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Sign-In from Unauthorized Country becomes Sign-In from Unauthorized Location

Starting from the 22nd of July 2025, the Sign-In From Unauthorized Country security event will be renamed to Sign-In From Unauthorized Location, with additional enhancements. What's new? Proxy detection: You can now enable alerts for sign-ins from anonymous proxies, even if they originate from an...

7/22/2025 6:47:41 PM

Microsoft is deprecating MSOnline

As per Microsoft’s announcement in March, MSOnline (MSOL) Powershell module will be phased out progressively starting in August this year. Office Protect is using this module for a few of our settings:Do Not Allow Third-Party Integrated ApplicationsAccount Passwords Never ExpireEnable Multi-Facto...

7/17/2025 4:53:41 PM

Deprecation of the Office Protect Monitoring User

As announced earlier this summer, we phased the Office Protect Monitoring User (secmon). We will now connect to your tenant using the Office Protect Monitoring application you can find in your Azure Active Directory. This authentication method is much more reliable and secure, as it is much less ...

7/1/2025 4:14:23 PM

Office Protect is phasing out Multi-Factor Authentication Setting

We are currently preparing for Microsoft tophase out its legacy Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) feature. Office Protect has been using this method to manage MFA. This leads us to look for alternatives for your tenants. We deployed a new setting to that intent: “Enable Security Defaults”.Securit...

7/1/2025 4:14:57 PM

Enable Security Defaults becomes Enable MFA

Until now, the only way to activate MFA on your tenant via Office Protect was the "Enable Security Defaults" setting. It was unusable for tenants with Azure Active Directory Premium as Security Defaults and Conditional Access Policies are mutually exclusive and cannot be enabled at the same time....

7/1/2025 4:15:32 PM

Office Protect - Last updates

Details on the last Office Protect updatesAnnouncement - Security Assessment Tool Live Now!Use our Office Protect Security Assessment. Use it to:Assess the security of your Microsoft 365 tenants,Receive actionable insights and recommendations,Generate a report to share with your customers.It...

7/17/2025 4:53:59 PM