Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Email and collaborationAttack Simulation Training Simulations
In brief
The article now notes that new training assignments and the notification email following a simulation interaction may take time to appear. It also links to end-user notification details and suggests a custom landing-page message about the delay.
What Defender admins need to know
Administrators can use this guidance to set user expectations, especially when using custom landing pages.
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ms.collection:
m365-security
tier2 ms.custom: msecd-doc-authoring-
10141030 description: Admins can learn how to simulate phishing attacks and train their users on phishing prevention using Attack simulation training in Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 2. ms.date: 2026-06-15T00:11-03T00:00:00.0000000Z ai-usage: ai-assisted locale: en-us document_id: c30283e7-3f46-6444-93e6-0208f1c5e762 - Select default language: This setting is required. Select one of the following values: Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan), Dutch, English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, or Russian.Tenant landing pages tab: Contains any custom landing pages that you created. To create a new landing page, select
Create new. The creation steps are the same as at Attack simulation training > Content library tab > Phish landing pages > Tenant landing pages tab. For instructions, see Create landing pages.Note
A new training assignment might take some time to appear. If you use a custom landing page, consider adding a message about this timing.
On both tabs, the following information is shown for each landing page. You can sort the landing pages by clicking on an available column header. Select
Customize columns to change the columns that are shown. The default columns are marked with an asterisk (^*^):- Name^*^
When you're finished on the Select end user notification page, select Next.
Note
Training assignments might not be available immediately after a simulation interaction. The subsequent notification email can also take some time to arrive. For details, see End-user notifications for Attack simulation training.
Select a training assignment notification
Note
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ ms.localizationpriority: medium ms.collection: - m365-security - tier2-ms.custom: msecd-doc-authoring-1014+ms.custom: msecd-doc-authoring-1030 description: Admins can learn how to simulate phishing attacks and train their users on phishing prevention using Attack simulation training in Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 2.-ms.date: 2026-06-15T00:00:00.0000000Z+ms.date: 2026-11-03T00:00:00.0000000Z ai-usage: ai-assisted locale: en-us document_id: c30283e7-3f46-6444-93e6-0208f1c5e762@@ -424,6 +424,10 @@ Select one of the following options: - **Select default language**: This setting is required. Select one of the following values: **Chinese (Simplified)**, **Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)**, **Dutch**, **English**, **Spanish**, **French**, **German**, **Italian**, **Japanese**, **Korean**, **Portuguese**, or **Russian**.
- **Tenant landing pages** tab: Contains any custom landing pages that you created. To create a new landing page, select **Create new**. The creation steps are the same as at **Attack simulation training** > **Content library** tab > **Phish landing pages** > **Tenant landing pages** tab. For instructions, see [Create landing pages](attack-simulation-training-landing-pages#create-landing-pages).
+ Note
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+ A new training assignment might take some time to appear. If you use a custom landing page, consider adding a message about this timing.
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On both tabs, the following information is shown for each landing page. You can sort the landing pages by clicking on an available column header. Select **Customize columns** to change the columns that are shown. The default columns are marked with an asterisk (^\*^):
- **Name**^\*^
@@ -507,6 +511,10 @@ On the **Select end user notification** page, select from the following notifica
When you're finished on the **Select end user notification** page, select **Next**.
+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. For details, see [End-user notifications for Attack simulation training](attack-simulation-training-end-user-notifications).
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### Select a training assignment notification
Note