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Published inJul 2023
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781803241708
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Ru Campbell
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Ru Campbell

Ruairidh (Ru) Campbell is a Microsoft Security MVP and leads Microsoft consultancy at Threatscape. At Threatscape, Ru develops, delivers, and manages offerings and professional services for cybersecurity, compliance, identity, and management. In the cybersecurity community, Ru runs the Microsoft 365 Security & Compliance user group and his blog (campbell.scot), regularly speaks at other user groups and conferences, and contributes to well-known industry publications such as Practical 365. Ru holds 14 Microsoft certifications and a B.Sc. (Distinction) in computer networking from the University of the West of Scotland. Away from cybersecurity, he is a petrolhead who enjoys heavy metal and hiking around Scotland with his wife.
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Viktor Hedberg

Viktor Hedberg is a Microsoft Security MVP and senior consultant at Truesec. At Truesec, Viktor works with proactive security measures within the Microsoft sphere of technologies, by delivering workshops on best practices and by his deep technical expertise in these areas. In the cybersecurity community, Viktor runs his blogs at Truesec (Experts – viktor-hedberg). Alongside this, he is one of the hosts of the Swedish Windows Security user group, as well as a co-host of the Swedish podcast The Nerd Herd. He is a frequent speaker at both conferences and user groups around the world, focusing on matters of Microsoft Security. Viktor holds numerous Microsoft certifications, as well as being a Microsoft Certified Trainer. Away from cybersecurity, Viktor is a family man, spending most of his time with his wife and three kids, as well as enjoying football, both as a practitioner and as a fan. Heavy metal has been part of his life since his early teens.
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Summary

If you’re going to be managing multiple tenants, or want to otherwise programmatically manage as much as possible, you’re going to want to start mastering the APIs available for Microsoft 365 Defender and its associated services.

That’s why, in this chapter, you learned about the five main APIs available, and the kinds of operations each exposes:

  • The Microsoft Graph security API
  • Microsoft 365 Defender APIs
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint APIs
  • The Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps API
  • The Office 365 Management Activity API

As a rule, if it’s in Microsoft Graph, use it there to centralize efforts and stick with where Microsoft appears to be focusing most. However, you’ll still find lots in the other APIs only. Most of the APIs focus on operations of Microsoft 365 Defender rather than settings management, but hopefully, we’ll see this change over time so more things can be automated and managed as code...

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Published in: Jul 2023Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781803241708

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Ru Campbell

Ruairidh (Ru) Campbell is a Microsoft Security MVP and leads Microsoft consultancy at Threatscape. At Threatscape, Ru develops, delivers, and manages offerings and professional services for cybersecurity, compliance, identity, and management. In the cybersecurity community, Ru runs the Microsoft 365 Security & Compliance user group and his blog (campbell.scot), regularly speaks at other user groups and conferences, and contributes to well-known industry publications such as Practical 365. Ru holds 14 Microsoft certifications and a B.Sc. (Distinction) in computer networking from the University of the West of Scotland. Away from cybersecurity, he is a petrolhead who enjoys heavy metal and hiking around Scotland with his wife.
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Viktor Hedberg

Viktor Hedberg is a Microsoft Security MVP and senior consultant at Truesec. At Truesec, Viktor works with proactive security measures within the Microsoft sphere of technologies, by delivering workshops on best practices and by his deep technical expertise in these areas. In the cybersecurity community, Viktor runs his blogs at Truesec (Experts – viktor-hedberg). Alongside this, he is one of the hosts of the Swedish Windows Security user group, as well as a co-host of the Swedish podcast The Nerd Herd. He is a frequent speaker at both conferences and user groups around the world, focusing on matters of Microsoft Security. Viktor holds numerous Microsoft certifications, as well as being a Microsoft Certified Trainer. Away from cybersecurity, Viktor is a family man, spending most of his time with his wife and three kids, as well as enjoying football, both as a practitioner and as a fan. Heavy metal has been part of his life since his early teens.
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