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Migrating from non-Microsoft HIPS to attack surface reduction rules leads 36 Defender updates

5 May 2026 recorded 1 new, 34 updated, 1 removed Microsoft Defender documentation changes. The most active areas were Endpoint, Defender XDR, Identity.

This period briefing was assembled from the tracked Microsoft Learn and Message Center changes.

36 updates

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ASR rules reference

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/attack-surface-reduction-rules-reference.md.

ASR rules report

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/attack-surface-reduction-rules-report.md.

Monitor ASR rule activity

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/attack-surface-reduction-rules-monitor.md.

ASR rules deployment guide

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/attack-surface-reduction-rules-deployment.md.

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Migrate To Sensor V3

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/deploy/migrate-to-sensor-v3.md.

Whats New

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/whats-new.md.

Entity Tags

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-identity/entity-tags.md.

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Ai Agent Inventory

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud-apps/ai-agent-inventory.md.

Ai Agent Inventory

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud-apps/ai-agent-inventory.md.

App Governance Get Started

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud-apps/app-governance-get-started.md.

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Simplified

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/billing.md.

Scoping

Removed

Removed Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/scoping.md.

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Microsoft Sentinel Onboard

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in unified-secops-platform/microsoft-sentinel-onboard.md.

Microsoft Sentinel Onboard

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in unified-secops-platform/microsoft-sentinel-onboard.md.