CIA Brief 20251004

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3D objects: the next frontier of data | Microsoft Azure and NVIDIA | Catalyst E3 –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeNwoTAgmsk&t=20s

Microsoft named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for XDR –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/10/02/microsoft-named-a-leader-in-the-idc-market…

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Security starts with you –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/10/01/cybersecurity-awareness-month-security-sta…

Retail at risk: How one alert uncovered a persistent cyberthreat –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/09/24/retail-at-risk-how-one-alert-uncovered-a-p…

Fluid forms, vibrant colors –

https://microsoft.design/articles/fluid-forms-vibrant-colors/

What’s new in Microsoft 365 Copilot | September 2025 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365CopilotBlog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft-36…

An IT pro’s guide to Windows 11, version 25H2 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-itpro-blog/an-it-pro%E2%80%99s-guide-to-windows-11…

Announcing Microsoft Sentinel Model Context Protocol (MCP) server – Public Preview –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/announcing-microsoft-sentinel-mode…

Microsoft Sentinel data lake is now generally available –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/microsoft-sentinel-data-lake-is-no…

Empowering defenders in the era of agentic AI with Microsoft Sentinel –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/09/30/empowering-defenders-in-the-era-of-agentic…

Agentic security your way: Build your own Security Copilot agents –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/securitycopilotblog/agentic-security-your-way-build-your-o…

Microsoft 365 Backup: Protect your business with data recovery –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft_365_backup_blog/microsoft-365-backup-protect-you…

Office Agent – “Taste driven” multi-agent system for Microsoft 365 Copilot –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/office-agent-%E2%80%93-%E2%80%9Cta…

Introducing Protection Unit Offboarding in Microsoft 365 Backup –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft_365_backup_blog/introducing-protection-unit-offb…

Vibe working: Introducing Agent Mode and Office Agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/09/29/vibe-working-introducing-agent-mode-a…

Building Agent Mode in Excel –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/excelblog/building-agent-mode-in-excel/4457320

Microsoft Sentinel and Defender: ITSM Integrations Explained –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsentinelblog/microsoft-sentinel-and-defender-itsm…

Introducing Microsoft Marketplace — Thousands of solutions. Millions of customers. One Marketplace –

https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/09/25/introducing-microsoft-marketplace-thousands-of-solution…

After hours

Long-distance goals but they get increasingly more ridiculous – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c3-vK72jnY

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CIA Brief 20250928

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Microsoft Sentinel and Defender: ITSM Integrations Explained –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsentinelblog/microsoft-sentinel-and-defender-itsm…

Introducing Microsoft Marketplace — Thousands of solutions. Millions of customers. One Marketplace –

https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/09/25/introducing-microsoft-marketplace-thousands-of-solution…

AI vs. AI: Detecting an AI-obfuscated phishing campaign –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/09/24/ai-vs-ai-detecting-an-ai-obfuscated-phishi…

Expanding model choice in Microsoft 365 Copilot –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/09/24/expanding-model-choice-in-microsoft-3…

Supercharging Security Copilot with Logic Apps: Best practices and pro tips –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/securitycopilotblog/supercharging-security-copilot-with-lo…

AI chips are getting hotter. A microfluidics breakthrough goes straight to the silicon to cool up to three times better. –

https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/innovation/microfluidics-liquid-cooling-ai-chips/

Introducing Channel Agent in Teams –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/introducing-channel-agent-in-teams…

Driving transparency: New logging capabilities and attribute enhancements in Microsoft Entra –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/driving-transparency-new-logging-capa…

After hours

MrBeast on His Quest to Turn YouTube Fame Into an Entertainment Empire

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-09-22/youtube-star-mrbeast-is-building-an-entertainment-empire

Editorial

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CIA Brief 20250921

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SharePoint Showcase highlights: Get the most out of SharePoint agents –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/sharepoint-showcase-highlights-get…

New collaborative agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot –

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

Power up project management in Teams with the Project Manager Agent –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/plannerblog/power-up-project-management-in-teams-with-the-…

Introducing Knowledge Agent in SharePoint –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/introducing-knowledge-agent-in-sharepoint/4454154

AI and Microsoft Teams: A New Era of Collaboration –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftteamsblog/ai-and-microsoft-teams-a-new-era-of-col…

Microsoft 365 Insider Round-Up: September 2025 –

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/microsoft-365-insider-round-up-september-2025-microsoft-365-insider-…

Microsoft 365 Copilot: Enabling human-agent teams –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/09/18/microsoft-365-copilot-enabling-human-…

