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MC1254554 — Upcoming retirement of select threat detections in Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

MC1254554Microsoft Defender XDRplanForChangeUpdated: 17 March 2026

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps will retire select IaaS and PaaS threat detections by mid-May 2026 due to low impact, focusing on identity-related threats. Affected alerts and policies will be removed, but historical data remains accessible. No admin action is required, though updating related processes is recommended.

Applies to: Microsoft Defender XDR
Source: mc.merill.net — data via Merill Fernando's open archive (MIT).