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It is only a matter of days now before we get our hands on Copilot for Security. Listen along for the latest information on this exciting new service from Microsoft. You'll also hear about the new Security Exposure Management and lots more announcements from Microsoft. Resources @directorcia Join my shared channel CIAOPS merch store Become a CIAOPS Patron CIAOPS Blog CIAOPS Brief CIAOPSLabs Support CIAOPS Here’s what you missed from Microsoft Secure Microsoft Copilot for Security generally available on April 1 Microsoft Copilot for Security is generally available on April 1, 2024, with new capabilities Microsoft Copilot for Security: AI-Powered Security for All Security Exposure Management Introducing Microsoft Security Exposure Management Microsoft introduces a preview of Copilot in Intune Advancing the new era of work with Copilot, Windows, and Surface Introducing Microsoft Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 for Business Collect information like a pro – New Microsoft Lists forms experience The new Planner in Teams is now in Public Preview Troubleshoot and Manage Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention for your Endpoint Devices Introducing Restricted SharePoint Search to help you get started with Copilot for Microsoft 365 What is Global Secure Access (preview)?  

Microsoft has just completed its Copilot for Microsoft 365 tech accelerator which I'd recommend you take a look at. There are a variety of videos that are well worth watching. They are also available on Youtube as well. I have linked to many below in the show notes for you. Of course, there is also plenty of other news and updates from the Microsoft Cloud, so listen along. Resources @directorcia Join my shared channel CIAOPS merch store Become a CIAOPS Patron CIAOPS Blog CIAOPS Brief CIAOPSLabs Support CIAOPS CIAOPS Techwerks 23 Copilot for Microsoft 365 Tech Accelerator Copilot in Forms | Create engaging forms Extending Copilot: Expanding knowledge with Graph connectors Measuring usage, adoption, and the impact of Microsoft Copilot Copilot now available for the Microsoft 365 mobile app Try new ways of working with Help me create in the Microsoft 365 web app Copilot in OneDrive: A New Wave of File Interaction What’s New in Copilot for Microsoft 365 How to drive Copilot for Microsoft 365 usage and satisfaction Prepare your organization for Copilot for Microsoft 365 Tips and tricks for IT pros deploying Copilot for Microsoft 365 Copilot for Microsoft 365 AMA: Tech Accelerator edition (Day 1) Introduction to Copilot for Microsoft 365 Get your small business ready for Copilot for Microsoft 365 Protect multi-tenant organizations by using Microsoft Defender XDR Prompt users for reauthentication on sensitive apps and high-risk actions with Conditional Access Skilling snack: Data security basics for IT pros  Keeping track of object deletions in Microsoft Entra ID Get the most out of Microsoft Copilot for Security with good prompt engineering Navigating NIS2 requirements with Microsoft Security solutions Identity Threat Detection & Response - on-prem to cloud ITDR from Microsoft Welcome to the Microsoft Defender Experts Ninja Hub  

Copilot for Microsoft 365 is already amongst us but are now waiting for what I believe will be an even more impactful AI assistance in SMB - Copilot for security. I've got plenty of information, including some great videos for you to take a look at here along with all the news and updates from the Microsoft Cloud. Enjoy! Resources @directorcia Join my shared channel CIAOPS merch store Become a CIAOPS Patron CIAOPS Blog CIAOPS Brief CIAOPSLabs Support CIAOPS CIAOPS Need to Know February webinar CIAOPS Techwerks 23 Creating video from text Seven Tips for Having a Great Conversation with Copilot Introducing AI in a Minute: A video series on the tech behind generative AI Staying ahead of threat actors in the age of AI  Hunting for QR Code AiTM Phishing and User Compromise Introducing the new Microsoft Copilot experience in Teams How licensing works for work and school accounts in the new Outlook for Windows  Microsoft plans to add Copilot support to OneDrive on the web in May Deep Dive of Microsoft-managed Conditional Access Policies in Microsoft Entra ID Microsoft Create: 6 practical ways to use ChatGPT  Script analysis in Microsoft Copilot for Security Empowering employees with generative AI at their fingertips  Latest Defender EASM Features Increase Visibility and Enhance Querying for Faster Remediation  Vulnerabilities assessments in Microsoft Security for Copilot  Microsoft Game Day Commercial | Copilot: Your everyday AI companion Face Check with Microsoft Entra Verified ID: A better way to verify Copilot for Microsoft 365 capabilities now available in the Windows desktop Support tip: Improving the efficiency of dynamic group processing with Microsoft Entra ID and Intune  

