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Ugur_Koc's avatar
Ugur_Koc
Brass Contributor
Jul 06, 2021

Exclude Users or Devices

Hello Community Members,

 

we have some unsanctioned apps in MCAS and created a service user which still should have access to those domains.

 

Is it possible to excluse users or devices so that they wont be blocked when accessing the domains?

 

Thanks in advance 🙂

14 Replies

  • erenbln's avatar
    erenbln
    Copper Contributor

    Can anyone help me with how to add exceptions (for users or devices) for an unsanctioned app like Dropbox? Is there a solution for that?

  • deepak410's avatar
    deepak410
    Copper Contributor

    Dear Microsoft,
    I have the same question, i have some unsanctioned apps which by default is applicable for all the users<
    I want to create a exception for some people, i tried using the exclude entities option , i tried adding both user by email and excluded devices as well. but still it is not working. User is unable to access the unsanctioned app.
    I believe only adding a tag of the unsanctioned app will not block the apps, we need to enable the enforce app access. we enabled this setting and iocs were added to the mde.


     

  • Ugur_Koc 

     

    is there any way to perform this? Why is this feature not added from get-go? such a pain and will cause the product not to be used now...

    • Jonhed's avatar
      Jonhed
      Steel Contributor
      The only option available to override MCAS unsanctioned apps, is to create custom network indicators in MDE.
      This override can only be assigned to MDE device groups though, so if you want to limit this to specific users, these users will need to have personally assigned devices (as in devices not shared with other users).
      https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/defender-endpoint/web-protection-overview?view=o365-worldwide
      • SuperNotDuper's avatar
        SuperNotDuper
        Tin Contributor
        thanks for the reply - I'll give it a go.

        Such a shame there isn't an exclusion area in Cloud Security.. makes me wonder if anyone trialed or feedback was even conducted with real world business operations in mind.
  • Hello,

    In Settings cog - in the right upper corner under cloud discovery: exclude entities - add your users, IP, groups, devices.

    "This list contains discovered users who are excluded from Cloud Discovery data in your organization. Exclusions apply only to new data."


    • Ugur_Koc's avatar
      Ugur_Koc
      Brass Contributor
      Hello,

      thank you. I can not choose any users, it says: No items to show. Also I can not see all of the devices, only some of them.

      Any ideas?
      • LuizaT's avatar
        LuizaT
        Icon for Microsoft rankMicrosoft
        The users and Devices from the Cloud Discovery data that is analysed should be there. If you go to Cloud Discovery Dashboard, do you see your user there? If not, can you use generate some traffic for that user?