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A configured device is not a hardened device. This part layers Microsoft's pre-built security baselines on top of your configuration profiles, connects Defender for Business, and starts Attack Surface Reduction in Audit mode.
SPF, DKIM, DMARC, MTA-STS and TLS-RPT done properly for Exchange Online — the order of operations, the Exchange Online-specific gotchas, and how to get to DMARC p=reject without breaking mail flow.
SMTP AUTH Basic Authentication in Exchange Online is being phased out. This guide shows how to find every sender still using it, choose the right migration path, and move to OAuth, SMTP Relay, HVE, or Graph API before it breaks production.
A new page in Microsoft Defender XDR that brings password-related risk from Active Directory, Entra ID and Okta into one place, leaked credentials, exposed passwords, weak policies and hygiene gaps, all actionable from a single view.
Most administrators have looked at their Secure Score at least once, felt a vague sense of guilt about the number, and either chased points or quietly stopped checking. Neither is the right response. This guide explains what the score actually measures, which recommended actions genuinely reduce risk, which to deprioritise, and how to use Secure Score as a sustained operational practice rather than a vanity metric.
Most Intune projects fail quietly after deployment — not because the configuration is wrong, but because nobody builds an operational rhythm to keep it healthy. This final part fixes that.