Reader small image

You're reading from  Microsoft 365 Security, Compliance, and Identity Administration

Product typeBook
Published inAug 2023
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781804611920
Edition1st Edition
Right arrow
Author (1)
Peter Rising
Peter Rising
author image
Peter Rising

Peter Rising has over 25 years' experience in IT. He has worked for several IT solutions providers and private organizations in a variety of technical and leadership roles, with a focus on Microsoft technologies. Since 2014, Peter has specialized in the Microsoft 365 platform, focusing most recently on security and compliance in his role as a Consulting Services Manager for Insight. Peter is heavily involved in the wider Microsoft community and has been recognized by Microsoft as an MVP. He holds several Microsoft certifications, including MCSE: Productivity; Microsoft 365 Certified: Enterprise Administrator Expert; and Microsoft 365: Cybersecurity Architect Expert.
Read more about Peter Rising

Right arrow

Managing Cloud App Discovery

With Cloud App Discovery, you can manually upload traffic logs from your firewall and proxies and analyze for cloud app activity. Additionally, you can automate regular log collection. This is done by completing the following steps:

  1. Log in to the MDA portal at https://security.microsoft.com as a Global Administrator or a Security Administrator and navigate to Cloud apps | Cloud Discovery:
Figure 10.4: Cloud Discovery

Figure 10.4: Cloud Discovery

  1. The first thing to do is to create a snapshot report to provide ad hoc visibility into a set of traffic logs you manually upload from your firewalls and proxies. To do this, click on Cloud App Security Proxy and choose Create snapshot report:
Figure 10.5: Creating a snapshot report

Figure 10.5: Creating a snapshot report

  1. Enter a report name and description for your report. You also have the Anonymize private information option, as shown in the following screenshot. This should be selected if you...
lock icon
The rest of the page is locked
Previous PageNext Page
You have been reading a chapter from
Microsoft 365 Security, Compliance, and Identity Administration
Published in: Aug 2023Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781804611920

Author (1)

author image
Peter Rising

Peter Rising has over 25 years' experience in IT. He has worked for several IT solutions providers and private organizations in a variety of technical and leadership roles, with a focus on Microsoft technologies. Since 2014, Peter has specialized in the Microsoft 365 platform, focusing most recently on security and compliance in his role as a Consulting Services Manager for Insight. Peter is heavily involved in the wider Microsoft community and has been recognized by Microsoft as an MVP. He holds several Microsoft certifications, including MCSE: Productivity; Microsoft 365 Certified: Enterprise Administrator Expert; and Microsoft 365: Cybersecurity Architect Expert.
Read more about Peter Rising