Two major releases from Microsoft since the last episode, the full Intune Suite as well as Teams Mesh immersive experience. Stay tuned for information and links to both of these plus more news and updates from the Microsoft cloud. Resources @directorcia Join my shared channel CIAOPS merch store Become a CIAOPS Patron CIAOPS Blog CIAOPS Brief CIAOPSLabs Support CIAOPS CIAOPS Need to Know February webinar CIAOPS Techwerks 23 Microsoft Intune Suite – beyond endpoint management in 2024  Microsoft Intune Tunnel for Mobile Application Management  Microsoft Cloud PKI 3 new ways the Microsoft Intune Suite offers security, simplification, and savings What’s new in Microsoft Intune January 2024 Midnight Blizzard: Guidance for responders on nation-state attack Vulnerable Components Inventory now in public preview Monthly Microsoft Security news – February 2024 Bring virtual connections to life with Microsoft Mesh, now generally available in Microsoft Teams Easily control audio and video settings in Teams meetings Unlock the Power of Video at Work and School: 6 Features to Use in Microsoft Stream How to explore immersive spaces Easily Manage Privileged Role Assignments in Microsoft Entra ID Using Audit Logs Microsoft Teams available on Apple Vision Pro on February 2 Microsoft earnings beat across the board as cloud, AI drive momentum  Make meetings more fun and personal with Decorate your background  Introducing More Granular Certificate-Based Authentication Configuration in Conditional Access Microsoft Entra user and admin access controls to prepare for Copilot

The big news is that Copilot for Microsoft 365 is now available in SMB. There are also some additional Copilot options available as well. I cover all this plus provide some information around getting Copilot on your desktop apps as well as other news and updates from the Microsoft Cloud. Tune in and catch up. Resources @directorcia Join my shared channel CIAOPS merch store Become a CIAOPS Patron CIAOPS Blog CIAOPS Brief CIAOPSLabs Support CIAOPS Bringing the full power of Copilot to more people and businesses Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 Copilot video play list  Copilot for Microsoft 365 for small and medium businesses  Introducing Microsoft Copilot App Introducing Copilot Pro: Supercharge your Creativity and Productivity Microsoft’s new Copilot Pro brings AI-powered Office features to the rest of us Adding Copilot button to desktop applications  Set up Microsoft 365 backup  Microsoft Entra’s Top 50 Features of 2023 Protect faster with Microsoft Defender XDR’s latest UX enhancements New Microsoft Incident Response guides help security teams analyze suspicious activity Introducing SharePoint Premium for Information Workers Employee quick setup Introducing the new PowerShell Module for Microsoft Defender for Identity  Visualize Entra Sign-in Logs using an Interactive Map Train your users to be more resilient against QR code phishing Introducing Automatic File and URL (Detonation) Analysis 

Welcome to 2024! A few pieces of interesting news and updates from Microsoft especially around the PAYG offering with Syntex. I'm hanging out for the remaining items in the Intune suite to drop, especially third party patching so stay tuned for more information when that becomes available. Until then here' s the latest in the Microsoft Cloud. Resources @directorcia Join my shared channel CIAOPS merch store Become a CIAOPS Patron CIAOPS Blog CIAOPS Brief CIAOPSLabs Rerun queries in query history Microsoft Datacenter Tour: Virtual Experience SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop: December 2023  Enabling Microsoft Syntex PAYG Experience AI-enhanced meetings in every Teams Room Introducing a new Copilot key to kick off the year of AI-powered Windows PCs What’s New in Microsoft Teams | December 2023  Get organized at work with Microsoft Loop Copilot app for iOS Copilot app for Android Financially motivated threat actors misusing App Installer  Overview of multi factor authentication 

