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Glossary

Our industry is infamous for it’s confusing and unique terminology. Matters aren’t helped by frequent name changes or multiple terms for the same thing. In this chapter, we try to help you with a quick reference guide for the terminology of Microsoft 365 Defender

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Microsoft 365 Defender (M365D)

An extended detection and response platform accessed at security.microsoft.com that directly includes Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE), Microsoft Defender for Identity (MDI), Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (MDO), Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps (MDA), and Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management (MDVM). Indirectly, it also surfaces alerts and incidents from other Microsoft services such as Azure ...

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