Need to Know podcast–Episode 330

Microsoft announced last week new agents that can be created with Copilot studio to automate tasks using AI capabilities. Also in this episode you’ll find a great new tool from CISA called Scubagear that will allow you to check the baseline security of your Microsoft 365 environment. Plenty more updates and information from the Microsoft Cloud, so listen along.

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AI Tour Demo: Copilot Studio and Pre-built Agents

Scale your team with new autonomous agents

Unlocking autonomous agent capabilities with Microsoft Copilot Studio

Reimagine business process with Copilot and agents

Unlock Autonomous Agent Capabilities with Copilot Studio

Microsoft 365 Copilot drove up to 353% ROI for small and medium businesses—new study

Favorite Microsoft 365 Copilot Prompts

Enhancing Security with CISA’s ScubaGear Baselines for M365

Phish, Click, Breach: Hunting for a Sophisticated Cyber Attack

Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2024

New macOS vulnerability, “HM Surf”, could lead to unauthorized data access

Demystify potential data leaks with Insider Risk Management insights in Defender XDR

Increase productivity with Copilot in OneNote for iPad and Mac for commercial customers

Unleash your creativity with new pen tools in OneNote

What’s new in Microsoft Intune October 2024

Microsoft 365 Insider Handbook

Prepare now for key end of support moments in 2025

CIAOPS Brief 20241027

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Queues app for Microsoft Teams now generally available –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/queues-app-for-microsoft-teams-now-generally-available/ba-p/4276837

Microsoft 365 admin center in dashboard view –

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

Increase productivity with Copilot in OneNote for iPad and Mac for commercial customers –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-insider-blog/increase-productivity-with-copilot-in-onenote-for-ipad-and-mac/ba-p/4272321

Seamlessly switch between your Apple devices with Handoff support for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-insider-blog/seamlessly-switch-between-your-apple-devices-with-handoff/ba-p/4275907

Enhancing Security with CISA’s ScubaGear Baselines for M365 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/public-sector-blog/enhancing-security-with-cisa-s-scubagear-baselines-for-m365/ba-p/4276782

As the U.S. election nears, Russia, Iran and China step up influence efforts –

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2024/10/23/as-the-u-s-election-nears-russia-iran-and-china-step-up-influence-efforts/

SharePoint content processing updates – translation and simple prebuilt models –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-sharepoint-blog/sharepoint-content-processing-updates-translation-and-simple/ba-p/4275859

Microsoft Threat Intelligence healthcare ransomware report highlights need for collective industry action –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/10/22/microsoft-threat-intelligence-healthcare-ransomware-report-highlights-need-for-collective-industry-action/

Upcoming design updates: Microsoft Purview Message Encryption Portal –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/security-compliance-and-identity/upcoming-design-updates-microsoft-purview-message-encryption/ba-p/4274433

Bidirectional translation support now available for language interpretation in Teams –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-insider-blog/bidirectional-translation-support-now-available-for-language/ba-p/4237385

AI Tour Demo: Copilot Studio and Pre-built Agents –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLNjFP6BKtQ

Scale your team with new autonomous agents –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365/blog/business-leader/2024/10/21/transform-work-with-autonomous-agents-across-your-business-processes/

Unlocking autonomous agent capabilities with Microsoft Copilot Studio –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/copilot-studio/unlocking-autonomous-agent-capabilities-with-microsoft-copilot-studio/

Reimagine business process with Copilot and agents –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw7H4TFX5TM

Increase productivity with Copilot in OneNote for iPad and Mac for commercial customers –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-insider-blog/increase-productivity-with-copilot-in-onenote-for-ipad-and-mac/ba-p/4272321

Unlock Autonomous Agent Capabilities with Copilot Studio –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxMi-tLg4MA

What’s new in Microsoft Intune October 2024 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-intune-blog/what-s-new-in-microsoft-intune-october-2024/ba-p/4273353

After hours

When Technology Becomes a Human Problem – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS3lw5_BAqo

Editorial

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CIAOPS Brief 20241019

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How connection and cloud foster multicultural exchange in Chile | Cloud Cultures by Microsoft Azure –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMaNs8f0vAY

Create neat lines and shapes with ink in Excel and PowerPoint for Windows –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-insider-blog/create-neat-lines-and-shapes-with-ink-in-excel-and-powerpoint/ba-p/4271290

