CIA Brief 20250407

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CIA Brief 20250322

Upgrade to Microsoft 365: Unlock the Power of the Cloud –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAVqDZN9BCk

Getting Started With Microsoft 365 Business Premium Video 01: Before You Begin –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es8lisFPpBk

Comparing Copilot Chat included with Microsoft 365 to a paid Copilot license –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItcvkU528AI

Open shared Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files on iPhone and iPad devices without a Microsoft account –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/open-shared-word-excel-and-powerpoint-files-on-iphone-and-ipad-devices-without-a/4391659

Level up your defense: protect against attacks using stale user accounts –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftthreatprotectionblog/level-up-your-defense-protect-against-attacks-using-stale-user-accounts/4386290

Introducing Copilot in the Microsoft 365 admin centers –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMalGm0tBOY

The Enhanced “Edit in Grid” Experience for Document Libraries –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/onedriveblog/the-enhanced-edit-in-grid-experience-for-document-libraries/4373895

New live chat in Microsoft Teams: Connecting customers and businesses effortlessly –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/03/17/new-live-chat-in-microsoft-teams-connecting-customers-and-businesses-effortlessly/

Unlock the future of teamwork with Microsoft 365 Copilot in Teams –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9LX3SnLYpE

Defender XDR – Monthly news – March 2025 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftthreatprotectionblog/monthly-news—march-2025/4391479

Peter is here –

https://unlocked.microsoft.com/minecraft-vatican/

How to deploy transformational enterprise-wide agents: Microsoft as Customer Zero –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/copilot-studio/how-to-deploy-transformational-enterprise-wide-agents-microsoft-as-customer-zero/

AI innovation requires AI security: Hear what’s new at Microsoft Secure –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/ai-innovation-requires-ai-security-hear-what%E2%80%99s-new-at-microsoft-secure/4394130

Dow is targeting millions in cost savings with Microsoft 365 Copilot and agents –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/dow-is-targeting-millions-in-cost-savings-with-microsoft-365-copilot-and-agents/4393480

Unveiling the Shadows: Extended Critical Asset Protection with MSEM –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/unveiling-the-shadows-extended-critical-asset-protection-with-msem/4394485

StilachiRAT analysis: From system reconnaissance to cryptocurrency theft –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/03/17/stilachirat-analysis-from-system-reconnaissance-to-cryptocurrency-theft/

Strengthening Email Security: Our New Approach to Non-RFC Compliant Emails –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftdefenderforoffice365blog/strengthening-email-security-our-new-approach-to-non-rfc-compliant-emails/4338306

After hours

Can You Fool A Self Driving Car? – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQJL3htsDyQ

Editorial

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CIA Brief 20250315

How-To Sync EntraID Group Memberships Into Any System –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/coreinfrastructureandsecurityblog/how-to-sync-entraid-group-memberships-into-any-system/4383082

Microsoft Security Implementation Proof of Concept by Lighthouse with Microsoft 365 Defender –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxiVirns1D4

Announcing a Limited Preview of GPT-4.5 in Copilot Studio –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/copilot-studio/announcing-limited-preview-gpt-4-5-microsoft-copilot-studio/

Phishing campaign impersonates Booking .com, delivers a suite of credential-stealing malware –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/03/13/phishing-campaign-impersonates-booking-com-delivers-a-suite-of-credential-stealing-malware/

Copilot supports communication in every style –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/copilot-supports-communication-in-every-style/4386393

Securing Your Nonprofit Environment (Part 2): Best Practices to Secure Your Admin Accounts –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/nonprofittechies/securing-your-nonprofit-environment-part-2-best-practices-to-secure-your-admin-a/4385305

Jailbreaking is (mostly) simpler than you think –

https://msrc.microsoft.com/blog/2025/03/jailbreaking-is-mostly-simpler-than-you-think/

Improve your DLP maturity with DLP Analytics –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/improve-your-dlp-maturity-with-dlp-analytics/4392655

Take Flight with Microsoft Security Copilot Flight School –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/securitycopilotblog/take-flight-with-microsoft-security-copilot-flight-school/4391712

Defending Against OAuth-Based Attacks with Automatic Attack Disruption –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftthreatprotectionblog/defending-against-oauth-based-attacks-with-automatic-attack-disruption/4384381

Boost customer engagement with live chat in Microsoft Teams –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_fTX0E08BU

Introducing Microsoft Entra Health alerts: An enhancement to tenant health monitoring –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/introducing-microsoft-entra-health-alerts-an-enhancement-to-tenant-health-monito/4352583

New XCSSET malware adds new obfuscation, persistence techniques to infect Xcode projects –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/03/11/new-xcsset-malware-adds-new-obfuscation-persistence-techniques-to-infect-xcode-projects/

Built-in report button is available in Microsoft Outlook across platforms –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftdefenderforoffice365blog/built-in-report-button-is-available-in-microsoft-outlook-across-platforms/4388434

