Updates –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/sharepoint-in-the-era-of-ai-spring-2025-updates/4411598

Risk-based Recommendation for SOC Optimization –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/MicrosoftSentinelBlog/risk-based-recommendation-for-soc-optimization/4413041

What’s New for Communicators at the Microsoft 365 Conference –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft_365blog/what%E2%80%99s-new-for-communicators-at-the-microsoft-365-conference/4411247

Fulton County Schools: Empowering Learners with Copilot Chat –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNOVAC605lE

Marbled Dust leverages zero-day in Output Messenger for regional espionage –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/05/12/marbled-dust-leverages-zero-day-in-output-messenger-for-regional-espionage/

Getting Started with the New Purview eDiscovery (E3) –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/getting-started-with-the-new-purview-ediscovery-e3/4412354

Choosing between Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting and Microsoft Defender Experts for XDR –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsecurityexperts/choosing-between-microsoft-defender-experts-for-hunting-and-microsoft-defender-e/4410208

The Power of a Unified SIEM+XDR IdentityInfo Schema –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsentinelblog/the-power-of-a-unified-siemxdr-identityinfo-schema/4410824

Helping retailers and consumer goods organizations identify the most valuable agentic AI use cases –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/blog/retail/2025/05/08/helping-retailers-and-consumer-goods-organizations-identify-the-most-valuable-agentic-ai-use-cases/

After hours

The AI Revolution Is Underhyped | Eric Schmidt | TED – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id4YRO7G0wE

Editorial

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How Microsoft is taking down AI hackers who create harmful images of celebrities and others –

https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/ai/how-microsoft-is-taking-down-ai-hackers-who-create-harmful-images-of-celebrities-and-others/

Transitioning to Microsoft Planner and retiring Microsoft Project for the web –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/plannerblog/transitioning-to-microsoft-planner-and-retiring-microsoft-project-for-the-web/4410149

Streamline your business documents and agreements with intelligent insights –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/streamline-your-business-documents-and-agreements-with-intelligent-insights/4411649

Copilot Chat helps keep your day moving –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdO-C4uci5o

Empowering multi-agent apps with the open Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-cloud/blog/2025/05/07/empowering-multi-agent-apps-with-the-open-agent2agent-a2a-protocol/

Highlighting the importance of securing your business during National Small Business –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft_365blog/highlighting-the-importance-of-securing-your-business-during-national-small-busi/4410430

Microsoft adopts Google’s standard for linking up AI agents –

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/07/microsoft-adopts-googles-standard-for-linking-up-ai-agents/

Reimagine your business processes with agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hYXeQVxLVU

OneDrive: Personalized Intelligence. Seamless Collaboration. Always On –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/onedriveblog/onedrive-personalized-intelligence-seamless-collaboration-always-on/4411621

Highlighting the importance of securing your business during National Small Business Week –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft_365blog/highlighting-the-importance-of-securing-your-business-during-national-small-busi/4410430

Simple, Smart, and Secure: The next step in sharing files in Microsoft 365 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/onedriveblog/simple-smart-and-secure-the-next-step-in-sharing-files-in-microsoft-365/4411655

Introducing a new generation of Windows experiences –

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2025/05/06/introducing-a-new-generation-of-windows-experiences/

Expanding the Surface for Business Copilot+ PC portfolio –

https://blogs.windows.com/devices/2025/05/06/expanding-the-surface-for-business-copilot-pc-portfolio/

Microsoft 365 Business Premium –

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

Introducing all-new Surface Copilot+ PCs: The Surface Pro, 12-inch and Surface Laptop, 13-inch –

https://blogs.windows.com/devices/2025/05/06/introducing-all-new-surface-copilot-pcs-the-surface-pro-12-inch-and-surface-laptop-13-inch/

Enhance your customer retention strategy with Microsoft 365 Copilot –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PtVRLIfGa4

Empowering everyone with agents in Copilot Chat –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/blog/2025/04/empowering-everyone-with-agents-in-copilot-chat/

After hours

F1 Drivers RACE Life-Size LEGO Cars! – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXY40oiNhEA

Editorial

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What’s new in Copilot Studio: April 2025 –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/copilot-studio/whats-new-in-copilot-studio-april-2025/

2025 release wave 1 brings hundreds of updates to Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365/blog/business-leader/2025/04/30/2025-release-wave-1-brings-hundreds-of-updates-to-microsoft-dynamics-365-and-power-platform/

McGees Property secures its future after ransomware attack –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6RaAuPXrcQ

Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2 Spring updates –

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

aster, more personalized service begins at the frontline with Microsoft Intune –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/04/28/faster-more-personalized-service-begins-at-the-frontline-with-microsoft-intune/

Enhancing Cybersecurity for Nonprofits with Microsoft Defender –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/nonprofittechies/enhancing-cybersecurity-for-nonprofits-with-microsoft-defender/4383058