Microsoft named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Unified Communications as a Service for the sixth year in a row –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2024/10/16/microsoft-named-a-leader-in-the-2024-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-unified-communications-as-a-service-for-the-sixth-year-in-a-row/

New macOS vulnerability, “HM Surf”, could lead to unauthorized data access –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/10/17/new-macos-vulnerability-hm-surf-could-lead-to-unauthorized-data-access/

Microsoft 365 Copilot drove up to 353% ROI for small and medium businesses—new study –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2024/10/17/microsoft-365-copilot-drove-up-to-353-roi-for-small-and-medium-businesses-new-study/

Unleash your creativity with new pen tools in OneNote –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-insider-blog/unleash-your-creativity-with-new-pen-tools-in-onenote/ba-p/4261197

Microsoft 365 Insider Handbook –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-insider-blog/microsoft-365-insider-handbook/ba-p/4205461

Using AI to balance preservation and innovation in South Africa | Cloud Cultures by Microsoft Azure –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM4lGLsusy0

Support tip: Always unenroll from MDM when unjoining and rejoining Microsoft Entra hybrid devices –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/intune-customer-success/support-tip-always-unenroll-from-mdm-when-unjoining-and/ba-p/4270668

Phish, Click, Breach: Hunting for a Sophisticated Cyber Attack –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-security-experts-blog/phish-click-breach-hunting-for-a-sophisticated-cyber-attack/ba-p/4267916

Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2024 –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/security-insider/intelligence-reports/microsoft-digital-defense-report-2024

Favorite Microsoft 365 Copilot Prompts –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-blog/favorite-microsoft-365-copilot-prompts/ba-p/4270282

What to do if your Sentinel Data Connector shows as [DEPRECATED] –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-sentinel-blog/what-to-do-if-your-sentinel-data-connector-shows-as-deprecated/ba-p/4270346

Prepare now for key end of support moments in 2025 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-blog/prepare-now-for-key-end-of-support-moments-in-2025/ba-p/4267800

Demystify potential data leaks with Insider Risk Management insights in Defender XDR –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-xdr-blog/demystify-potential-data-leaks-with-insider-risk-management/ba-p/4269184

National Australia Bank invests in an efficient, cloud-managed future with Windows 11 Enterprise –

https://customers.microsoft.com/en-us/story/1781804873110601091-national-australia-bank-microsoft-edge-banking-and-capital-markets-en-australia

After hours

EPISODE 1 – Scott & Mark Learn to Influence Without Authority –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxRLX4VGuYg

Editorial

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Watch out for the next CIA Brief next week

Need to Know podcast–Episode 329

It’s OneDrive’s turn in the spotlight. After a recent dedicated OneDrive event I have all the latest about updates and improvements that have been announced. Of course, there is plenty of other news also around security and Copilot as well as improvements to the new Outlook that you should check out. Thanks again for listening.

You can listen directly to this episode at:

https://ciaops.podbean.com/e/episode-329-onedrive-improvements/

Subscribe via iTunes at:

https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/ciaops-need-to-know-podcasts/id406891445?mt=2

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Don’t forget to give the show a rating as well as send me any feedback or suggestions you may have for the show.

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Welcome to the New Era of Microsoft OneDrive: AI, Productivity, and Memories at Your Fingertips

Get to know Copilot in OneDrive

Introducing Copilot in OneDrive: Now Generally Available

What’s New In Copilot | September 2024

New Copilot enhancements help small and medium-sized businesses innovate

Introducing Copilot Labs and Copilot Vision

New experiences coming to Copilot+ PCs and Windows 11

An AI companion for everyone

Create desktop flows using the AI Recorder

Token theft protection with Microsoft Entra, Intune, Defender XDR & Windows

Use community queries to hunt more effectively across email and collaboration threats

What’s new in Microsoft Entra – September 2024

What is Microsoft Entra (and why use it)?

Research Threat intelligence Microsoft Defender XDR Business email compromise

Improved user experience for Dictate in new Outlook for Windows and Outlook for the web

Getting started with the new Outlook for Windows

Learn about the new Outlook for Windows

Level Up Your Security Skills with the New Microsoft Sentinel Ninja Training!

