CIA Brief 20250720

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CIA Brief 20250712

Navigating Copilot Studio Agent Access: Data Grounding and Licensing for Unlicensed Users –

https://blog.ciaops.com/2025/07/12/navigating-copilot-studio-agent-access-data-grounding-and-licensing-for-unlicensed-users/

Your Windows release information toolbox –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-itpro-blog/your-windows-release-information-toolbox/4430980

Support tip: Troubleshooting Microsoft Intune management agent on macOS –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/intunecustomersuccess/support-tip-troubleshooting-microsoft-intune-management-agent-on-macos/4431810

Should your team upgrade to Microsoft 365 Business Premium? –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZSkb9qBEQo

Introducing Summary Rules Templates: Streamlining Data Aggregation in Microsoft Sentinel –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsentinelblog/introducing-summary-rules-templates-streamlining-data-aggregation-in-microsoft-s/4428779

Learn how to build an AI-powered, unified SOC in new Microsoft e-book –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/07/07/learn-how-to-build-an-ai-powered-unified-soc-in-new-microsoft-e-book/

Request more access in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for the web –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/request-more-access-in-word-excel-and-powerpoint-for-the-web/4429019

Summarize transferred calls in Teams with Copilot –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/summarize-transferred-calls-in-teams-with-copilot/4427247

After hours

The truth about working from home – that your boss won’t tell you – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NFYtS59xa4

Editorial

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CIA Brief 20250621

Case management now supports multiple tenants in Microsoft Defender experience –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/MicrosoftThreatProtectionBlog/case-management-now-supports-multiple-tenants-in-microsoft-defender-experience/4425329

Microsoft 365 Insider Round-Up: June 2025 –

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/microsoft-365-insider-round-up-june-2025-microsoft-365-insider-7vidc/

Breaking down the infinite workday –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/work-trend-index/breaking-down-infinite-workday

Best Practices for Investigating Phishing Incidents in Microsoft Defender for Office 365 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/coreinfrastructureandsecurityblog/best-practices-for-investigating-phishing-incidents-in-microsoft-defender-for-of/4425748

Introducing TITAN-Powered Recommendations in Security Copilot Guided Response –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftthreatprotectionblog/introducing-titan-powered-recommendations-in-security-copilot-guided-response/4416350

Microsoft to Block Third-Party App Access to User Sites and Files –

https://office365itpros.com/2025/06/19/app-consent-policy-user-app-consent/

Getting started with the Microsoft Entra Suite –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/getting-started-with-the-microsoft-entra-suite/4422972

New methods boost reasoning in small and large language models –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/new-methods-boost-reasoning-in-small-and-large-language-models/

Understanding and Mitigating Golden SAML Attacks –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/understanding-and-mitigating-golden-saml-attacks/4418864

Scale AI transformation with Azure Essentials: AI Center of Excellence guidance –

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/scale-ai-transformation-with-azure-essentials-ai-center-of-excellence-guidance/

Microsoft 365 Copilot Notebooks available in OneNote on Windows –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/microsoft-365-copilot-notebooks-available-in-onenote-on-windows/4423346

Announcing Microsoft 365 Local –

https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/06/16/announcing-comprehensive-sovereign-solutions-empowering-european-organizations/

After hours

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

Editorial

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CIA Brief 20250616

Empower your teams to grow their AI skills and boost adoption –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-cloud/blog/2025/06/10/empower-your-teams-to-grow-their-ai-skills-and-boost-adoption/

AI Fluency – Learn to collaborate with AI systems effectively, efficiently, ethically, and safely –

https://www.anthropic.com/ai-fluency

Introducing FAQ web part in SharePoint powered by Microsoft 365 Copilot –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/introducing-faq-web-part-in-sharepoint-powered-by-microsoft-365-copilot/4422177

Exclusive: New Microsoft Copilot flaw signals broader risk of AI agents being hacked—‘I would be terrified’ –

https://fortune.com/2025/06/11/microsoft-copilot-vulnerability-ai-agents-echoleak-hacking/

Managing unified RBAC in Microsoft Defender –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xvPy1zWIfg

Advanced Hunting in Defender –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06ukKCHMkeY

Case Management in Microsoft Defender –

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

Copilot Release Notes: June 4, 2025 –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/2025/06/04/release-notes-june-4-2025/

Barclays to roll out Microsoft 365 Copilot to 100,000 colleagues, transforming employee experience –

https://ukstories.microsoft.com/features/barclays-rolls-out-microsoft-365-copilot-to-100000-colleagues/

After hours

Owl rescue – Ozzy man quickies – https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8A73jLntSgQ

Editorial

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CIA Brief 20250608

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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CIA Brief 20250602

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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CIA Brief 20250524

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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CIA Brief 20250517

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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