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

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

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

Editorial

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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.

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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

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Update on Recall security and privacy architecture – https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2024/09/27/update-on-recall-security-and-privacy-architecture/

Introducing Copilot in OneDrive: Now Generally Available –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-onedrive-blog/introducing-copilot-in-onedrive-now-generally-available/ba-p/4253194

Storm-0501: Ransomware attacks expanding to hybrid cloud environments –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/09/26/storm-0501-ransomware-attacks-expanding-to-hybrid-cloud-environments/

Case Study: Harnessing Copilot for Security in Defending Against Cyberthreats –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-security-copilot-blog/case-study-harnessing-copilot-for-security-in-defending-against/ba-p/4251623

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

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/security-compliance-and-identity/implementing-a-secure-by-default-approach-with-microsoft-purview/ba-p/4251190

Microsoft Intune support for Apple Intelligence –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/intune-customer-success/microsoft-intune-support-for-apple-intelligence/ba-p/4254037

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

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/09/25/microsoft-is-named-a-leader-in-the-2024-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-endpoint-protection-platforms/

Learn about the new Outlook for Windows –

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXPr7gfUMmKxSob6H6MgRagqdNiUTg75e

After hours

Bill Gates talks new Netflix series, shares how he uses AI in his life – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLBkqm8ctgg

Editorial

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CIAOPS Brief 20240921

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Important changes to the Windows enrollment experience coming soon

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/intune-customer-success/important-changes-to-the-windows-enrollment-experience-coming/ba-p/4246689

Secure architecture design – How Defender for Office 365 protects against EchoSpoofing

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-for-office/secure-architecture-design-how-defender-for-office-365-protects/ba-p/4225358

Learn how the Windows update process will be improved during OOBE and what you need to do to prepare.  

Inside Microsoft’s Cybercrime Center | Microsoft campus tour –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHArmtKHAv8

New Copilot enhancements help small and medium-sized businesses innovate –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/small-and-medium-business-blog/new-copilot-enhancements-help-small-and-medium-sized-businesses/ba-p/4238667

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

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2024/09/16/microsoft-365-copilot-wave-2-pages-python-in-excel-and-agents/

The next phase of Microsoft 365 Copilot innovation –

https://news.microsoft.com/m365-copilot-Sept-2024/

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

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-copilot/microsoft-365-copilot-wave-2-ai-innovations-in-sharepoint-and/ba-p/4245159

Microsoft 365 Copilot | Copilot Pages –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxxqw0E7Io8

Announcing Copilot Pages for multiplayer collaboration –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-copilot/announcing-copilot-pages-for-multiplayer-collaboration/ba-p/4242701

Copilot pages for IT Admins – Sep 2024 update –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-copilot/copilot-pages-for-it-admins-sep-2024-update/ba-p/4241521

New alerts for Windows updates in Microsoft Intune –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/new-alerts-for-windows-updates-in-microsoft-intune/ba-p/4248278

Microsoft Entra Internet Access now generally available –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-entra-blog/microsoft-entra-internet-access-now-generally-available/ba-p/3922547

IDC study on partner profitability with Microsoft AI –

https://partner.microsoft.com/en-US/blog/article/AI-value-for-partners

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9WkpoUMdzQ

Microsoft Copilot agents and extensibility for developers explained –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpZl2-mlB74

Microsoft 365 Copilot | Copilot agents in SharePoint –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW0REEAnsEI

5 ways IT departments can get started with low-code and AI –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/copilot-studio/5-ways-it-departments-can-get-started-with-low-code-and-ai/

Consolidating update management for enterprises –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/consolidating-update-management-for-enterprises/ba-p/4246896

Russian election interference efforts focus on the Harris-Walz campaign –

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2024/09/17/russian-election-interference-efforts-focus-on-the-harris-walz-campaign/

After hours

Driving The World’s Smallest Car | Top Gear Classic – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L91sA4-H9c0

Editorial

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CIAOPS Brief 20240908

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Security mitigation for the Common Log Filesystem (CLFS) –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/security-compliance-and-identity/security-mitigation-for-the-common-log-filesystem-clfs/ba-p/4224041#

Tips for running your business in the cloud –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCmIwkDS_88

SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop: August 2024 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-sharepoint-blog/sharepoint-roadmap-pitstop-august-2024/ba-p/4234818

Microsoft Security Exposure Management Graph: Prioritization is the king –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/security-compliance-and-identity/microsoft-security-exposure-management-graph-prioritization-is/ba-p/4160316

MFA enforcement for Microsoft Entra admin center sign-in coming soon –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-entra-blog/mfa-enforcement-for-microsoft-entra-admin-center-sign-in-coming/ba-p/4230849

Hunting with Microsoft Graph activity logs –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-security-experts-blog/hunting-with-microsoft-graph-activity-logs/ba-p/4234632

Title 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/

OneNote Copilot now supports inked notes –

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

How energy firms power the world with secure Microsoft technologies –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/blog/energy-and-resources/2024/08/29/how-energy-firms-power-the-world-with-secure-microsoft-technologies/

Automatically summarize Word documents with Copilot –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-insider-blog/automatically-summarize-word-documents-with-copilot/ba-p/4231202