What’s new in Microsoft Intune: April 2025 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftintuneblog/whats-new-in-microsoft-intune-april-2025/4408094

Announcing General Availability: Microsoft Sentinel Solution for Microsoft Business Applications –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsentinelblog/announcing-general-availability-microsoft-sentinel-solution-for-microsoft-busine/4406758

How agentic AI is driving AI-first business transformation for customers to achieve more –

https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/04/28/how-agentic-ai-is-driving-ai-first-business-transformation-for-customers-to-achieve-more/

Project Manager in Planner Demo –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpQpjey1L3Q

Introducing more control over Direct Send in Exchange Online –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/exchange/introducing-more-control-over-direct-send-in-exchange-online/4408790

The Crucial Role of Data Security Posture Management in the AI Era –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/the-crucial-role-of-data-security-posture-management-in-the-ai-era/4408308

After hours

The Rise of AI in Factories – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx1UEdDii5s

Editorial

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Copilot+ PCs are the most performant Windows PCs ever built, now with more AI features that empower you every day –

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2025/04/25/copilot-pcs-are-the-most-performant-windows-pcs-ever-built-now-with-more-ai-features-that-empower-you-every-day/

Explore practical best practices to secure your data with Microsoft Purview –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/04/25/explore-practical-best-practices-to-secure-your-data-with-microsoft-purview/

Introducing ActorInfoString: A New Era of Audit Log Accuracy in Exchange Online –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/introducing-actorinfostring-a-new-era-of-audit-log-accuracy-in-exchange-online/4408093

Microsoft Purview eDiscovery is getting a unified, streamlined experience starting May 26, 2025! –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azurepurviewblog/microsoft-purview-ediscovery-is-getting-a-unified-streamlined-experience-startin/4407225

Advanced deployment guide for Conditional Access Policy templates –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/advanced-deployment-guide-for-conditional-access-policy-templates/4406767

2025: The Year the Frontier Firm Is Born –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/work-trend-index/2025-the-year-the-frontier-firm-is-born

Expanding reference capabilities with Microsoft 365 Copilot in Word –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/expanding-reference-capabilities-with-microsoft-365-copilot-in-word/4406054

Announcing Agentic Automation with Bidirectional Integration between Microsoft Copilot Studio & UiPath –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/copilot-studio/announcing-agentic-automation-with-bidirectional-integration-between-microsoft-copilot-studio-uipath/

More insights from Microsoft 365 Copilot’s document summary –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/more-insights-from-microsoft-365-copilot%E2%80%99s-document-summary/4405814

Service principal required for Microsoft Entra ID –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/service-principal-required-for-microsoft-entra-id/4405796

Researcher agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/researcher-agent-in-microsoft-365-copilot/4397186

Microsoft 365 Copilot: Built for the era of human–agent collaboration –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/04/23/microsoft-365-copilot-built-for-the-era-of-human-agent-collaboration/

The 2025 Annual Work Trend Index: The Frontier Firm is born –

https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/04/23/the-2025-annual-work-trend-index-the-frontier-firm-is-born/

Microsoft Purview protections for Copilot –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftmechanicsblog/microsoft-purview-protections-for-copilot/4406384

Getting started with the new Purview Content Search –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/getting-started-with-the-new-purview-content-search/4405757

End of support for Windows 10, Windows 8.1, and Windows 7 –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/end-of-support?r=1

RSAC 2025 new Microsoft Sentinel connectors announcement –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsentinelblog/rsac-2025-new-microsoft-sentinel-connectors-announcement/4404177

Microsoft AutoUpdate: Security Improvements to ManifestServer –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/microsoft-autoupdate-security-improvements-to-manifestserver/4405454

Summarize your emails with Microsoft 365 Copilot –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOefmtSc7jQ

Securing our future: April 2025 progress report on Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/04/21/securing-our-future-april-2025-progress-report-on-microsofts-secure-future-initiative/

Microsoft Security Copilot in Intune deep dive – Part 1: Features available in public preview –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/intunecustomersuccess/microsoft-security-copilot-in-intune-deep-dive-%E2%80%93-part-1-features-available-in-pu/4406244

Microsoft Security Copilot | Copilot with Endpoint Privilege Management (EPM) and Microsoft Intune –

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

Microsoft Security Copilot | Copilot assistance for Troubleshooting with Microsoft –

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

Write Better Prompts with Copilot –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOSPcmnS2VU

Microsoft and LinkedIn release the 2024 Work Trend Index on the state of AI at work –

https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2024/05/08/microsoft-and-linkedin-release-the-2024-work-trend-index-on-the-state-of-ai-at-work/

After hours

The World Needs AI, But There’s a Problem – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpMIs6AnUW8

Editorial

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