DefenderXDR "Preparing new space for data and connecting them" is stuck , and never finished !
Hello everyone, I am delivering SC-200 courses and on the lab environment of Skillable (or even free-tiers) when you have to "initiate" the data space for DefenderXDR, the process seems to be stuck .... never finished and we are "locked" in the page of a ...coffee cup and the phrase "Hang on. We are preparing new spaces for your data and connecting them. " does anyone else have same problem ? Any resolution , (I have already open a support ticket to Skillable support, but I haven't got resolution for over 1+day , and cannot open or continue the lab (for connecting or onboarding Microsoft Defender for Endpoint ) which is frustrating for the participants-students Thanks Panos
Looking for a simple deployment guide
MS Learn is a great starting point, but it just doesn't seem to cover the steps needed to get up and running safely. I have concerns about adding or setting something that suddenly creates a vulnerability or exposure. Where is the installation guide that installs and configures the solution then tells you, "You are now protected". Do I really want to set my own policies? Why aren't the default set of rules good enough, safe enough. I can't have a solution that is so complicated I need to hire a team to manage it 24 hours a day. I am okay investigating an alert and helping a user solve a pop-up question. Why is every major corporation around the world required to re-invent the same or similar policies the company next door is creating to make this tool work? I want to onboard all of our Intune devices and monitor anything that CAN'T be stopped by default security measures. Just the fact that Sentinel appears to be changing as an embedded tool within Defender gives me hope that this will be getting closer to a more manageable tool. But that still seems a way off. I am ready to do the reading and research to get this set up but I am hoping for a guide that is specific enough to achieve a final result. Thank for understanding my challenges here.
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Is "Endpoint Security Policies" available to us? (error getting Intune policies)
Question We'd like to use Defender \ Endpoint Security Policies. Is that possible for my tenant's environment? Getting below error on "Defender \ Endpoint Security Policies" page "There seems to be an issue getting your Intune policies" Details of our environment Purpose of defender To protect our server fleet that's running outside of Azure Tenant GCC - Moderate Scoped Region Commercial Azure East US 2 Subscription Microsoft Defender for Servers Plan 1 (No other subscription, etc.) Defender Client OS Windows 2016, 2019, 2022 RHEL8, 9 (No desktops\laptops) Agents installed on each Windows and Linux server Defender is onboarded Arc is onboarded Configured Settings and Errors Defender \ Settings \ Configuration management \ Enforcement scope https://security.microsoft.com/securitysettings/endpoints/configuration_management2 Error at top of page "Intune is not configured to allow Microsoft Defender for Endpoint to manage security configuration settings." Use MDE to enforce security configuration settings from Intune Set to ON Enable configuration management Windows Server devices On tagged devices Windows Server Domain Controller devices On tagged devices Linux devices On tagged devices Security settings management for Microsoft Defender for Cloud onboarded devices. Set to ON Manage Security settings using Configuration Manager Set to OFF Defender \ Settings \ Configuration management \ Intune Permissions https://security.microsoft.com/securitysettings/endpoints/intune_permissions Getting error "Access needed You don't have the right permissions in AAD to view this information (in addition to those you already have in MDE). To adjust your permissions, go to the AAD portal." Defender \ Endpoint Security Policies https://security.microsoft.com/policy-inventory On main page, getting below error There seems to be an issue getting your Intune policies If I try to make a new policy There seems to be an issue loading the policy authoring wizard. Intune \ Endpoint security https://intune.microsoft.com/#view/Microsoft_Intune_Workflows/SecurityManagementMenu Getting Error You don't have access Intune roles | My permissions https://intune.microsoft.com/#view/Microsoft_Intune_DeviceSettings/RolesLandingMenuBlade/~/myPermissions You're an administrator with full permissions to all Microsoft Intune resources. Intune roles | Administrator Licensing https://intune.microsoft.com/#view/Microsoft_Intune_DeviceSettings/RolesLandingMenuBlade/~/administratorLicensing Allow admins without an Intune license to access Intune. Their scope of access is determined by the Intune roles you've assigned them. I've clicked the box "Allow access to unlicensed admins" Alternatives If Defender \ Endpoint Security Policies isn't available, as alternatives, I guess we could use SCCM Antimalware policies to manage Windows servers Deploying a central mdatp_managed.json to manage Linux servers However, it would be greatly preferred to use the Defender \ Endpoint Security Policies feature for Windows and Linux