Microsoft Defender XDR Monthly news – October 2024

Windows 11, version 24H2 security baseline

Windows 11, version 24H2: What’s new for IT pros

Security settings management is available for multi-tenant environments in Microsoft Defender XDR

Implementing a secure by default approach with Microsoft Purview and address oversharing

Microsoft Intune support for Apple Intelligence

Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms

Microsoft Ignite

CIAOPS Brief 20241012

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Microsoft Defender for Cloud remediated threats 30% faster than other solutions, according to Forrester TEI study –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/10/07/microsoft-defender-for-cloud-remediated-threats-30-faster-than-other-solutions-according-to-forrester-tei-study/

Corning Incorporated boosts efficiency with OneDrive’s advanced security & compliance features –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpzqJT-rT5Q

Cyber Signals Issue 8 | Education under siege: How cybercriminals target our schools –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/10/10/cyber-signals-issue-8-education-under-siege-how-cybercriminals-target-our-schools/

Welcome to the New Era of Microsoft OneDrive: AI, Productivity, and Memories at Your Fingertips –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-onedrive-blog/welcome-to-the-new-era-of-microsoft-onedrive-ai-productivity-and/ba-p/4265409

Create desktop flows using the AI Recorder –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkbzxIy05X4

Token theft protection with Microsoft Entra, Intune, Defender XDR & Windows –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-mechanics-blog/token-theft-protection-with-microsoft-entra-intune-defender-xdr/ba-p/4265675

Use community queries to hunt more effectively across email and collaboration threats –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-for-office/use-community-queries-to-hunt-more-effectively-across-email-and/ba-p/4254664

What’s new in Microsoft Entra – September 2024 –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFx6btsxtRU

Passkeys on Windows: Authenticate seamlessly with passkey providers –

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2024/10/08/passkeys-on-windows-authenticate-seamlessly-with-passkey-providers/

Research Threat intelligence Microsoft Defender XDR Business email compromise 9 min read File hosting services misused for identity phishing –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/10/08/file-hosting-services-misused-for-identity-phishing/

Welcome to the New Era of Microsoft OneDrive: AI, Productivity, and Memories at Your Fingertips –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-onedrive-blog/welcome-to-the-new-era-of-microsoft-onedrive-ai-productivity-and/ba-p/4265409

Improved user experience for Dictate in new Outlook for Windows and Outlook for the web –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-insider-blog/improved-user-experience-for-dictate-in-new-outlook-for-windows/ba-p/4232294

Get to know Copilot in OneDrive –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/community-news-desk/get-to-know-copilot-in-onedrive/ba-p/4262317

Anatomy of a Copilot –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/anatomy-of-a-copilot?ocid=FY25_soc_omc_br_x_AnatomyCopilot

How the cloud and community strength fuel success in Spain | Cloud Cultures by Microsoft Azure –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdOF-y27U4U

After hours

FIRST RIDE: Tesla Robotaxi – Our Driverless Future Has Arrived! –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LFYM86BjU0

Editorial

If you found this valuable, the I’d appreciate a ‘like’ or perhaps a donation at https://ko-fi.com/ciaops. This helps me know that people enjoy what I have created and provides resources to allow me to create more content. If you have any feedback or suggestions around this, I’m all ears. You can also find me via email director@ciaops.com and on X (Twitter) at https://www.twitter.com/directorcia.

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Watch out for the next CIA Brief next week

CIAOPS Need to Know Microsoft 365 Webinar – October

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Join me for the free monthly CIAOPS Need to Know webinar. Along with all the Microsoft Cloud news we’ll be taking a look at SharePoint.

Shortly after registering you should receive an automated email from Microsoft Teams confirming your registration, including all the event details as well as a calendar invite.

You can register for the regular monthly webinar here:

October Webinar Registrations

(If you are having issues with the above link copy and paste – https://bit.ly/n2k2410

The details are:

CIAOPS Need to Know Webinar – October 2024
Friday 1st of November 2024
11.00am – 12.00am Sydney Time

All sessions are recorded and posted to the CIAOPS Academy.

The CIAOPS Need to Know Webinars are free to attend but if you want to receive the recording of the session you need to sign up as a CIAOPS patron which you can do here:

http://www.ciaopspatron.com

or purchase them individually at:

http://www.ciaopsacademy.com/

Also feel free at any stage to email me directly via director@ciaops.com with your webinar topic suggestions.