Addressing multi-tenant management challenges for MSPs with Microsoft Intune and partner innovations –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftintuneblog/addressing-multi-tenant-management-cha…

Copilot-powered file previews coming to Microsoft 365 Copilot app for iOS –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/copilot-powered-file-previews-comi…

Introducing the new Network Security Hub in Azure –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azurenetworksecurityblog/introducing-the-new-network-secur…

Defending against evolving identity attack techniques –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/05/29/defending-against-evolving-identity-attack…

Microsoft seizes 338 websites to disrupt rapidly growing ‘RaccoonO365’ phishing service –

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2025/09/16/microsoft-seizes-338-websites-to-disrupt-rapid…

Datacenters: The secret to connectivity –

https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/innovation/datacenters-the-secret-to-connectivity/

Face the future today by moving your application to cloud native –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftintuneblog/face-the-future-today-by-moving-your-a…

Copilot Chat comes to the Microsoft 365 apps –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/copilot-chat-comes-to-the-microsof…

Get ready now: One month until Office 2016/2019 end of support –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/officeeos/get-ready-now-one-month-until-office-20162019-en…

After hours

How Google Makes Billions Off You—And How To Opt Out – 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtoRk6QS3i4

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CIA Brief 20250914

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Intune AI Agent: Instant Threat Defense, Invisible Protection –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/intune-ai-agent-instant-threat-def…

Microsoft Sentinel’s AI-driven UEBA ushers in the next era of behavioral analytics –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsentinelblog/microsoft-sentinel%E2%80%99s-ai-driv…

Zero Trust for Software Development Companies: what “good” looks like in practice –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/marketplace-blog/zero-trust-for-software-development-compa…

Azure mandatory multifactor authentication: Phase 2 starting in October 2025 –

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-mandatory-multifactor-authentication-phase-2-starting-…

Protect Copilot Studio AI Agents in Real Time with Microsoft Defender –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftthreatprotectionblog/protect-copilot-studio-ai-ag…

After hours

“Focusing is about saying no”-  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8eP99neOVs

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Need to Know podcast–Episode 353

in this episode I talk about a recent series of blog posts I wrote about some analysis I did on various AI services available today as well as my thoughts on these. I also cover off the latest news and information in the Microsoft Cloud for you. Listen along.

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Welcome to the Microsoft Incident Response Ninja Hub –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsecurityexperts/welcome-to-the-microsoft-incident…

Listen to an audio recap of your meetings in Teams –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/listen-to-an-audio-recap-of-your-m…

Introducing Surveys Agent, your personal survey expert –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/introducing-surveys-agent-your-per…

What’s New in AI for Security from Microsoft Entra? –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-ai-for-security…

Microsoft ranked number one in modern endpoint security market share third year in a row –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/08/27/microsoft-ranked-number-one-in-modern-endpoint-security-market-share-third-year-in-a-row/

Securing and governing the rise of autonomous agents –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/08/26/securing-and-governing-the-rise-of-autonomous-agents/

How systems integrators are scaling innovation with Microsoft 365 Copilot and agents –

https://partner.microsoft.com/en-US/blog/article/copilot-partner-spotlight-august-2025

Microsoft deployment blueprint – Address oversharing concerns for your M365 Copilot deployment –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/healthcareandlifesciencesblog/microsoft-deployment-blueprint—address-oversharing-concerns-for-your-m365-copi/4434598

Staying Ahead of Compliance: Keep Up with Key Insights from our Quarterly Compliance Update –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/staying-ahead-of-compliance-keep-up-with-key-insights-from-our-quarterly-complia/4448011

Microsoft Security Copilot in Intune deep dive – Part 1: Features available in public preview –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/intunecustomersuccess/microsoft-security-copilot-in-intune-deep-dive-%E2%80%93-part-1-features-available-in-pu/4406244

What’s New in Microsoft Intune: August 2025 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftintuneblog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft-intune-august-2025/4445612

OneNote for Windows 10 support is ending –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/onenote-for-windows-10-support-is-ending/4445230

Think before you Click(Fix): Analyzing the ClickFix social engineering technique –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/08/21/think-before-you-clickfix-analyzing-the-clickfix-social-engineering-technique/

Deep Dive: DLP Incidents, Alerts & Events – Part 1 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/deep-dive-dlp-incidents-alerts–events—part-1/4443691

Deep Dive: DLP Incidents, Alerts & Events – Part 2 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/deep-dive-dlp-incidents-alerts–events—part-2/4443700

