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Integrate Qualys data connector in Microsoft Security Exposure Management leads 290 Defender updates

20 July 2026 recorded 11 new, 267 updated, 12 removed Microsoft Defender documentation changes. The most active areas were Endpoint, Office 365, Sentinel.

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

290 updates

5

Microsoft 365 Defender

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/microsoft-365-defender.md.

2

Whats New

Updated

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

1

Alert Policies

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/alert-policies.md.

1
100

Manage Security Policies

Removed

Removed Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/manage-security-policies.md.

Schedule Antivirus Scans

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/schedule-antivirus-scans.md.

Investigate Behind Proxy

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/investigate-behind-proxy.md.

Respond File Alerts

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/respond-file-alerts.md.

Supply chain attacks

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/malware/supply-chain-malware.md.

Indicators Overview

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/indicators-overview.md.

Switch To Mde Phase 2

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/switch-to-mde-phase-2.md.

Admin Submissions Mde

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/admin-submissions-mde.md.

Behavior Monitor

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/behavior-monitor.md.

Edr In Block Mode

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/edr-in-block-mode.md.

Indicator Certificates

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/indicator-certificates.md.

Indicator File

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/indicator-file.md.

Indicator Ip Domain

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/indicator-ip-domain.md.

Indicator Manage

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/indicator-manage.md.

Linux Exclusions

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/linux-exclusions.md.

Machine Tags

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/machine-tags.md.

Run Detection Test

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/run-detection-test.md.

Isolation Exclusions

Removed

Removed Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/isolation-exclusions.md.

Managing Exclusions

Removed

Removed Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/managing-exclusions.md.

7

Troubleshoot ASR rules

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/troubleshoot-asr.md.

Troubleshoot Settings

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/troubleshoot-settings.md.

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3
2
1

Defender Endpoint Plan 1

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/defender-endpoint-plan-1.md.

82

Preset Security Policies

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/preset-security-policies.md.

Quarantine Policies

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/quarantine-policies.md.

User reported settings

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/submissions-user-reported-messages-custom-mailbox.md.

Submissions Admin

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/submissions-admin.md.

Mdo Sec Ops Guide

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/mdo-sec-ops-guide.md.

Connectors Remove Blocked

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/connectors-remove-blocked.md.

Quarantine End User

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/quarantine-end-user.md.

Mdo Portal Permissions

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/mdo-portal-permissions.md.

Mdo Ices Vendor Ecosystem

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/mdo-ices-vendor-ecosystem.md.

Submissions Teams

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/submissions-teams.md.

2
1
1
1
4

Migrate To Sensor V3

Updated

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

2
3

Investigate Risky Oauth

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud-apps/investigate-risky-oauth.md.

Discovery Docker Windows

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud-apps/discovery-docker-windows.md.

In Browser Protection

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud-apps/in-browser-protection.md.

4

Defender For Sql Usage

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-for-cloud/defender-for-sql-usage.md.

1
24

Audit Track Tasks

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/audit-track-tasks.md.

Customer Managed Keys

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/customer-managed-keys.md.

Skill Up Resources

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/skill-up-resources.md.

Threat Detection

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in sentinel/threat-detection.md.

3
3
14

Codename Mdash Faq

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in exposure-management/codename-mdash-faq.md.

Whats New

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in exposure-management/whats-new.md.

2
1
10
1
1
2

Submission Guide

Updated

Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in unified-secops-platform/submission-guide.md.

1
1