406165 – Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Create allow directly in Tenant Allow/Block List

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check before: 2024-10-01

Product:

Defender, Defender for Office 365, Exchange

Platform:

Online, US Instances, Web, World tenant

Status:

In development

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Details:

Admins can create an allow inside the Tenant Allow/Block List to override bulk, spam, and regular confidence phish verdicts directly.

Change Category:
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Scope:
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Release Phase:
General Availability

Created:
2024-07-13

updated:
2024-09-19

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Direct effects for Operations**

- Direct Impact on IT Operations
- Potential for increased false negatives in spam/phishing detection
- Risk of allowing malicious emails that would otherwise be blocked
- Increased workload for IT security teams to monitor and respond to incidents
- Roles impacted: IT Security Analysts, IT Operations Managers
- Changes in email filtering behavior may lead to user confusion
- Users may receive unexpected emails that were previously blocked
- Increased support tickets from users reporting spam/phishing emails
- Roles impacted: Helpdesk Support Staff, IT Service Desk Managers

- Direct Impact on IT Services
- Alteration of existing email security protocols
- May require updates to documentation and training for IT staff and end-users
- Potential integration issues with other security tools or services that rely on email filtering
- Roles impacted: IT Compliance Officers, IT Training Coordinators
- Dependency on the accuracy of the Tenant Allow/Block List
- Misconfiguration could lead to widespread delivery of unwanted emails
- Increased dependency on monitoring tools to ensure the integrity of the allow/block list
- Roles impacted: IT System Administrators, IT Infrastructure Managers

References:
- Microsoft Defender for Office 365 documentation: [Microsoft Docs](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/defender-for-office-365?view=o365-worldwide)
- ITIL Change Management best practices: [AXELOS](https://www.axelos.com/best-practice-solutions/itil)

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change history

DatePropertyoldnew
2024-09-19RM ReleaseSeptember CY2024October CY2024
2024-08-14RM ReleaseAugust CY2024September CY2024

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