Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
Cloud and workloadsApp Governance Trial User Guide
In brief
The guide now describes itself as a quickstart and changes the step from assessing app compliance posture to assessing security posture, including an updated link. Author and publication metadata were also refreshed.
What Defender admins need to know
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App governance solutions require a deep understanding of app behavior within an environment to identify and address activities that fall within a tolerance level that requires more review to assess malicious intent. When layered over Defender for Cloud Apps, app governance gives you in-depth governance against risky app behavior in your environment.
This article describes howUse this quickstart to get startedbegin using app governance features in Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps.
Prerequisites
Start by using the following steps to get visibility and insights about your apps:
Sign in: In your browser, go to the Microsoft Defender XDR > Cloud Apps > App governance page.
Determine compliance postureDetermine security posture: Use the data on the App governance > Overview tab to assess thecompliancesecurity posture of your apps and incidents in your tenant. View details like how many overprivileged apps are in your tenant, the number of active incidents, the total Graph API data access, and more.Tip
@@ -6,16 +6,18 @@ feedback_system: Standard feedback_product_url: https://docs.microsoft.com/cloud-app-security/support-and-ts uhfHeaderId: MSDocsHeader-MicrosoftDefender breadcrumb_path: /defender-cloud-apps/breadcrumb/toc.json-author: AbbyMSFT+author: anandd512 manager: bagol-ms.author: abbyweisberg+ms.author: andeshpande ms.collection: M365-security-compliance ms.service: defender-for-cloud-apps ms.suite: ems-ms.date: 2025-08-18T00:00:00.0000000Z+ms.date: 2026-09-28T00:00:00.0000000Z ms.topic: quickstart description: Step-by-step guide to help you quickly get started with app governance in Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps and Microsoft Defender XDR. ms.reviewer: shragar+ai-usage: ai-assisted+ms.custom: msecd-doc-authoring-1016 locale: en-us document_id: b1299c13-7049-6349-5157-d73d3616a2df document_version_independent_id: b1299c13-7049-6349-5157-d73d3616a2df@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ platformId: 6a167d81-ab48-28b2-65ec-7b2e6ce8b475 App governance solutions require a deep understanding of app behavior within an environment to identify and address activities that fall within a tolerance level that requires more review to assess malicious intent. When layered over Defender for Cloud Apps, app governance gives you in-depth governance against risky app behavior in your environment.
-This article describes how to get started using app governance features in Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps.
+Use this quickstart to begin using app governance features in Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps.
## Prerequisites
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ This article describes how to get started using app governance features in Micro Start by using the following steps to get visibility and insights about your apps:
1. **Sign in**: In your browser, go to the **Microsoft Defender XDR > Cloud Apps > [App governance](https://aka.ms/appgovernance)** page.
-2. **[Determine compliance posture](app-governance-visibility-insights-compliance-posture)**: Use the data on the **App governance > Overview** tab to assess the compliance posture of your apps and incidents in your tenant. View details like how many overprivileged apps are in your tenant, the number of active incidents, the total Graph API data access, and more.
+2. **[Determine security posture](app-governance-visibility-insights-security-posture)**: Use the data on the **App governance > Overview** tab to assess the security posture of your apps and incidents in your tenant. View details like how many overprivileged apps are in your tenant, the number of active incidents, the total Graph API data access, and more.
Tip