Explorer permission to download an email
Global Admin is allegedly not sufficient access to download an email. So I have a user asking for a copy of her emaill, and I'm telling her 'sorry, I don't have that permission', I'm only global admin' What? The documentation basically forces you to use the new terrible 'role group' system. I see various 'roles' that you need to add to a 'role group' in order to do this.. Some mention Preview, some mention Security Administrator, some mention Security Operator. I've asked copilot 100 different times, and he keeps giving me made up roles. But then linking to the made up role. How is such a basic functionality broken? It makes 0 sense. I don't want to submit this email - it's not malware or anything. I just want to download the **bleep** thing, and I don't want to have to go through the whole poorview process. This is really basic stuff. I can do this on about 10% of my GA accounts. There's no difference in the permissions - it just seems inconsistent.
Permissions to see and manage sentinel workspace in Defender XDR
Hi Team, One of my customers recently completed their Sentinel → Defender portal migration. Initially, I didn’t have access to view the Defender portal, but after the migration I was assigned the Security Operator role in Entra (via PIM), which now allows me to access the Defender portal.However, when I navigate to: Defender portal → System → Settings → Microsoft Sentinel → Workspaces. I’m unable to view the available workspaces. The portal shows an insufficient permissions error, and I also cannot switch the primary/secondary workspace. Could you please advise on the exact permissions/roles required to: View the Sentinel workspace list in Defender, and Switch the primary workspace? Thanks in advanceXDR advanced hunting region specific endpoints
Hi, I am exploring XDR advanced hunting API to fetch data specific to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint tenants. The official documentation (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-xdr/api-advanced-hunting) mentions to switch to Microsoft Graph advanced hunting API. I had below questions related to it: 1. To fetch the region specific(US , China, Global) token and Microsoft Graph service root endpoints(https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/deployments#app-registration-and-token-service-root-endpoints ) , is the recommended way to fetch the OpenID configuration document (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity-platform/v2-protocols-oidc#fetch-the-openid-configuration-document) for a tenant ID and based on the response, the region specific SERVICE/TOKEN endpoints could be fetched? Since using it, there is no need to maintain different end points for tenants in different regions. And do we use the global service URL https://login.microsoftonline.com to fetch OpenID config document for a tenantID in any region? 2. As per the documentation, Microsoft Graph Advanced hunting API is not supported in China region (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/security-security-runhuntingquery?view=graph-rest-1.0&tabs=http). In this case, is it recommended to use Microsoft XDR Advanced hunting APIs(https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-xdr/api-advanced-hunting) to support all region tenants(China, US, Global)?
Defender for Endpoint | Deception
Hi Everyone, I hope this topic is going to help someone. I want to know after 31 of October 2025 Does that mean that no one can run Deceptions and policy rules, etc? As at the moment I'm experiencing this: It would be good to know if I have to deal with it and look into what the issue is, as I'm using Zscaler. The issue is definitely there after running a number of commands to check the reg key, etc. Can someone provide me with any documentation if this will be fully retired or will still be functioning to some point?SecureScore bugs
There needs to be a way to submit feedback for SecureScore. There's so many outdated links within the 'implementation' tab, and so many quirks. For example, the 'enable safe attachments' policy will fail if you use a custom Quarantine policy, even if it IS admin-only. Feels kinda sketchy to be setting these to 'Resolved through Alternate Mitigation' when you actually haven't. Another example - the Outbound Spam filter specifies no limits for emails. However the documentation DOES. This should be part of the SecureScore recommendation, no? Not sure if this is the right hub - but this is where the doc links for feedback.
Deep Dive into Preview Features in Microsoft Defender Console
Background for Discussion Microsoft Defender XDR (Extended Detection and Response) is evolving rapidly, offering enhanced security capabilities through preview features that can be enabled in the MDE console. These preview features are accessible via: Path: Settings > Microsoft Defender XDR > General > Preview features Under this section, users can opt into three distinct integrations: Microsoft Defender XDR + Microsoft Defender for Identity Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps Each of these options unlocks advanced functionalities that improve threat detection, incident correlation, and response automation across identity, endpoint, and cloud environments. However, enabling these features is optional and may depend on organizational readiness or policy. This raises important questions about: What specific technical capabilities are introduced by each preview feature? Where exactly are these feature parameters are reflected in the MDE console? What happens if an organization chooses not to enable these preview features? Are there alternative ways to access similar functionalities through public preview or general availability?
Tenant Allow/Block Lists Versus Anti-spam List
Hello, I am an unsophisticated administrator for my account. So if I am posting this information in the wrong location, please forgive me and let me know where it should be posted. I have been getting inundated with financial spam or phishing emails. This spammer creates new domain names on a daily or weekly basis, and then sends new spam from these new domains. I typically get about thirty spam emails a day. And my guess is that, although they come from different domains, there is one organization behind all of them. Often, I get more than one email per domain per day. Fortunately, most of these emails end up in my junk folder. I want to stop these spammers from even reaching my Junk folder in Outlook. I want to keep them completely out of my email system. At first, I went to Microsoft 365 Defender > Email & collaboration > Policies & Rules > Threat policies and added their emails and domains to “Tenant Allow/Block Lists.” While that captured most of the known spam emails, one got through to my Junk folder. Being curious, I contacted Microsoft. I was told to add the spammers’ email addresses and domains to the “Anti-spam” list. I am not sure if this change will solve my concern. My question is as follows: What is the difference between these two lists? And why should I choose one over the other? My recommendations are as follows: For the Anti-spam list, it would be helpful to allow users to add more than one email address or domain name at a time. At present, it is painful manually adding many entries. For the Anti-spam list, it would be helpful to add the date each entry was added and allow for a comment section, similar to the Tenant Allow/Block list. It would be great if users or admins could right mouse click on a spam or phishing email in their Outlook programs and then have that email address or domain name blocked from reaching Outlook in the future. Because this affects the organization, perhaps it is best if this ability is restricted to administrators.
How to Connect MS Secure Scores to Power Query?
The Microsoft 365 Defender Portal (https://security.microsoft.com/) has a 'Secure Score' page, which contains the following: An overall secure score which is then broken down by Identity, Data, Device, and Application secure scores. I would like to be able to pull these four scores into a Power BI report; however, I have had some difficulty in putting together a solution. This data seems like it could be found in the Microsoft Graph API, but https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-query/connecting-to-graph. I've tried other Defender APIs, but they all seem either outdated or out of scope for what I'm trying to pull. Can anyone advise? Thanks for reading.
