Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Email and collaborationAttack Simulation Training End User Notifications
In brief
The page now states that training assignments may not appear immediately after a simulation interaction and that the follow-up notification email may also be delayed.
What Defender admins need to know
Allow time for assignments and notification emails to arrive when monitoring simulation results.
Summaries are generated from the documentation change itself.
Documentation change
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tier2 description: Admins can learn how to create end-user notification email messages for Attack simulation training in Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 2. ms.date: 2026-
07-11-03T00:00:00.0000000Z ai-usage: ai-assisted ms.custom: msecd-doc-authoring-10161030 locale: en-us document_id: eb5c4243-5da5-744e-fcea-a20bf70d0d11 document_version_independent_id: eb5c4243-5da5-744e-fcea-a20bf70d0d11- Name: Enter a unique name.
- Description: Enter an optional description.
Note
Training assignments might not be available immediately after a simulation interaction. The subsequent notification email can also take some time to arrive.
When you're finished n the Define details page, select Next.
- On the Define content page, the only setting that's available is Add content in business language. When you select it, an Add content in default language flyout opens that contains the following settings:
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ ms.collection: - m365-security - tier2 description: Admins can learn how to create end-user notification email messages for Attack simulation training in Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 2.-ms.date: 2026-07-03T00:00:00.0000000Z+ms.date: 2026-11-03T00:00:00.0000000Z ai-usage: ai-assisted-ms.custom: msecd-doc-authoring-1016+ms.custom: msecd-doc-authoring-1030 locale: en-us document_id: eb5c4243-5da5-744e-fcea-a20bf70d0d11 document_version_independent_id: eb5c4243-5da5-744e-fcea-a20bf70d0d11@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ To create a custom end-user notification, use the following steps: - **Name**: Enter a unique name.
- **Description**: Enter an optional description.
+ Note
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+ Training assignments might not be available immediately after a simulation interaction. The subsequent notification email can also take some time to arrive.
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When you're finished n the **Define details** page, select **Next**.
4. On the **Define content** page, the only setting that's available is **Add content in business language**. When you select it, an **Add content in default language** flyout opens that contains the following settings: