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Setting up email notifications
Hi,
I'm trying to get email notifications for alerts, but I do not receive any. I have enabled Email notifications in 'User Settings' --> 'Notifications' and in 'Settings' --> 'Mail settings' I use the default settings.
I haven't enabled mail notifications in separate policies which I can edit, but I assumed that the notification settings enable notifications for all alerts with a certain severity, so there would be no need to configure individual policies. Since not every policy can be edited and there are a lot of policies which can generate an alert, it's not very convenient to edit individual policies.
Is there a way to receive alerts without edi
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leoschroer Isn't the account you're trying to receive emails from outside the AAD directory?
If you are a guest administrator, you cannot receive emails. And I heard from Microsoft Support that it will be updated soon so that we can receive emails.
No, the account is an on-premise AD account synchronized to Azure AD with AADConnect.
leoschroer I think you will find that the built-in policies which support email notifications have it disabled by default. You can edit them or create custom policies based on the template.
When using MCAS and managing security you should adopt a different mindset. Rather than the traditional method of relying on receiving alerts, you should be proactive in investigating.
If certain activities that trigger alerts are critical, then use automation or additional security controls where possible to mitigate them.
For non-critical alerts you should be reviewing the MCAS dashboard as part of your daily workflow.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cloud-app-security/daily-activities-to-protect-your-cloud-environment