I’d also appreciate you sharing information about this webinar with anyone you feel may benefit from the session and I look forward to seeing you there.

CIAOPS Brief 20241005

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What is Microsoft Entra (and why use it)? –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/what-is-microsoft-entra-and-why-use-it/ba-p/4262826

Install apps for your business –

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

Microsoft starts paying publishers for content surfaced by Copilot –

https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/01/microsoft-starts-paying-publishers-for-content-in-copilot/

Level Up Your Security Skills with the New Microsoft Sentinel Ninja Training! –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-sentinel-blog/level-up-your-security-skills-with-the-new-microsoft-sentinel/ba-p/4260106

Microsoft Defender XDR Monthly news – October 2024 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-xdr-blog/monthly-news-october-2024/ba-p/4258305

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Securing our world—together –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/10/01/cybersecurity-awareness-month-securing-our-world-together/

Windows 11, version 24H2 security baseline –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-security-baselines/windows-11-version-24h2-security-baseline/ba-p/4252801

Windows 11, version 24H2: What’s new for IT pros –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/windows-11-version-24h2-what-s-new-for-it-pros/ba-p/4259108

Introducing Copilot Labs and Copilot Vision –

Introducing Copilot Labs and Copilot Vision | Microsoft Copilot Blog

New experiences coming to Copilot+ PCs and Windows 11 –

New experiences coming to Copilot+ PCs and Windows 11 | Windows Experience Blog

An AI companion for everyone –

https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2024/10/01/an-ai-companion-for-everyone/

Security settings management is available for multi-tenant environments in Microsoft Defender XDR –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-for-endpoint/security-settings-management-is-available-for-multi-tenant/ba-p/4250996

Securing our future: September 2024 progress update on Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative (SFI) –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/09/23/securing-our-future-september-2024-progress-update-on-microsofts-secure-future-initiative-sfi/

What’s New In Copilot | September 2024 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-copilot/what-s-new-in-copilot-september-2024/ba-p/4256443

New Copilot for Security Plugin Name Reflects Broader Capabilities –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-threat/new-copilot-for-security-plugin-name-reflects-broader/ba-p/4258810

Getting started with the new Outlook for Windows –

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/getting-started-with-the-new-outlook-for-windows-656bb8d9-5a60-49b2-a98b-ba7822bc7627

After hours

The Eisenhower matrix: How to manage your tasks with EISENHOWER –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT89OZ7TNwc

Editorial

If you found this valuable, the I’d appreciate a ‘like’ or perhaps a donation at https://ko-fi.com/ciaops. This helps me know that people enjoy what I have created and provides resources to allow me to create more content. If you have any feedback or suggestions around this, I’m all ears. You can also find me via email director@ciaops.com and on X (Twitter) at https://www.twitter.com/directorcia.

If you want to be part of a dedicated Microsoft Cloud community with information and interactions daily, then consider becoming a CIAOPS Patron – www.ciaopspatron.com.

Watch out for the next CIA Brief next week

Need to Know podcast–Episode 328

Microsoft has announced updates to Copilot for Microsoft 365 which they are calling Wave 2. In this episode I cover off some of these changes and what I feel will be most useful for people. A number of other products from Microsoft have also become generally available so listen alone for all the new on that plus everything happening at Microsoft for SMB.

You can listen directly to this episode at:

https://ciaops.podbean.com/e/episode-328-riding-wave-2/

Subscribe via iTunes at:

https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/ciaops-need-to-know-podcasts/id406891445?mt=2

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Don’t forget to give the show a rating as well as send me any feedback or suggestions you may have for the show.

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Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2: Pages, Python in Excel, and agents

The next phase of Microsoft 365 Copilot innovation

Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2: AI Innovations in SharePoint and OneDrive

Microsoft 365 Copilot | Copilot Pages

Announcing Copilot Pages for multiplayer collaboration

Copilot pages for IT Admins – Sep 2024 update

New Copilot enhancements help small and medium-sized businesses innovate

Microsoft 365 Copilot – Small Business Guide to Prepare your Data for Search

Update on Recall security and privacy architecture

Introducing Copilot in OneDrive: Now Generally Available

Microsoft Intune support for Apple Intelligence

Microsoft Entra Internet Access now generally available

The art and science behind Microsoft threat hunting: Part 3

Microsoft ignite