Need to Know podcast–Episode 348

Welcome to Episode 348 of the CIAOPS Need to Know podcast — your regular dose of insights, updates, and practical guidance on Microsoft technologies, cybersecurity, and the evolving digital workplace with a special focus on what’s best for SMB.

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Microsoft Defender & Security

Case management now supports multiple tenants – Enhances multi-tenant visibility in Microsoft Defender.
Best Practices for Investigating Phishing Incidents – Guidance for handling phishing in Defender for Office 365.

Microsoft 365 & Copilot

Copilot Notebooks in OneNote – Now available for enterprise users on Windows.
Microsoft 365 Insider Round-Up: June 2025 – Monthly feature and update digest.
Copilot Release Notes – June 4 – Latest improvements and fixes.
New FAQ web part in SharePoint – Copilot-powered FAQ integration.
Copilot vulnerability report – Security concerns around AI agent hacking.

AI & Innovation

New methods boost LLM reasoning – Research on improving model reasoning.
Empowering AI skills in teams – Microsoft’s initiative to boost AI adoption.

Identity & Access

Getting started with Microsoft Entra Suite – Overview of Entra capabilities.
Understanding and Mitigating Golden SAML Attacks – Security guidance for identity compromise.

Governance & Policy

Microsoft to block third-party app access – Policy change on app consent.
Microsoft 365 Local – Sovereign cloud solutions for Europe.

Thought Leadership

Breaking down the infinite workday – Microsoft WorkLab’s insights on work-life balance.

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CIA Brief 20250621

Case management now supports multiple tenants in Microsoft Defender experience –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/MicrosoftThreatProtectionBlog/case-management-now-supports-multiple-tenants-in-microsoft-defender-experience/4425329

Microsoft 365 Insider Round-Up: June 2025 –

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/microsoft-365-insider-round-up-june-2025-microsoft-365-insider-7vidc/

Breaking down the infinite workday –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/work-trend-index/breaking-down-infinite-workday

Best Practices for Investigating Phishing Incidents in Microsoft Defender for Office 365 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/coreinfrastructureandsecurityblog/best-practices-for-investigating-phishing-incidents-in-microsoft-defender-for-of/4425748

Introducing TITAN-Powered Recommendations in Security Copilot Guided Response –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftthreatprotectionblog/introducing-titan-powered-recommendations-in-security-copilot-guided-response/4416350

Microsoft to Block Third-Party App Access to User Sites and Files –

https://office365itpros.com/2025/06/19/app-consent-policy-user-app-consent/

Getting started with the Microsoft Entra Suite –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/getting-started-with-the-microsoft-entra-suite/4422972

New methods boost reasoning in small and large language models –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/new-methods-boost-reasoning-in-small-and-large-language-models/

Understanding and Mitigating Golden SAML Attacks –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/understanding-and-mitigating-golden-saml-attacks/4418864

Scale AI transformation with Azure Essentials: AI Center of Excellence guidance –

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/scale-ai-transformation-with-azure-essentials-ai-center-of-excellence-guidance/

Microsoft 365 Copilot Notebooks available in OneNote on Windows –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/microsoft-365-copilot-notebooks-available-in-onenote-on-windows/4423346

Announcing Microsoft 365 Local –

https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/06/16/announcing-comprehensive-sovereign-solutions-empowering-european-organizations/

After hours

Engineers vs Almost Impossible Tasks – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBfK04-QPpg

Editorial

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CIA Brief 20250616

Empower your teams to grow their AI skills and boost adoption –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-cloud/blog/2025/06/10/empower-your-teams-to-grow-their-ai-skills-and-boost-adoption/

AI Fluency – Learn to collaborate with AI systems effectively, efficiently, ethically, and safely –

https://www.anthropic.com/ai-fluency

Introducing FAQ web part in SharePoint powered by Microsoft 365 Copilot –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/introducing-faq-web-part-in-sharepoint-powered-by-microsoft-365-copilot/4422177

Exclusive: New Microsoft Copilot flaw signals broader risk of AI agents being hacked—‘I would be terrified’ –

https://fortune.com/2025/06/11/microsoft-copilot-vulnerability-ai-agents-echoleak-hacking/

Managing unified RBAC in Microsoft Defender –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xvPy1zWIfg

Advanced Hunting in Defender –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06ukKCHMkeY

Case Management in Microsoft Defender –

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

Copilot Release Notes: June 4, 2025 –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/2025/06/04/release-notes-june-4-2025/

