Microsoft Defender XDR
General

M365d Response Actions Notifications

In brief

The documentation now refers to these capabilities as being in Microsoft Defender instead of Microsoft Defender XDR and uses the complete link for automated investigation and response.

What Defender admins need to know

No administrator action is required; use the updated terminology and link when referencing this guidance.

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Documentation change

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Manual response actions are actions that security teams can use to stop threats or aid in investigation of attacks. These actions vary depending on the Defender workload enabled in your environment.

Automated response actions are capabilities in Microsoft Defender XDR that scale investigation and resolution to threats automatically. Automated remediation capabilities consist of automatic attack disruption and automated investigation and response.