Microsoft-Defender
Understanding Application Guard for Office, Now Generally Available
Application Guard first appeared in Windows 10 1709 ("Fall Creators Update") to isolate Edge browser activity within a Hyper V container. Microsoft now extends that same idea to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint in Office 365 ProPlus Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterpri...
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The Difference Between Cloud App Security Discovery (CAD), Office 365 Cloud App Security (OCAS), and Microsoft Cloud App Security (MCAS)
Microsoft Cloud App Security (MCAS), Redmond's cloud app security broker (CASB) offering, is a powerful tool for investigating and pro-actively controlling your SaaS estate. It includes tools such as reverse proxying to control sessions and sits inside the Mi...
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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Web Content Filtering - Migrate Rules from Existing Security Software
In my last blog, I wrote about web content filtering in MDATP and how it now allows you to block website categories on the client across all apps. Category blockers are great because, with one easy checkbox, you ban hundreds of thousands of dangerous on inapp...
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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Web Content Filtering - Administration, Limitations, and User Experience
Historically, one of the big features missing "out of the box" with MDATP was web content filtering. Customers typically look at MDATP as an option when their existing endpoint security is due for license renewal, and compare their existing solution against i...
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