What’s New in Copilot | August 2024 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/copilot-for-microsoft-365/what-s-new-in-copilot-august-2024/ba-p/4226565

Windows news you can use: August 2024 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/windows-news-you-can-use-august-2024/ba-p/4230093

Title North Korean threat actor Citrine Sleet exploiting Chromium zero-day – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/08/30/north-korean-threat-actor-citrine-sleet-exploiting-chromium-zero-day/

The art and science behind Microsoft threat hunting: Part 3 –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/08/28/the-art-and-science-behind-microsoft-threat-hunting-part-3/

Customer Service: Embed Copilot for Service into Microsoft 365 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr857daYOEQ

After hours

Mark Rober vs Dude Perfect- Ultimate Robot Battle – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4gNS0Iiu0Q

Editorial

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Need to Know podcast–Episode 327

Some Copilot and Security updates this week as well as some handy information about Microsoft OneNote and Loop, plus a whole lot more. Listen for all the latest cloud news from Microsoft.

You can listen directly to this episode at:

https://ciaops.podbean.com/e/episode-327-second-brain/

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The art and science behind Microsoft threat hunting: Part 3

North Korean threat actor Citrine Sleet exploiting Chromium zero-day

Peach Sandstorm deploys new custom Tickler malware in long-running intelligence gathering operations

Microsoft Announces Windows Endpoint Security Ecosystem Summit With CrowdStrike on September 10

What’s new: Multi-tenancy in the unified security operations platform experience in Public Preview

Harnessing the power of KQL Plugins for enhanced security insights with Copilot for Security

Critical Cloud Assets: Identifying and Protecting the Crown Jewels of your Cloud

What’s new in Microsoft Intune August 2024

Support Tip: Enforcement of multifactor authentication for Intune admin center sign-in coming soon

What’s New in Copilot | August 2024

Getting started with LLM prompt engineering

How to draft an email with Copilot – New Outlook for Windows

OneNote Copilot now supports inked notes

OneNote as a Second Brain (What You’re Missing)

OneNote iOS Widgets

Introducing SharePoint design ideas

Loop overview Almost everything you need to know to start with Microsoft Loop

Level up your project management with Loop

CIAOPS Brief 20240831

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Customer Service: Embed Copilot for Service into Microsoft 365 –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr857daYOEQ

The art and science behind Microsoft threat hunting: Part 3 –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/08/28/the-art-and-science-behind-microsoft-threat-hunting-part-3/

North Korean threat actor Citrine Sleet exploiting Chromium zero-day –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/08/30/north-korean-threat-actor-citrine-sleet-exploiting-chromium-zero-day/

What’s New in Copilot | August 2024 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/copilot-for-microsoft-365/what-s-new-in-copilot-august-2024/ba-p/4226565

How energy firms power the world with secure Microsoft technologies –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/blog/energy-and-resources/2024/08/29/how-energy-firms-power-the-world-with-secure-microsoft-technologies/

OneNote Copilot now supports inked notes –

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

Getting started with LLM prompt engineering –

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ai/playbook/technology-guidance/generative-ai/working-with-llms/prompt-engineering

Get started with security settings –

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

Peach Sandstorm deploys new custom Tickler malware in long-running intelligence gathering operations –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/08/28/peach-sandstorm-deploys-new-custom-tickler-malware-in-long-running-intelligence-gathering-operations/

Save ingestion costs by splitting logs into multiple tables and opting for the basic tier! –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/core-infrastructure-and-security/save-ingestion-costs-by-splitting-logs-into-multiple-tables-and/ba-p/4230861

Research Analysis and Guidance: Ensuring Android Security Update Adoption –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-vulnerability/research-analysis-and-guidance-ensuring-android-security-update/ba-p/4216714

Set up your Android for work –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJx2Iwn118g

Introducing SharePoint design ideas –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-sharepoint-blog/introducing-sharepoint-design-ideas/ba-p/4161895

After hours

OneNote as a Second Brain (What You’re Missing)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m8EGJGYMAY

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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August Microsoft 365 Webinar resources

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The slides from this month’s webinar are available at:

https://github.com/directorcia/general/blob/master/Presentations/Need%20to%20Know%20Webinars/202408.pdf

If you are not a CIAOPS patron you want to view or download a full copy of the video from the session you can do so here:

http://www.ciaopsacademy.com.au/p/need-to-know-webinars

Watch out for next month’s webinar

Key Topics:
  • Power Automate: Robert discussed the capabilities and benefits of using Power Automate for automating tasks and connecting to many data services, emphasizing its low-code/no-code nature and the potential for significant time and cost savings in business processes. 48:17

  • Desktop Flows: Robert introduced Desktop Flows as a feature of Power Automate, highlighting its utility for automating desktop tasks and integrating with legacy systems, and mentioned its availability on Windows 11 and for download on other versions. 47:48

  • Copilot for Power Automate: Robert mentioned the inclusion of Copilot for Power Automate, which aids in creating automation processes through AI, emphasizing its availability at no additional cost within Power Automate licenses. 46:26

  • Concerns with Power Automate Service: Robert experienced technical difficulties during the demonstration of Power Automate, indicating a temporary service issue, which impacted the ability to showcase certain features live. 51:04