CIAOPS Brief 20240721

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Helping our customers through the CrowdStrike outage –

https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2024/07/20/helping-our-customers-through-the-crowdstrike-outage/

Perfect your prompt with Copilot for Microsoft 365 –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p44TCPObGic

Microsoft Bookings | Your Appointment Scheduling Solution –

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

Announcing Public Preview of Inbound SMTP DANE with DNSSEC for Exchange Online –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/announcing-public-preview-of-inbound-smtp-dane-with-dnssec-for/ba-p/4155257

Guest sharing now available in Microsoft Loop –

https://insider.microsoft365.com/en-us/blog/guest-sharing-now-available-in-microsoft-loop

Make OT security a core part of your SOC strategy with Microsoft Defender XDR –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-xdr-blog/make-ot-security-a-core-part-of-your-soc-strategy-with-microsoft/ba-p/4185702

Introducing Coauthoring for SharePoint Pages and News –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-sharepoint-blog/introducing-coauthoring-for-sharepoint-pages-and-news/ba-p/4192161

Create personalized invitations with Microsoft Designer –

https://insider.microsoft365.com/en-us/blog/create-personalized-invitations-with-microsoft-designer

Build a great prompt with Copilot for Microsoft 365 –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VC4opm7GkU

Turn PDFs into editable documents in Word for iOS –

https://insider.microsoft365.com/en-us/blog/turn-pdfs-into-editable-documents-in-word-for-ios

After hours

My Puzzle Robot is 200x Faster Than a Human – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqr-PdVYhY4

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Copilot Learning Hub: Your Gateway to Mastering Microsoft Copilot –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-developer-community/copilot-learning-hub-your-gateway-to-mastering-microsoft-copilot/ba-p/4189618

Simplified Zero Trust security with the Microsoft Entra Suite and unified security operations platform, now generally available –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/07/11/simplified-zero-trust-security-with-the-microsoft-entra-suite-and-unified-security-operations-platform-now-generally-available/

How to secure access for your workforce with Microsoft Entra Suite –

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

Dynamic watermarking hits the mark in protecting highly sensitive data –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/security-compliance-and-identity/dynamic-watermarking-hits-the-mark-in-protecting-highly/ba-p/4182793

Dynamic watermarking hits the mark in protecting highly sensitive data –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/security-compliance-and-identity/dynamic-watermarking-hits-the-mark-in-protecting-highly/ba-p/4182793

Microsoft Entra Internet Access Overview –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNYi-g-RUTE

Introducing dynamic watermarking for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint –

https://insider.microsoft365.com/en-us/blog/introducing-dynamic-watermarking-for-word-excel-and-powerpoint

SharePoint roadmap pitstop: June 2024 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-sharepoint-blog/sharepoint-roadmap-pitstop-june-2024/ba-p/4185079

Dynamic watermarking hits the mark in protecting highly sensitive data –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/security-compliance-and-identity/dynamic-watermarking-hits-the-mark-in-protecting-highly/ba-p/4182793

Microsoft Security Service Edge now generally available –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-entra-blog/microsoft-security-service-edge-now-generally-available/ba-p/3847828

What’s New in Microsoft Teams | June 2024 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/what-s-new-in-microsoft-teams-june-2024/ba-p/4176606

Unified Security Operations Platform – Technical FAQ! –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-sentinel-blog/unified-security-operations-platform-technical-faq/ba-p/4189136

SharePoint roadmap pitstop: June 2024 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-sharepoint-blog/sharepoint-roadmap-pitstop-june-2024/ba-p/4185079

What’s New in Microsoft Teams | June 2024 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/what-s-new-in-microsoft-teams-june-2024/ba-p/4176606

What’s New in Microsoft Teams | June 2024 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/what-s-new-in-microsoft-teams-june-2024/ba-p/4176606

Dealing with Unsatisfactory Responses –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlc6Nig7nzQ