Back with a Merry Christmas and happy New Year for those still listening. Got a few updates and thoughts for you before we start 2024 when I hope to again pump out more episode after thinking about what works best. I also some thoughts around the current 'Copilot fatigue' we are all experiencing, especially in SMB. Stay safe and tune in again for regular episodes in 2024. Resources @directorcia Join my shared channel CIAOPS merch store Become a CIAOPS Patron CIAOPS Blog CIAOPS Summer school CIAOPS Copilot webinar CIAOPS Brief Research at Microsoft 2023: A year of groundbreaking AI advances and discoveries Managing Microsoft Sentinel across multiple tenants using Lighthouse Microsoft Viva Overview Decorate your background in Teams meetings With Copilot, Every Meeting Is a ‘Digital Artifact’  Upcoming changes to Windows single sign-on Microsoft Intune and Security Copilot - Policy Generation Microsoft Intune and Security Copilot - Troubleshooting

News and updates from the Microsoft Cloud in this episode to bring you up to date. I also take a look at break glass accounts and some best practice recommendations and considerations for you about settings these up[ and ensuring they stay as secure as possible. This episode was recorded using Microsoft Teams and produced with Camtasia 2023. Brought to you by www.ciaopspatron.com Resources @directorcia @directorcia@twit.social Join my shared channel CIAOPS merch store Become a CIAOPS Patron CIAOPS Blog Microsoft announces new Copilot Copyright Commitment for customers  Results of Major Technical Investigations for Storm-0558 Key Acquisition Conditional Access Overview and Templates are now Generally Available! Microsoft 365 Defender Monthly news Microsoft announces changes to Microsoft 365 and Office 365 to address European competition concerns Learn the steps needed to protect your data and manage identity New Microsoft 365 app enhancements to use across your devices Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention: Announcing general availability of several capabilities Security 101 Configure Just-in-Time Access to M365 Defender What’s new in Microsoft Intune (2308) August edition Manage emergency access accounts in Azure AD

All the latest news and updates from the Microsoft Cloud with a focus on SMB. Inside this episode are also some thoughts around incident response and why you should have one and why you should be reviewing and updating it regularly. This episode was recorded using Microsoft Teams and produced with Camtasia 2023. Brought to you by www.ciaopspatron.com Resources @directorcia @directorcia@twit.social Join my shared channel CIAOPS merch store Become a CIAOPS Patron CIAOPS Blog Copilot in Teams: August 2023 Updates Microsoft announces 2023 Surface event taking place next month in New York  Microsoft Defender data can now be hosted locally in Australia Frontline updates in Microsoft Teams, Windows 365, Copilot & Dynamics 365 Field Service Remote Help for Android coming soon to public preview Day zero support for Android 14 with Microsoft Intune SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop: July 2023 View and edit shape data in Visio for the web Conditional Access for Protected Actions is Now Generally Available! Intro to AI, AI for SMBs Incident response overview CIAOPS M365 Incident response online training course