Operational Notes on Microsoft Security Copilot Agents in Defender XDR and Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft Security Copilot is now becoming more visible inside day-to-day security operations, especially through embedded experiences and agent-based workflows across Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Intune, and Microsoft Purview. Instead of looking at Security Copilot only as a standalone prompt interface, SOC and identity teams should also understand how Security Copilot agents are deployed, how they consume Security Compute Units, how they appear in operational workflows, and where activity can be monitored. This post summarizes practical observations from a security operations perspective, with a focus on Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Entra ID, usage monitoring, and KQL-based activity review. Licensing & Capacity Units Requirements Requires eligible Microsoft security licensing, typically: Microsoft 365 E5 Microsoft 365 E7 Security Compute Units (SCUs) Security Copilot capacity is measured using Security Compute Units (SCUs). SCUs are billed based on provisioned capacity. Indicative pricing: $4 per Provisionied SCU/hour $6 per Overage SCU/hour Billing is calculated hourly, based on the amount of SCUs provisioned. Included Capacity Organizations with: 1,000 Microsoft 365 E5 licenses Receive: 400 included SCUs Included SCUs are shared across the tenant within a common capacity pool. Scaling SCU capacity can be scaled dynamically based on operational requirements and workload demand. Data Retention Security Copilot session and interaction data without active SCU-backed retention is typically retained for: 90 days Security Copilot Agents - Microsoft Defender This section outlines the Microsoft Security Copilot agents currently available in the Microsoft Defender portal. NameKey characteristics Security Alert Triage Agent (Preview) Manual setup from Defender portal Automatically creates Unified RBAC custom role Runs automatically when a user reports a suspicious email or when a new supported alert is generated, supported alert sources: MDI, MDC, MDO If an alert tuning rule is enabled, it will be automatically disabled when the agent is deployed. Creates and connects with agentic user account: Phishing Triage Agent (Security Copilot) Automatic alert assignment to SecurityCopilotAgentUser-db16fec3-f1fb-4632-843e-46d07408c584@<tenant-domain>Alert was assigned to Phishing Triage Agent (Security Copilot). Adds Tag Agent to the created Incidents Threat Hunting Agent Manual setup from Defender portal Automatically creates Unified RBAC custom role This agent runs manually. There isn't an automatic trigger. Creates and connects with agentic user account: Threat Hunting Agent (Security Copilot) Analyst Questions in natural language Generates and executed KQL queries in Advanced hunting Provides charts, dynamic follow-up questions and remediation actions recommendations No activity is identified from agent's identity during agent execution Threat Intelligence Briefing Agent Manual setup from Defender portal Provides automated TI briefing summary Configured from https://security.microsoft.com/securitysettings/defender/agent_configuration-threatintelligencebriefingagent Security Analyst Agent Manual setup from Defender portal Dynamic Threat Detection Agent (Preview) Automatically enabled always-on, runs continuously in the background Correlates: Alerts, Security events, Behavioral anomalies, TI signals Generates Alerts with Detection Source: Security Copilot The Alerts can be correlated with existing Multi-Stage Incidents No agentic user account identity is used by this agent Available free of charge during public preview, will begin consuming Security Compute Units (SCUs) once generally available (GA) Incidents handled by Security Alert Triage Agent: Alerts created by Dynamic Threat Detection Agent: Execution of Threat Hunting Agent: View agents in use: https://security.microsoft.com/security-copilot/agents View Unified RBAC custom roles: https://security.microsoft.com/mtp_roles View Security Copilot user identities in Microsoft Entra ID: Notes: CloudAppEvents activity logs only from the following agents: Phishing Triage Agent Conditional Access Optimization Agent Security Copilot Agents - Microsoft Entra ID Conditional Access Optimization Agent Usage Monitoring Sign-in to Security Copilot portal using Global Admin account and navigate to the following location: https://securitycopilot.microsoft.com/usage-monitoring Reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot/security/manage-usage Logging Activity Copilot Agents Management: CloudAppEvents | where ActionType contains "CopilotAgent" | extend AgentName = RawEventData.AgentName | extend Workload = RawEventData.Workload | extend ResultStatus = RawEventData.ResultStatus | project TimeGenerated, ActionType, ResultStatus, AgentName, Application, Workload All Copilot Workload data: CloudAppEvents | extend Workload = RawEventData.Workload | where Workload == "Copilot" | summarize EventCount = count() by ActionType, AccountDisplayName