Promptbooks –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXVutoSMFB4

Custom in-app notifications for updates to Loop tables –

https://insider.microsoft365.com/en-us/blog/custom-in-app-notifications-for-updates-to-loop-tables

Turn PDFs into editable documents in Word for iOS –

https://insider.microsoft365.com/en-us/blog/turn-pdfs-into-editable-documents-in-word-for-ios

National Australia Bank invests in an efficient future with Windows 11 Enterprise –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9BCCJfzfQ8

New Outlook for Windows | How to use Coaching by Copilot –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t3F9NTxmh8

File menu improvements in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for the web –

https://insider.microsoft365.com/en-us/blog/file-menu-improvements-in-word-excel-and-powerpoint-for-the-web

After hours

Why Nvidia, Tesla, Amazon And More Are Betting Big On AI-Powered Humanoid Robots – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0uKLCZocjs

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Microsoft Entra certificate-based authentication enhancements –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-entra-blog/microsoft-entra-certificate-based-authentication-enhancements/ba-p/1751778

OneNote Copilot now supports inked notes –

https://insider.microsoft365.com/en-us/blog/onenote-copilot-now-supports-inked-notes

What’s new in Microsoft Entra – June 2024 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-entra-blog/what-s-new-in-microsoft-entra-june-2024/ba-p/3796387

Intro to Config Refresh – a refreshingly new MDM feature –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/intro-to-config-refresh-a-refreshingly-new-mdm-feature/ba-p/4176921

After hours

Vacuum Cannon Explosions w/ Salish Matter!- Camp CrunchLabs Week 5 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsY99bDMXKA

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CIAOPS Brief 20240628

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Working with a cybersecurity committee of the board –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/06/26/working-with-a-cybersecurity-committee-of-the-board/

Why AI sometimes gets it wrong — and big strides to address it –

https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/company-news/why-ai-sometimes-gets-it-wrong-and-big-strides-to-address-it/

More Threat Intelligence Content in MDTI, TA Enables Better Security Outcomes –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-threat/more-threat-intelligence-content-in-mdti-ta-enables-better/ba-p/4177542

What’s new in Copilot | June 2024 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/copilot-for-microsoft-365/what-s-new-in-copilot-june-2024/ba-p/4173587

Driving Copilot for Microsoft 365 adoption with an assist from Microsoft Viva –

https://www.microsoft.com/insidetrack/blog/driving-copilot-for-microsoft-365-adoption-with-an-assist-from-microsoft-viva/

Bringing flexibility and customization to Microsoft Loop boards –

https://insider.microsoft365.com/en-us/blog/bringing-flexibility-and-customization-to-microsoft-loop-boards

Evolve your CIAM strategy with External ID –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-entra-blog/evolve-your-ciam-strategy-with-external-id/ba-p/3627348

Introducing the Microsoft Entra PowerShell module –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-entra-blog/introducing-the-microsoft-entra-powershell-module/ba-p/4173546

Architecting secure Generative AI applications: Safeguarding against indirect prompt injection –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/security-compliance-and-identity/architecting-secure-generative-ai-applications-safeguarding/ba-p/4174083

Mitigating Skeleton Key, a new type of generative AI jailbreak technique –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/06/26/mitigating-skeleton-key-a-new-type-of-generative-ai-jailbreak-technique/

Copilot for Security TI Embedded Experience in Defender XDR is now GA –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-threat/copilot-for-security-ti-embedded-experience-in-defender-xdr-is/ba-p/4114858

User insights: Analyze customer identity data –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-entra-blog/user-insights-analyze-customer-identity-data/ba-p/3827373

Get more device control flexibility with BitLocker settings in Defender for Endpoint –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-for-endpoint/get-more-device-control-flexibility-with-bitlocker-settings-in/ba-p/4175131

How to start transforming your business with AI | AI at work with Microsoft’s Jared Spataro –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC1XMcKPklQ

New Recent Files widgets for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for iOS –

https://insider.microsoft365.com/en-us/blog/new-recent-files-widgets-for-word-excel-and-powerpoint-for-ios

