Case study for Copilot for Security, Python in Excel and more

I prepared for You the summary of the most important news, announcements and articles about Microsoft 365 from the last week. Enjoy!

Case Study: Harnessing Copilot for Security in Defending Against Cyberthreats

In a typical #SOC environment, Tier 1 analysts are responsible for reviewing incoming security incidents. They're in charge of investigating and resolving non-critical alerts, including the identification of false positives. When a critical incident is detected, the Tier 1 analyst must quickly escalate it to the Tier 2 or 3 team for a more thorough investigation. In this case study, you will take on the role of a Tier 1 analyst and discover how #Copilot for #Security can support you throughout the investigation. It is a tool designed to enable you to assess and manage incidents with greater efficiency and effectiveness.

Let’s use a security incident in the Microsoft Defender #XDR portal for our case study. As shown in the next screen capture, this high-severity incident involves three devices, four users and one email account. It consists of a correlation of 25 alerts generated by different Microsoft security solutions. This incident, titled 'Multi-stage incident involving Initial access & Lateral movement on multiple endpoints reported by multiple sources' appears complex, extensive, and intimidating.

How to fix sync issues or reset OneDrive in Microsoft 365

OneDrive is a great application to sync data from your device to Office 365.

In this article, you will learn what to do when OneDrive not syncing. Fix the #OneDrive sync issues.

In times of hybrid work, you need tools like OneDrive that will help you to collaborate from any place and any device. OneDrive could be a great solution to host and backup your files in Office 365 storage. In case of heavy use of the OneDrive sync feature could break you will start to have issues with syncing your files.

Learn how to fix OneDrive sync issues, reset OneDrive and fix the red X in OneDrive.

Introducing web search query transparency for Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Copilot

To receive the highest quality responses from Copilot, users have the option to allow Copilot to reference web content. Querying the web improves the quality of Copilot responses by grounding them in the latest information from the web. Throughout the process the prompt and response remain within the service boundary; the queries #Copilot generates have the user and tenant identifiers removed and are sent securely to the Bing search service.

As more customers experience the benefits of web grounding, we’ve heard a strong interest in being able to see the queries Copilot generates to fetch that information from the #Bing search service. Today, we’re excited to announce new features that will allow both users and admins greater visibility into Copilot generated web queries.

Automatic summary of Word documents with Copilot

Check the exciting new feature that helps you quickly grasp the essence of a #Word document right after opening it.

We live in a world of content abundance, so we’re constantly looking for more efficient ways to process information. #MicrosoftCopilot can help alleviate this situation by providing an automatic summary at the top of your Word documents.

Synthesizing the most important information into a digestible format, the #Copilot summary allows you to quickly comprehend key points and ideas without having to read through the entire document.

Python in Excel – Available Now

#Python in #Excel is now generally available for Windows users of Microsoft 365 Business and Enterprise. Last August, in partnership with Anaconda, we introduced an exciting new addition to Excel by integrating Python, making it possible to seamlessly combine Python and Excel analytics within the same workbook, no setup required. Since then, we’ve brought the power of popular Python analytics libraries such as pandas, Matplotlib, and NLTK to countless Excel users.

GDPR & Generative AI - whitepaper

We are excited to share some great news with our commercial customers! Today, we're launching a new whitepaper, #GDPR & #GenerativeAI – A Guide for Customers. This guide is specifically tailored for customers subject to GDPR who want to understand and harness the full potential of Microsoft’s generative AI solutions and complements our earlier whitepaper specifically focusing on public sector customers, GDPR & Generative #AI – A Guide for the Public Sector

At Microsoft, we're all about bringing you cutting-edge AI solutions while ensuring compliance and building trust. These whitepapers are a testament to that commitment. They echo the core messages from our Chief Privacy Officer, Julie Brill, about Microsoft’s privacy commitments in this exciting AI era.

Check Summary of Microsoft 365 Copilot WAVE 2 updates

Have a great weekend ??

Szymon