Barclays to roll out Microsoft 365 Copilot to 100,000 colleagues, transforming employee experience –

https://ukstories.microsoft.com/features/barclays-rolls-out-microsoft-365-copilot-to-100000-colleagues/

After hours

Owl rescue – Ozzy man quickies – https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8A73jLntSgQ

Editorial

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CIA Brief 20250608

AI Challenger | HEINEKEN: Tapping AI to Become the Best-Connected Brewer –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo647KQyMus

Directory Based Edge Blocking Now Available for Public Folders & Dynamic Distribution Groups –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/exchange/directory-based-edge-blocking-now-available-for-public-folders–dynamic-distribu/4421006

Stay in the flow with Microsoft 365 Companion apps –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/stay-in-the-flow-with-microsoft-365-companion-apps/4419809

Cross-border collaboration: International law enforcement and Microsoft dismantle transnational scam network targeting older adults –

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2025/06/05/microsoft-dismantle-transnational-scam/

Leveling up your Microsoft Store on Windows experience –

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2025/06/05/leveling-up-your-microsoft-store-on-windows-experience/

Microsoft Intune: Why Constant Verification Means Better Security –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYZh9NEXGGo

Expanding the Identity perimeter: the rise of non-human identities –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftthreatprotectionblog/expanding-the-identity-perimeter-the-rise-of-non-human-identities/4418953

Putting the “Identity” in Identity Threat Detection and Response with Microsoft Entra ID –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/putting-the-%E2%80%9Cidentity%E2%80%9D-in-identity-threat-detection-and-response-with-microsoft-/4418863

How Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is redefining endpoint security –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/06/03/how-microsoft-defender-for-endpoint-is-redefining-endpoint-security/

After hours

Engineers vs Almost Impossible Tasks – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBfK04-QPpg

Editorial

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Need to Know podcast–Episode 347

In this episode I take a look at some of the latest announcements from Microsoft Build as well as recent changes to the Microsoft 365 home page. As expected Build gave us lots of new and enhanced capabilities coming to services like Copilot Studio and provide a raft of enhanced ways to better use AI across tenant information. There are still plenty of security updates to be across so listen along for all the details.

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Build 2025 Book of news

Microsoft Build

Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot Tuning

Multi-agent orchestration, maker controls, and more: Microsoft Copilot Studio announcements at Microsoft Build 2025

The Microsoft 365 Copilot app: Built for the new way of working

What’s new in Microsoft 365 Copilot | May 2025

Automating Phishing Email Triage with Microsoft Security Copilot

Defending against evolving identity attack techniques

What’s new in Microsoft Intune: May 2025

Monitoring & Assessing Risk with Microsoft Entra ID Protection

Discover how automatic attack disruption protects critical assets while ensuring business continuity

Access chats while sharing your screen in Teams meetings

New Russia-affiliated actor Void Blizzard targets critical sectors for espionage

CIAOPS Need to Know Microsoft 365 Webinar – June

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CIA Brief 20250602

Creating Microsoft Sentinel automations and workbooks in Microsoft Defender –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lc0T_hPTug4

Alert correlation in Microsoft Defender –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIIxN1dMJTc

Incident investigation in Microsoft Defender –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnZBVm8ZGsY

Microsoft Scenario Library –

https://adoption.microsoft.com/en-us/scenario-library/

Defending against evolving identity attack techniques –

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

Check out the latest security skill-building resources on Microsoft Learn –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-blog/check-out-the-latest-security-skill-building-resources-on-microsoft-learn/4418018

What’s new in Microsoft Intune: May 2025 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftintuneblog/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft-intune-may-2025/4415748

Monitoring & Assessing Risk with Microsoft Entra ID Protection –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/nonprofittechies/monitoring–assessing-risk-with-microsoft-entra-id-protection/4404069

From skepticism to success: How AI is helping teachers transform classrooms in Peru –

https://news.microsoft.com/source/latam/features/ai/world-bank-peru-teachers-copilot/?lang=en

Discover how automatic attack disruption protects critical assets while ensuring business continuity –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftdefenderatpblog/discover-how-automatic-attack-disruption-protects-critical-assets-while-ensuring/4416597

Access chats while sharing your screen in Teams meetings –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/access-chats-while-sharing-your-screen-in-teams-meetings/4417972

New Russia-affiliated actor Void Blizzard targets critical sectors for espionage –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/05/27/new-russia-affiliated-actor-void-blizzard-targets-critical-sectors-for-espionage/

After hours

AI company’s CEO issues warning about mass unemployment – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zju51INmW7U

Editorial

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