Microsoft Defender Experts for XDR recognized in the latest MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK® Evaluation for Managed Services –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/06/18/microsoft-defender-experts-for-xdr-recognized-in-the-latest-mitre-engenuity-attck-evaluation-for-managed-services/

After hours

Top Gear Australia: Full Episode– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGolAWb3SJ4

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CIAOPS Brief 20240622

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Inside UNSW’s State-of-the-Art Digital Teaching Studio – Microsoft Teams Rooms –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS3SERCQocg

Granular RBAC permissions for endpoint security workloads –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/intune-customer-success/granular-rbac-permissions-for-endpoint-security-workloads/ba-p/4172905

Join Loop workspaces with a link –

https://insider.microsoft365.com/en-us/blog/join-loop-workspaces-with-a-link

How leaders can empower personal productivity with AI | AI at work with Microsoft’s Jared Spataro –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT-D8A6nsW0

How to break the token theft cyber-attack chain –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-entra-blog/how-to-break-the-token-theft-cyber-attack-chain/ba-p/4062700

Microsoft Incident Response lessons on preventing cloud identity compromise –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2023/12/05/microsoft-incident-response-lessons-on-preventing-cloud-identity-compromise/

How Copilot for Microsoft 365 Works –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/community-news-desk/how-copilot-for-microsoft-365-works/ba-p/4170171

From pixels to presence: new features coming to Microsoft Mesh –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/from-pixels-to-presence-new-features-coming-to-microsoft-mesh/ba-p/4139140

Top things to know about Copilot+ PCs from Microsoft Surface, available today at Microsoft.com –

https://blogs.windows.com/devices/2024/06/18/top-things-to-know-about-copilot-pcs-from-microsoft-surface-available-today-at-microsoft-com/

How to unlock new experiences on your Copilot+ PC –

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2024/06/18/how-to-unlock-new-experiences-on-your-copilot-pc/

Introduction to Cross-Tenant Mailbox Migrations –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/introduction-to-cross-tenant-mailbox-migrations/ba-p/4169613

Copilot is now available in classic Outlook for Windows –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/outlook-blog/copilot-is-now-available-in-classic-outlook-for-windows/ba-p/4164427

After hours

2024 Surface Laptop 7th Gen – unboxing, setup and first look – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deu5_gtrz0I

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Microsoft Incident Response tips for managing a mass password reset –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/06/12/microsoft-incident-response-tips-for-managing-a-mass-password-reset/

How to achieve cloud-native endpoint management with Microsoft Intune –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2024/06/12/how-to-achieve-cloud-native-endpoint-management-with-microsoft-intune/

Set default organization version limits for new document libraries and OneDrive accounts (Preview) –

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/set-default-org-version-limits

Prepare for your week with Copilot in Teams | AI Simplified –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clGC1SITPEg

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps’ Shadow IT Discovery Capabilities Now Support MacOS –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-xdr-blog/microsoft-defender-for-cloud-apps-shadow-it-discovery/ba-p/4159677

Microsoft 365 data residency offerings now available in Spain –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-blog/microsoft-365-data-residency-offerings-now-available-in-spain/ba-p/4164511

The guide to Microsoft Intune resources –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-intune-blog/the-guide-to-microsoft-intune-resources/ba-p/4161806

Email Protection Basics in Microsoft 365: Bulk Email –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-for-office/email-protection-basics-in-microsoft-365-bulk-email/ba-p/3445337

Inside UNSW’s State-of-the-Art Digital Teaching Studio – Microsoft Teams Rooms –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qike4LkrZt4

What is a Microsoft 365 admin and what do they do? –

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

After hours

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 – Release Date Trailer | Xbox Showcase 2024 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47SDd6Lv910

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CIAOPS Brief 20240608

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Data security in Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_ivkSyo0xY