Join me for a look at all the latest news and updates from the Microsoft Cloud as well as my thoughts on why developing a learning practice is a critical components of staying relevant in the even changing world of the Microsoft Cloud. This episode was recorded using Microsoft Teams and produced with Camtasia 2023. Brought to you by www.ciaopspatron.com Resources @directorcia @directorcia@twit.social Join my shared channel CIAOPS merch store Become a CIAOPS Patron CIAOPS Blog Cyber Signals: Sporting events and venues draw cyberthreats at increasing rates Enable second video stream with Teams Content Camera Midnight Blizzard conducts targeted social engineering over Microsoft Teams Announcing New DMARC Policy Handling Defaults for Enhanced Email Security Public Preview: Strictly Enforce Location Policies with Continuous Access Evaluation Microsoft Defender Monthly news - August 2023 Announcing the availability of in-product guidance! Introducing Microsoft Clipchamp: Unlock the power of video at work What’s new in Microsoft Intune 2307 (July) edition Feature Deep Dive: Simplified Sharing Across Microsoft 365 Investigate URLs and domains more efficiently with the new URL page

All the news and announcements from Microsoft Inspire plus Azure AD getting renamed to Entra as well as some recent security news you should be across. Lots in this episode so listen along and let me know what you think. This episode was recorded using Microsoft Teams and produced with Camtasia 2023. Brought to you by www.ciaopspatron.com Resources @directorcia @directorcia@twit.social Join my shared channel CIAOPS merch store Become a CIAOPS Patron CIAOPS Blog Microsoft inspire Furthering our AI ambitions – Announcing Bing Chat Enterprise and Microsoft 365 Copilot pricing - The Official Microsoft Blog   Welcome to Microsoft Inspire 2023: Introducing Microsoft 365 Backup and Microsoft 365 Archive - Microsoft Community Hub   Microsoft Inspire: Accelerating AI transformation through partnership - The Official Microsoft Blog   Microsoft Inspire: Prepare for the future of security with AI | Microsoft Security Blog   Microsoft Sales Copilot, Dynamics 365 Customer Insights, and cloud migration reshape the future of business - Microsoft Dynamics 365 Blog   SMB security New innovations from Microsoft Inspire 2023   Introducing a new SharePoint Web UI kit! - Microsoft Community Hub   Security Copilot - How it works   Azure AD is Becoming Microsoft Entra ID - Microsoft Community Hub   Microsoft Entra Expands into Security Service Edge with Two New Offerings - Microsoft Community Hub   Get started with Global Secure Access (preview) | Microsoft Learn   How Microsoft is expanding cloud logging to give customers deeper security visibility | Microsoft Security Blog   Analysis of Storm-0558 techniques for unauthorized email access | Microsoft Security Blog   Compromised Microsoft Key: More Impactful Than We Thought | Wiz Blog  

Join me for an update of the Microsoft Cloud news as well as some thoughts around the features I don't see used enough in Microsoft 365. This episode was recorded using Microsoft Teams and produced with Camtasia 2023. Brought to you by www.ciaopspatron.com Resources @directorcia @directorcia@twit.social Join my shared channel CIAOPS merch store Become a CIAOPS Patron CIAOPS Blog Microsoft inspire Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is ranked number one in market share in the IDC Worldwide Corporate Endpoint Security Market Shares report, 2022 Run a remediation script on-demand (preview) Updated Requirements for SMTP Relay through Exchange Online  Microsoft 365 Defender news - July 2023  Microsoft Entra new feature and change announcements Learn about Microsoft Search in Microsoft 365 What is Delve? Scan and save with OneDrive document scanning Microsoft Bookings How to create a FindTime poll Getting started with Microsoft Whiteboard  

Join me for an update of the Microsoft Cloud news as well as some thoughts around the importance and approach to managing logs in Microsoft Cloud Services. This episode was recorded using Microsoft Teams and produced with Camtasia 2023. Brought to you by www.ciaopspatron.com Resources @directorcia @directorcia@twit.social Join my shared channel CIAOPS merch store Become a CIAOPS Patron CIAOPS Blog New CIAOPS Power Automate course PowerShell connection to M365 Compliance center no longer users WinRM Basic Windows Application Control using Intune policies Change in the share to specific users process in SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business Microsoft Inspire - July 18-19 Microsoft Confirms Recent Cloud Outages Caused By Storm-1359 DDoS Attacks MAM for Microsoft Edge for Business on Windows New home experience in OneNote on iPhone Forrester names Microsoft a Leader in the 2023 Enterprise Email Security Wave Defender Application control in Endpoint Security Unified Audit logs  Email logs  