New SKUs available for M365 Business premium – https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/deep-dive-dlp-incidents-alerts–events—part-2/4443700

Testing the differences between AI services – CIAOPS – https://blog.ciaops.com/2025/09/06/testing-the-differences-between-ai-services/

An analysis of how AI services vary – CIAOPS – https://blog.ciaops.com/2025/09/07/an-analysis-of-how-ai-service-vary/

Comparison of AI-Generated Articles – CIAOPS – https://blog.ciaops.com/2025/09/08/comparison-of-ai-generated-articles/

CIA Brief 20250907

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Welcome to the Microsoft Incident Response Ninja Hub –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsecurityexperts/welcome-to-the-microsoft-incident…

Listen to an audio recap of your meetings in Teams –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/listen-to-an-audio-recap-of-your-m…

Phishing Triage Agent in Defender XDR: Say Goodbye to False Positives and Analyst Fatigue –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/phishing-triage-agent-in-defender-…

Introducing Surveys Agent, your personal survey expert –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/introducing-surveys-agent-your-per…

What’s New in AI for Security from Microsoft Entra? –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-ai-for-security…

Stay focused on your most relevant data with Microsoft 365 Archive –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1-uwTcv5es

Microsoft ranked number one in modern endpoint security market share third year in a row –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/08/27/microsoft-ranked-number-one-in-modern-endpoint-security-market-share-third-year-in-a-row/

Securing and governing the rise of autonomous agents –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/08/26/securing-and-governing-the-rise-of-autonomous-agents/

Reimagining work: Microsoft’s vision for the future of Desktop as a Service –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-itpro-blog/reimagining-work-microsoft%E2%80%99s-vision-for-the-future-of-desktop-as-a-service/4448016

How systems integrators are scaling innovation with Microsoft 365 Copilot and agents –

https://partner.microsoft.com/en-US/blog/article/copilot-partner-spotlight-august-2025

Exposing hidden threats across the AI development lifecycle in the cloud –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftdefendercloudblog/exposing-hidden-threats-across-the-ai-development-lifecycle-in-the-cloud/4446792

Updates to Data Security specialization (formerly Information Protection and Governance) –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/specialization-blog/updates-to-data-security-specialization-formerly-information-protection-and-gove/4446492

Microsoft deployment blueprint – Address oversharing concerns for your M365 Copilot deployment –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/healthcareandlifesciencesblog/microsoft-deployment-blueprint—address-oversharing-concerns-for-your-m365-copi/4434598

Staying Ahead of Compliance: Keep Up with Key Insights from our Quarterly Compliance Update –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/staying-ahead-of-compliance-keep-up-with-key-insights-from-our-quarterly-complia/4448011

Microsoft Security Copilot in Intune deep dive – Part 1: Features available in public preview –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/intunecustomersuccess/microsoft-security-copilot-in-intune-deep-dive-%E2%80%93-part-1-features-available-in-pu/4406244

After hours

Tron: Ares | Official IMAX® 1.90 Trailer– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8VJ0LSi5gQ

Editorial

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CIA Brief 20250824

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What’s New in Microsoft Intune: August 2025 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftintuneblog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft-intune-august-2025/4445612

OneNote for Windows 10 support is ending –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/onenote-for-windows-10-support-is-ending/4445230

Think before you Click(Fix): Analyzing the ClickFix social engineering technique –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/08/21/think-before-you-clickfix-analyzing-the-clickfix-social-engineering-technique/

Microsoft Sentinel’s New Data Lake: Cut Costs & Boost Threat Detection –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/microsoft-sentinel%E2%80%99s-new-data-lake-cut-costs–boost-threat-detection/4445281

Identify Defender for Endpoint Onboarding Method using PowerShell – Part 2 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/coreinfrastructureandsecurityblog/identify-defender-for-endpoint-onboarding-method-using-powershell—part-2/4445263

Microsoft Elevate: Putting people first –

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2025/07/09/elevate/

Introducing new SharePoint Site Header & Footer Enhancements –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/introducing-new-sharepoint-site-header–footer-enhancements/4444261

Deep Dive: DLP Incidents, Alerts & Events – Part 1 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/deep-dive-dlp-incidents-alerts–events—part-1/4443691

Deep Dive: DLP Incidents, Alerts & Events – Part 2 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/deep-dive-dlp-incidents-alerts–events—part-2/4443700

After hours

We’re Not Ready for Superintelligence– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KVDDfAkRgc

Editorial

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