Blog Series: Charting Your Path to Cyber Resiliency –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/blog-series-charting-your-path-to-cyber-resiliency/4390355

After hours

Gemini Robotics: Bringing AI to the physical world – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MvGnmmP3c0

Editorial

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CIA Brief 20250308

Microsoft Technical Takeoff: Windows + Intune –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/event/techcommunitylive/microsoft-technical-takeoff-windows–intune/4304008

Strengthening Cloud Compliance and Governance with Microsoft Defender CSPM –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/MicrosoftDefenderCloudBlog/strengthening-cloud-compliance-and-governance-with-microsoft-defender-cspm/4385215

6 ways AI is making a difference in the world –

https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/ai/6-ways-ai-is-making-a-difference-in-the-world/?ocid=msftnews_x

Azure Lighthouse support for MSSP use of Security Copilot Sentinel scenarios in Public Preview –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/SecurityCopilotBlog/azure-lighthouse-support-for-mssp-use-of-security-copilot-sentinel-scenarios-in-/4384386

Malvertising campaign leads to info stealers hosted on GitHub –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/03/06/malvertising-campaign-leads-to-info-stealers-hosted-on-github/

Edit your display name in Teams meetings –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/edit-your-display-name-in-teams-meetings/4389359

Who’s Using Copilot? | HYPE Customer Story –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD9YZjARVWk

Business efficiency: How a small business operates like a corporation –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwl6z6UZgeQ

Microsoft 365 E5 Security is now available as an add-on to Microsoft 365 Business Premium –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365businessblog/microsoft-365-e5-security-is-now-available-as-an-add-on-to-microsoft-365-busines/4388436

Silk Typhoon targeting IT supply chain –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/03/05/silk-typhoon-targeting-it-supply-chain/

What is cybersecurity analytics? –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/security-101/what-is-cybersecurity-analytics

Evolving small business with Microsoft Teams and Copilot –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDJzF0lZ-7A

Newsletters in Outlook (Preview) –

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/newsletters-in-outlook-preview-b35566e6-d319-450d-8930-86e483cda3ee

Windows 365 Disaster Recovery Plus extends Cloud PC resilience –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-itpro-blog/windows-365-disaster-recovery-plus-extends-cloud-pc-resilience/4387492

Available today: DeepSeek R1 7B & 14B distilled models for Copilot+ PCs via Azure AI Foundry – further expanding AI on the edge –

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2025/03/03/available-today-deepseek-r1-7b-14b-distilled-models-for-copilot-pcs-via-azure-ai-foundry-further-expanding-ai-on-the-edge/

Disrupting a global cybercrime network abusing generative AI –

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2025/02/27/disrupting-cybercrime-abusing-gen-ai/

After hours

Formula 1: Drive To Survive Season 7 Official Trailer | Netflix – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZlzeKPFTco

Editorial

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Disrupting a global cybercrime network abusing generative AI –

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2025/02/27/disrupting-cybercrime-abusing-gen-ai/

Microsoft completes landmark EU Data Boundary, offering enhanced data residency and transparency –

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2025/02/26/microsoft-completes-landmark-eu-data-boundary-offering-enhanced-data-residency-and-transparency/

Announcing Free, Unlimited Access to Think Deeper and Voice –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/2025/02/25/announcing-free-unlimited-access-to-think-deeper-and-voice/

Maximizing AI’s potential: Insights from Microsoft leaders on how to get the most from generative AI –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-cloud/blog/2025/02/18/maximizing-ais-potential-insights-from-microsoft-leaders-on-how-to-get-the-most-from-generative-ai/

Move files to OneDrive –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2hq63Yfj3Y

Safeguarding AI against ‘jailbreaks’ and other prompt attacks –

https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/ai/safeguarding-ai-against-jailbreaks-and-other-prompt-attacks/

Focus on what matters most with Microsoft 365 Copilot –

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

After hours

Gibberlink – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3yQHYNXPws

Editorial

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CIA Brief 20250222

Quick Setup – Microsoft Entra Verified ID –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnukKchoN28

Talk and translate on-the-go with Copilot –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4lKB5Yz9Sg

Amtrak improve efficiency and safety with Microsoft Power Platform –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=292tyXQLie0

The way to control EWS usage in Exchange Online is changing –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Exchange/the-way-to-control-ews-usage-in-exchange-online-is-changing/4383083

Enhanced data control while submitting Microsoft 365 Copilot feedback –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/enhanced-data-control-while-submitting-microsoft-365-copilot-feedback/4382668

New Microsoft-managed policies to raise your identity security posture –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/new-microsoft-managed-policies-to-raise-your-identity-security-posture/4286758

Clipchamp: Elevating work communication with seamless video creation in Copilot –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft_365blog/clipchamp-elevating-work-communication-with-seamless-video-creation-in-copilot/4375660