Join me for the latest news and updates from the Microsoft Cloud and then a look at Application Control and how you consider implementing it. This episode was recorded using Microsoft Teams and produced with Camtasia 2023. Brought to you by www.ciaopspatron.com Resources @directorcia @directorcia@twit.social Join my shared channel CIAOPS merch store Become a CIAOPS Patron CIAOPS Blog New CIAOPS Power Automate course Device actions during an incident CIAOPS June Need to Know webinar New Microsoft 365 apps security baseline profile and updates to the Microsoft Edge baseline Update to Microsoft Intune PowerShell example script repository on GitHub Detecting and mitigating a multi-stage AiTM phishing and BEC campaign SharePoint roadmap pitstop: May 2023 Increasing Transparency into Azure Active Directory's Resilience Model Microsoft 365 Lighthouse provides deployment insights across all tenants on a single pane of glass ITDR with Microsoft: Identity threat-level detections and automatic attack response  XDR meets IAM: Comprehensive identity threat detection and response with Microsoft  Conditional Access authentication strength is now Generally Available!  AppLocker vs WDAC Windows AppLocker basics Basics of deploying Windows AppLocker using Intune Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) Basics Basics of deploying Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) using Intune WDAC basics Microsoft recommended block rules Microsoft recommended drive block rules

Join me for all the news an updates from Microsoft Build as well as a look at the Microsoft Package Manager, Winget. This episode was recorded using Microsoft Teams and produced with Camtasia 2023. Brought to you by www.ciaopspatron.com Resources @directorcia @directorcia@twit.social Join my shared channel CIAOPS merch store Become a CIAOPS Patron CIAOPS Blog YouTube edition of this podcast Microsoft Build Microsoft Build Book of News Expanding IT value in Windows 11 Enterprise and Intune Windows 365 boot Announcing new Windows 11 innovation, with features for secure, efficient IT management and intuitive user experience Microsoft Mesh: Transforming how people come together in the modern workplace Bringing the power of AI to Windows 11 – unlocking a new era of productivity for customers and developers with Windows Copilot and Dev Home Hardening Windows Clients with Microsoft Intune and Defender for Endpoint Cyber Signals: Shifting tactics fuel surge in business email compromise  Automatically disrupt adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) attacks with XDR  Use the winget tool to install and manage applications  Winstall.app Wingetui

In this episode I share some thoughts around AI and the impact that upcoming services like Microsoft 365 Copilot will have. As always, there is plenty of news an updates to share from the Microsoft Cloud. Listen in and let me know your thoughts on this episode. This episode was recorded using Microsoft Teams and produced with Camtasia 2023. Brought to you by www.ciaopspatron.com Resources @directorcia @directorcia@twit.social Join my shared channel CIAOPS merch store Become a CIAOPS Patron CIAOPS Blog YouTube edition of this podcast Responding to targeted mail attacks with Microsoft 365 Defender Microsoft 365 Lighthouse helps you secure and improve the health of your customer tenants Introducing the Microsoft 365 Copilot Early Access Program and new capabilities in Copilot  SharePoint in the AI Era: Introducing Copilot in SharePoint & 10 more innovations for creators  Public Preview: Token Protection for Sign-In Sessions Get step-by-step guidance for enabling key features in Microsoft Defender  Microsoft 365 Admin Monthly Digest – April 2023 New Microsoft Entra Features Now Available Automating and Streamlining Vulnerability Management for Your Clients Microsoft Build

