Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
Cloud and workloadsMicrosoft Defender for Cloud Apps policy templates
In brief
The page now links “Microsoft Defender Portal” to https://security.microsoft.com and updates its metadata, including the date and authoring tag.
What Defender admins need to know
Administrators can open the portal directly from the documentation to view the full list of templates.
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Defender for Cloud Apps policy templates
We recommend that you simplify policy creation by starting with existing templates whenever possible. This article lists several policy templates available with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps.
For the full list of templates, check the Microsoft Defender Portal.Microsoft Defender Portal.
Policy template highlights
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@ --- title: Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps policy templates description: This article provides information on policy templates included in Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps.-ms.date: 11/16/2025+ms.date: 07/03/2026 ms.topic: how-to ms.reviewer: MayaAbelson-ms.custom: sfi-image-nochange+ms.custom: sfi-image-nochange, msecd-doc-authoring-1016 +ai-usage: ai-assisted --- # Defender for Cloud Apps policy templates We recommend that you simplify policy creation by starting with existing templates whenever possible. This article lists several policy templates available with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps. -For the full list of templates, check the Microsoft Defender Portal.+For the full list of templates, check the [Microsoft Defender Portal](https://security.microsoft.com). ## Policy template highlights