Moving from AI experimentation to business breakthrough –

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

Update on the Recall preview feature for Copilot+ PCs –

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2024/06/07/update-on-the-recall-preview-feature-for-copilot-pcs/

Secure your business: Four ways Microsoft 365 for Business can help –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/small-and-medium-business-blog/secure-your-business-four-ways-microsoft-365-for-business-can/ba-p/4159870

Microsoft Copilot for Security Attains ISO 27001, 27017, and 27018 Certifications –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-security-copilot-blog/microsoft-copilot-for-security-attains-iso-27001-27017-and-27018/ba-p/4161758

The new Microsoft Planner is here! Streamline the planning, management, and execution of work –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlXixN0RAr0

More improvements to ink annotations on PDF printouts and images in OneNote –

https://insider.microsoft365.com/en-us/blog/more-improvements-to-ink-annotations-on-pdf-printouts-and-images-in-onenote

Announcing new Windows Autopilot onboarding experience for government and commercial customers –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/intune-customer-success/announcing-new-windows-autopilot-onboarding-experience-for/ba-p/4161000

Using Copilot at your small business –

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

AI jailbreaks: What they are and how they can be mitigated –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/06/04/ai-jailbreaks-what-they-are-and-how-they-can-be-mitigated/

How Morula Health leverages Copilot for Microsoft 365 –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI2qNEpGKjE

How Russia is trying to disrupt the 2024 Paris Olympic Games –

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2024/06/02/russia-cyber-bots-disinformation-2024-paris-olympics/

Microsoft is again named the overall leader in the Forrester Wave for XDR –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/06/03/microsoft-is-again-named-the-overall-leader-in-the-forrester-wave-for-xdr/

New look for Intune Company Portal app for Windows –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/intune-customer-success/new-look-for-intune-company-portal-app-for-windows/ba-p/4158755

Microsoft Defender XDR monthly news – June 2024 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-xdr-blog/monthly-news-june-2024/ba-p/4157023

After hours

Why Automakers are invading your Privacy – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kUJhWUm3JA

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CIAOPS Brief 20240601

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What’s New in Copilot | May 2024 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/copilot-for-microsoft-365/what-s-new-in-copilot-may-2024/ba-p/4155445

Boost security with Microsoft Intune device attestation –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-intune-blog/boost-security-with-microsoft-intune-device-attestation/ba-p/4129714

Exploring Copilot for Security to Automate Incident Triage –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-security-copilot-blog/exploring-copilot-for-security-to-automate-incident-triage/ba-p/4154887

Windows deployment with the next generation of Windows Autopilot –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-intune-blog/windows-deployment-with-the-next-generation-of-windows-autopilot/ba-p/4148169

Demystifying Microsoft Entra ID, Tenants and Azure Subscriptions –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/startups-at-microsoft/demystifying-microsoft-entra-id-tenants-and-azure-subscriptions/ba-p/4155261

Moonstone Sleet emerges as new North Korean threat actor with new bag of tricks –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/05/28/moonstone-sleet-emerges-as-new-north-korean-threat-actor-with-new-bag-of-tricks/

Simplify triage with the new Alert Timeline –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-for-endpoint/simplify-triage-with-the-new-alert-timeline/ba-p/4152653

Securing access to any resource, anywhere –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-entra-blog/securing-access-to-any-resource-anywhere/ba-p/4120308

Hunting for MFA manipulations in Entra ID tenants using KQL –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-security-experts-blog/hunting-for-mfa-manipulations-in-entra-id-tenants-using-kql/ba-p/4154039

You’re wrong about Windows Recall — How Microsoft keeps your data safe on Copilot+ PCs –

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/youre-wrong-about-windows-recall-how-microsoft-keeps-your-data-safe-on-copilot-pcs

Microsoft Edge for Business: Revolutionizing your business with AI, security and productivity –

https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2024/05/21/microsoft-edge-for-business-revolutionizing-your-business-with-ai-security-and-productivity/

After hours

Robots that fly … and cooperate – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ErEBkj_3PY

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