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Defend with Confidence - with Microsoft Defender for Business

Take advantage of our 20% DISCOUNT on Microsoft Defender for Business – Exclusive to First Distribution.

Microsoft Defender for Business is an enterprise-grade security endpoint solution for SMBs which provides security to SMBs that goes beyond anti-virus protection. SMBs who can best benefit from MDB are those with minimal to no security protection or those usingcompetitive solutions. These businesses are often already Microsoft users with M365 Business Basic or Business Standard and lack the necessary protection to secure their employees’ endpoints.

Help keep your devices and servers secure from online threats such as ransomware and malware. Defender for Business is an easy-to-use cybersecurity solution to help protect against, detect, and respond to cyberattacks.

Traditional antivirus solutions aren’t enough, modern threats require modern protection, and traditional antivirus solutions can’t keep up. Defender for Business helps you to identify, protect against, detect, and respond to sophisticated cyberattacks, helping you to stay secure.

Cost-effective protection

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Easy to use

Activate security policies out of the box with simple set-up wizards.

Enterprise-grade device security

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Unleashing AI to Safeguard Your Digital Fortress

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Are you worried about the security of your Microsoft products and services? Do you want to know how to protect your data and devices from cyber threats? If so, you might be interested in our AI Cyber Security Analysis!

Microsoft Security Analysis is a comprehensive review of your current security posture, based on industry best practices and Microsoft’s expertise. It helps you identify and prioritise the most critical security risks and gaps in your environment and provides you with actionable recommendations to improve your security.

AI Cyber Security Analysis is a process of evaluating the security posture of an organisation’s information systems, networks, and assets. It involves identifying the potential threats, vulnerabilities, and risks that could compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the data and services.

A basic cybersecurity assessment can help an organisation to:

Understand its current security level and gaps.
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Comply with relevant standards and regulations.
Enhance the awareness and culture of security among the staff and stakeholders.

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General Availability - API driven inbound provisioning

Type: New feature
Service category: Provisioning
Product capability: Inbound to Microsoft Entra ID

With API-driven inbound provisioning, Microsoft Entra ID provisioning service now supports integration with any system of record. Customers, and partners, can use any automation tool of their choice to retrieve workforce data from any system of record for provisioning into Microsoft Entra ID and connected on-premises Active Directory domains. The IT admin has full control on how the data is processed and transformed with attribute mappings. Once the workforce data is available in Microsoft Entra ID, the IT admin can configure appropriate joiner-mover-leaver business processes using Microsoft Entra ID Governance Lifecycle Workflows. For more information, see: API-driven inbound provisioning concepts.

General Availability - Changing Passwords in My Security Info

Type: New feature
Service category: My Security Info
Product capability: End User Experiences

Now Generally Available, My Sign Ins (My Sign-Ins (microsoft.com)) supports end users changing their passwords inline. When a user authenticates with a password and an MFA credential, they’re able to are able to change their password without entering their existing password. Beginning April 1, through a phased rollout, traffic from the Change password (windowsazure.com) portal will redirect to the new My Sign Ins change experience. The Change password (windowsazure.com) will no longer be available after June 2024, but will continue to redirect to the new experience.

Microsoft Copilot Guidebook

  • How to position Microsoft 365 Copilot with the 7 step program powered by First Distribution.
  • Secure your email and collaboration tools with
    Microsoft Defender for Office 365 and Business Premium.
  • Copilot and Security Coverage and Capabilities.

Microsoft Copilot Guidebook

  • How to position Microsoft 365 Copilot with the 7 step program powered by First Distribution.
  • Secure your email and collaboration tools with
    Microsoft Defender for Office 365 and Business Premium.
  • Copilot and Security Coverage and Capabilities.