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Customers that licensed “Microsoft 365 E5/G5” or the “Defender Suite” for their organization’s users have access to a very powerful solution to monitoring & controlling the use of cloud services.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps P2 is a SaaS-based security platform that provides a comprehensive Cloud Access Security Broker, SaaS Security Posture Management & Extend Detect & Respond integration. It delivers the following:

• Native Cloud Access Security Broker
  Shadow IT discovery, visibility into cloud app usage, protection against app-based threats & information protection and compliance assessments – native to both Microsoft & 3rd party services
• SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM)
  Not just monitoring—continuous configuration assessment + recommendations
• Deep Integration with Microsoft Security (XDR + Entra + Defender)
  Native platform integration vs. “standalone CASB”
• Advanced Threat Detection via XDR Correlation
  Cross-domain threat detection – not just isolated CASB alerts
• App-to-App (OAuth) Governance
  Manages 3rd‑party app risk (API / OAuth)
• Native Integration with Microsoft 365 Data Protection (Purview)
  Unified data governance and DLP across SaaS apps
• Unified Shadow IT Discovery at Scale
  Deep discovery tied to endpoint + network telemetry
• Granular Real-Time Session Control
  “Inline” conditional access policies

Here are resources for those licensed for Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps P2:

• DOCS:
  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps documentation
• TRAINING:
  • Microsoft Defender Virtual Ninja Training – Microsoft Adoption
  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps | SC-300 | Episode 19 – YouTube
  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps – Ninja Training | Microsoft Community Hub
    • Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps Overview | Virtual Ninja Training with Heike Ritter – YouTube
    • Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps Deep Dive | Virtual Ninja Training with Heike Ritter – YouTube
• DEPLOYMENT:
  • Fasttrack for Microsoft 365 for Defender for Cloud Apps
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/fasttrack/microsoft-defender#microsoft-defender-for-cloud-apps
• VIDEOS:
  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps Security: Overview
  • Connecting Your Apps to Defender for Cloud Apps
  • Microsoft Cloud App Security: Using the Cloud App Discovery Feature – YouTube
  • Get started with App governance – Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps – YouTube
  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps – US sessions – YouTube
  • Microsoft Cloud App Security – YouTube
• COMMUNITY FORUMS:
  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps | Microsoft Community Hub
• UNIFIED ENGAGEMENTS: (for customers with Unified Enterprise contracts)
  • Defender for Cloud Apps – Onboarding Accelerator
  • Defender for Cloud Apps – Technical Blocker Mitigation
  • Defender for Cloud Apps – Solution Optimization

Note: For US Government customers using GCC cloud instances of Microsoft 365, the URL to access the service is: https://portal.cloudappsecuritygov.com/ and has a adjusted set of capabilities.