Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
Cloud and workloadsProtect your Workplace environment | Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
In brief
The article was rewritten for clearer wording, updated to refer consistently to Workplace by Meta, added a threats introduction, and clarified API connector and Secure Score guidance. Its metadata and section anchor were also updated.
What Defender admins need to know
Administrators can use the revised guidance when connecting Workplace by Meta and reviewing its security recommendations.
Summaries are generated from the documentation change itself.
Documentation change
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How Defender for Cloud Apps helps protect your Workplace environment (Preview)
Workplace by Meta is an onlinea collaboration software tool developedbuilt by Meta that facilitates onlineMeta. It brings group work, instant messaging, video conferencing,calls, and news sharing ininto one place. Along with the benefits of effectiveCloud collaboration in the cloud, your organization's mosthas many benefits, but it can also expose critical assets may be exposed to threats. ExposedThese assets include messages, posts, and files with potentiallythat might contain sensitive information, collaboration,data or partnership details, and more. Preventing exposure of this data requiresdetails. You need continuous monitoring to prevent anystop malicious actors or security-unawarecareless insiders from exfiltrating sensitive information.leaking this data.
ConnectingConnect Workplace by Meta to Defender for Cloud Apps gives you improvedto get better insights into your users' activitiesuser activity and provides threat detection for anomalousdetect unusual behavior.
Main threats to Workplace by Meta
The main threats to Workplace by Meta include the following:
- Compromised accounts and insider threats
- Insufficient security awareness
- Unmanaged bring your own device (BYOD)
Automate governance controls
In addition toBeyond monitoring for potential threats, you can apply andalso automate the following Workplace governance actions to remediatefix detected threats:issues:
| Type | Action |
|---|---|
SaaS security posture management for Workplace by Meta (Preview)
Connect WorkplaceWhen you connect Workplace by Meta to Defender for Cloud Apps using the API connector, you automatically get security posture recommendations for Workplace in Microsoft Secure Score. In Secure Score, select Recommended actions and filter by Product = Workplace. Workplace supports security recommendations to Adopt SSO (Single sign on) in Workplace by Meta.
For more information, see:
Connect Workplace by Meta to Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
This sectionThe following information describes the current support status for connecting Workplace by Meta to Defender for Cloud Apps using the API connector.
@@ -2,23 +2,25 @@ title: Protect your Workplace environment | Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps description: Connect Workplace by Meta to Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps with the API connector to monitor user activity and detect suspicious behavior. ms.topic: how-to-ms.date: 06/16/2026+ms.date: 07/03/2026 ms.reviewer: AmitMishaeli ai-usage: ai-assisted-ms.custom: msecd-doc-authoring-1014+ms.custom: msecd-doc-authoring-1016 --- # How Defender for Cloud Apps helps protect your Workplace environment (Preview) -Workplace by Meta is an online collaboration software tool developed by Meta that facilitates online group work, instant messaging, video conferencing, and news sharing in one place. Along with the benefits of effective collaboration in the cloud, your organization's most critical assets may be exposed to threats. Exposed assets include messages, posts, and files with potentially sensitive information, collaboration, partnership details, and more. Preventing exposure of this data requires continuous monitoring to prevent any malicious actors or security-unaware insiders from exfiltrating sensitive information.+Workplace by Meta is a collaboration tool built by Meta. It brings group work, instant messaging, video calls, and news sharing into one place. Cloud collaboration has many benefits, but it can also expose critical assets to threats. These assets include messages, posts, and files that might contain sensitive data or partnership details. You need continuous monitoring to stop malicious actors or careless insiders from leaking this data. -Connecting Workplace by Meta to Defender for Cloud Apps gives you improved insights into your users' activities and provides threat detection for anomalous behavior.+Connect Workplace by Meta to Defender for Cloud Apps to get better insights into user activity and detect unusual behavior. <a name="main-threats"></a> ## Main threats to Workplace by Meta +The main threats to Workplace by Meta include the following:+ - Compromised accounts and insider threats - Insufficient security awareness - Unmanaged bring your own device (BYOD)@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ For more information about creating policies, see [Create a policy](control-clou ## Automate governance controls -In addition to monitoring for potential threats, you can apply and automate the following Workplace governance actions to remediate detected threats:+Beyond monitoring for threats, you can also automate Workplace governance actions to fix detected issues: | Type | Action | | ---- | ---- |@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ Review our best practices for [securing and collaborating with external users](b <a name="saas-security-posture-management-preview"></a> ## SaaS security posture management for Workplace by Meta (Preview) -[Connect Workplace](#connect-workplace-to-microsoft-defender-for-cloud-apps) to automatically get security posture recommendations for Workplace in Microsoft Secure Score. In Secure Score, select **Recommended actions** and filter by **Product** = **Workplace**. Workplace supports security recommendations to *Adopt SSO (Single sign on) in Workplace by Meta*.+When you connect Workplace by Meta to Defender for Cloud Apps using the API connector, you automatically get security posture recommendations for Workplace in Microsoft Secure Score. In Secure Score, select **Recommended actions** and filter by **Product** = **Workplace**. Workplace supports security recommendations to *Adopt SSO (Single sign on) in Workplace by Meta*. For more information, see: @@ -66,9 +68,10 @@ For more information, see: - [Microsoft Secure Score](/microsoft-365/security/defender/microsoft-secure-score) -## Connect Workplace to Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps+<a name="connect-workplace-to-microsoft-defender-for-cloud-apps"></a>+## Connect Workplace by Meta to Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps -This section describes the current support status for connecting Workplace by Meta to Defender for Cloud Apps using the API connector.+The following information describes the current support status for connecting Workplace by Meta to Defender for Cloud Apps using the API connector. > [!NOTE] > Due to the [Workplace from Meta planned deprecation notice](https://www.workplace.com/help/work/1167689491269151) by Meta of Workplace from Meta, we no longer support new connections to the Workplace from Meta API connector. If you have an existing Workplace from Meta connection, it will continue to work as expected.