News and updates from the Microsoft Cloud and then a deep dive into Compliance policies in Intune/ Have a listen and let me know what you think. This episode was recorded using Microsoft Teams and produced with Camtasia 2022. Brought to you by www.ciaopspatron.com Resources @directorcia @directorcia@twit.social Join my shared channel CIAOPS merch store Become a CIAOPS Patron CIAOPS Blog YouTube edition of this podcast Windows 365 Frontline available in public preview OneNote: Your Digital Notebook, Reimagined with Copilot Quick Wins to Strengthen Your Azure AD Security Automating and Streamlining Vulnerability Management for Your Clients Phone Link for iOS is now rolling out to all Windows 11 customers  Introducing cloud.microsoft: a unified domain for Microsoft 365 apps and service Centrally manage multiple Microsoft Sentinel workspaces with workspace manager  Announcing Windows LAPS management through Microsoft Intune Practice Assessments for Microsoft Certifications  Profanity filtering control for live captions in Teams meetings 

In this episode I cover off why adding Azure to every environment makes sense. Even though the billing model is different that doesn't there isn't an opportunity to add value to an environment with what Azure can provide. There are also plenty of updates from the Microsoft Cloud with many exciting new things to try. Listen along and let me know if you have any feedback. This episode was recorded using Microsoft Teams and produced with Camtasia 2022. Brought to you by www.ciaopspatron.com Resources @directorcia @directorcia@twit.social Join my shared channel CIAOPS merch store Become a CIAOPS Patron CIAOPS Blog YouTube edition of this podcast Introducing the new Microsoft Teams, now in preview The new Teams Welcome to the new era of Microsoft Teams Windows 365 Frontline available in public preview Adding your Microsoft Store for Business and Education apps to the Microsoft Store in Intune  What's New at Microsoft Secure Avatars for Microsoft Teams Introducing Microsoft Security Copilot: Empowering defenders at the speed of AI  Explaining the Microsoft 365 Copilot System Microsoft Incident Response Retainer is generally available Microsoft awarded Best Advanced Protection for Corporate and Consumer Users by AV-TEST New Microsoft Intune Devices experience  What’s new in Microsoft Intune - 2303 (March) edition How to enable Microsoft Authenticator Lite for Outlook mobile (preview)  

In this episode I take a stroll through Microsoft Compliance manager and highlight some important features that you should consider taking advantage of. In the news and updates I share information about the new Microsoft Co-pilot services and how that brings the power of AI and Chat GPT to the full suite of Microsoft 365 services. This episode was recorded using Microsoft Teams and produced with Camtasia 2022. Brought to you by www.ciaopspatron.com Resources @directorcia @directorcia@twit.social Join my shared channel CIAOPS merch store Become a CIAOPS Patron CIAOPS Blog YouTube edition of this podcast Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot – your copilot for work Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot—A whole new way to work Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot — your copilot for work Build solutions faster with Microsoft Power Platform and next-generation AI Configuring BitLocker via Microsoft Intune settings catalog Announcing support of the new Microsoft Store apps during Windows Autopilot Playlists, offline viewing and more in Stream (on SharePoint) XDR attack disruption in action – Defending against a recent BEC attack  Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms

In this episode I look at the recommended best practices for managing your emergency access or 'break glass; accounts in Microsoft 365. In the news we welcome the arrival of the Intune Suite and major update to Windows 11. Listen along for all the details. This episode was recorded using Microsoft Teams and produced with Camtasia 2022. Brought to you by www.ciaopspatron.com Resources @directorcia @directorcia@twit.social Join my shared channel CIAOPS merch store Become a CIAOPS Patron CIAOPS Blog YouTube edition of this podcast The Microsoft Intune Suite fuels cyber safety and IT efficiency  Introducing a big update to Windows 11 making the everyday easier including bringing the new AI-powered Bing to the taskbar Total Identity Compromise: DART lessons on securing Active Directory Skilling snack: Intro to Azure Active Directory  Defender for Endpoint(MDE): Integrate with Compliance & Conditional Access Policy Mitigate risks with application block in Defender Vulnerability Management SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop: February 2023 Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms Manage emergency access accounts in Azure AD