With Copilot agents, Pets at Home unleashes an AI revolution –

https://news.microsoft.com/source/emea/features/with-copilot-agents-pets-at-home-unleashes-an-ai-revolution/

Majorana 1 Explained: The Path to a Million Qubits –

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

Sharing with Microsoft Whiteboard –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXAo9JGZS44

Facilitating sessions with Microsoft Whiteboard –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNqtsIqNK7s

Get help or support as an admin –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s1Cof06VfA

Seamless Security: Smartcard Logon from Entra-Only Machines to domain-joined Servers or AVDs –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/coreinfrastructureandsecurityblog/seamless-security-smartcard-logon-from-entra-only-machines-to-domain-joined-serv/4381789

Minimize email drafts in Outlook for Android and iOS to easily task switch –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/minimize-email-drafts-in-outlook-for-android-and-ios-to-easily-task-switch/4375165

How to protect against Device Code Flow abuse (Storm-2372 attacks) and block the authentication flow –

https://jeffreyappel.nl/how-to-protect-against-device-code-flow-abuse-storm-2372-attacks-and-block-the-authentication-flow/

After hours

Introducing Helix – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3yQHYNXPws

Editorial

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Turn everyday spreadsheets into actionable insights with Microsoft 365 Copilot in Excel –

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

Microsoft OneDrive Mobile App –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba7zone0Xk0

Microsoft 365 admin center in simplified view –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCyaw2Uufzc

AI agents at work: The new frontier in business automation –

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/ai-agents-at-work-the-new-frontier-in-business-automation/

Applying Zero Trust principles to the cloud-native journey –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftintuneblog/applying-zero-trust-principles-to-the-cloud-native-journey/4378578

Copilot learning hub –

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot/

Securing DeepSeek and other AI systems with Microsoft Security –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/02/13/securing-deepseek-and-other-ai-systems-with-microsoft-security/

Storm-2372 conducts device code phishing campaign –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/02/13/storm-2372-conducts-device-code-phishing-campaign/

Grow your security skill set with the latest resources on Microsoft Learn –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftlearnblog/grow-your-security-skill-set-with-the-latest-resources-on-microsoft-learn/3644510

Build a stronger security strategy with proactive and reactive incident response: Cyberattack Series –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/02/10/build-a-stronger-security-strategy-with-proactive-and-reactive-incident-response-cyberattack-series/

New Certification for Microsoft information security administrators –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftlearnblog/new-certification-for-microsoft-information-security-administrators/4159976

Increase Your Productivity with Copilot on OneNote Web and OneNote in Teams –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365CopilotBlog/increase-your-productivity-with-copilot-on-onenote-web-and-onenote-in-teams/4374756

What’s new in Microsoft Intune: January 2025 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftintuneblog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft-intune-january-2025/4373560

Multiple sources, one cohesive document—Microsoft 365 Copilot in Word makes it possible –

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

Access Copilot anywhere on the canvas in Word for the web –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/access-copilot-anywhere-on-the-canvas-in-word-for-the-web/4374199

After hours

Bill Gates: Source Code – https://www.gatesnotes.com/meet-bill/source-code

Editorial

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CIA Brief 20250203

Understanding the Microsoft Pluton security processor –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-itpro-blog/understanding-the-microsoft-pluton-security-processor/4370413

Microsoft Loop, a year in review: greater integration and richer collaboration –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/microsoft-loop-a-year-in-review-greater-integration-and-richer-collaboration/4372094

Running Distilled DeepSeek R1 models locally on Copilot+ PCs, powered by Windows Copilot Runtime –

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2025/01/29/running-distilled-deepseek-r1-models-locally-on-copilot-pcs-powered-by-windows-copilot-runtime/

Introducing new Surface Copilot+ PCs for Business –

https://blogs.windows.com/devices/2025/01/30/introducing-new-surface-copilot-pcs-for-business/

Preparing for a meeting with Microsoft Whiteboard –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRF5RgbEFmw

Unlock the full potential of your business with Microsoft 365 Copilot –

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

Kickstart your creativity with new content and creative tools in Clipchamp –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/kickstart-your-creativity-with-new-content-and-creative-tools-in-clipchamp/4370139

Announcing the Microsoft 365 SMB Customer Advisory Board –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365businessblog/announcing-the-microsoft-365-smb-customer-advisory-board/4371006

Microsoft 365 Insider Round-Up – January 2025 –

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/january-2025-microsoft-365-insider-g7wmc/

Boost SOC automation with AI: Speed up incident triage with Security Copilot and Microsoft Sentinel –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/securitycopilotblog/boost-soc-automation-with-ai-speed-up-incident-triage-with-security-copilot-and-/4368798

Copilot Studio Agent Builder –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R4U5FJlXJw

After hours

Deepseek R1 Explained by a Retired Microsoft Engineer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3TpcHebtxM

Editorial

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