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articles/defender-for-cloud/configure-email-notifications.md

@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 ---
 title: Configure email notifications for alerts
-description: Learn how to fine-tune the Microsoft Defender for Cloud security alert emails.
+description: Learn how to fine-tune the Microsoft Defender for Cloud security alert emails to ensure the right people receive timely notifications.
 ms.topic: quickstart
 ms.author: dacurwin
 author: dcurwin
-ms.date: 02/25/2024
+ms.date: 05/12/2024
 ms.custom: mode-other
+#customer intent: As a user, I want to learn how to customize email notifications for security alerts in Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
 ---
-# Quickstart: configure email notifications for security alerts
 
-Security alerts need to reach the right people in your organization. By default, Microsoft Defender for Cloud emails subscription owners whenever a high-severity alert is triggered for their subscription. This page explains how to customize these notifications.
+# Configure email notifications for security alerts
 
-Use Defender for Cloud's **Email notifications** settings page to define preferences for notification emails including:
+In this quickstart you will learn how to configure security alert emails in Microsoft Defender for Cloud to ensure that security alerts reach the right people in your organization. By default, Microsoft Defender for Cloud emails subscription owners whenever a high-severity alert is triggered for their subscription. This page explains how to customize these notifications.
+
+Defender for Cloud's **Email notifications** settings page allows you to define preferences for notification emails including:
 
 - ***who* should be notified** - Emails can be sent to select individuals or to anyone with a specified Azure role for a subscription.
 - ***what* they should be notified about** - Modify the severity levels for which Defender for Cloud should send out notifications.
@@ -26,25 +28,31 @@ To avoid alert fatigue, Defender for Cloud limits the volume of outgoing emails.
 
 ## Availability
 
-|Aspect|Details|
-|----|:----|
-|Release state:|General availability (GA)|
-|Pricing:|Email notifications are free; for security alerts, enable the enhanced security plans ([plan pricing](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/defender-for-cloud/)) |
-|Required roles and permissions:|**Security Admin**<br>**Subscription Owner**<br>**Contributor** |
-|Clouds:|:::image type="icon" source="./media/icons/yes-icon.png"::: Commercial clouds<br>:::image type="icon" source="./media/icons/yes-icon.png"::: National (Azure Government, Microsoft Azure operated by 21Vianet)|
+Required roles and permissions: Security Admin, Subscription Owner or Contributor.
 
 ## Customize the security alerts email notifications via the portal<a name="email"></a>
 
 You can send email notifications to individuals or to all users with specific Azure roles.
 
-1. From Defender for Cloud's **Environment settings** area, select the relevant subscription, and open **Email notifications**.
+1. Sign in to the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com/).
+
+1. Navigate to **Microsoft Defender for Cloud** > **Environment settings**.
+
+1. Select the relevant subscription.
+
+1. Select **email notifications**.
 
 1. Define the recipients for your notifications with one or both of these options:
 
     - From the dropdown list, select from the available roles.
     - Enter specific email addresses separated by commas. There's no limit to the number of email addresses that you can enter.
 
-1. To apply the security contact information to your subscription, select **Save**.
+1. Select the notification types:
+
+    - **Notify about alerts with the following severity (or higher)** and select a severity level.
+    - **Notify about attack paths with the following risk level (or higher)** and select a risk level.
+
+1. Select **Save**.
 
 ## Customize the alerts email notifications through the API
 

articles/defender-for-cloud/media/configure-email-notifications/email-notification-settings.png

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: User roles and permissions
 description: This article explains how Microsoft Defender for Cloud uses role-based access control to assign permissions to users and identify the permitted actions for each role.
 ms.topic: limits-and-quotas
-ms.date: 10/09/2023
+ms.date: 05/12/2024
 ---
 
 # User roles and permissions
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ The following table displays roles and allowed actions in Defender for Cloud.
 | Apply security recommendations for a resource</br> (and use [Fix](implement-security-recommendations.md)) | - | - | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
 | View alerts and recommendations | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
 | Exempt security recommendations | - |✔|-|-| ✔ |
+| Configure email notifications | - | ✔ | ✔| ✔ | ✔ |
 
 The specific role required to deploy monitoring components depends on the extension you're deploying. Learn more about [monitoring components](monitoring-components.md).
 

articles/defender-for-cloud/permissions.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: Release notes
 description: This page is updated frequently with the latest updates in Defender for Cloud.
 ms.topic: overview
-ms.date: 05/05/2024
+ms.date: 05/12/2024
 ---
 
 # What's new in Microsoft Defender for Cloud?
@@ -24,13 +24,22 @@ If you're looking for items older than six months, you can find them in the [Arc
 
 |Date | Update |
 |--|--|
+| May 12 | Configure email notifications for attack paths |
 | May 9 | [Checkov integration for IaC scanning in Defender for Cloud (Preview)](#checkov-integration-for-iac-scanning-in-defender-for-cloud-preview) |
 | May 7 | [General availability of permissions management in Defender for Cloud](#general-availability-of-permissions-management-in-defender-for-cloud) |
 | May 6 | [AI multicloud security posture management is publicly available for Azure and AWS](#ai-multicloud-security-posture-management-is-publicly-available-for-azure-and-aws) |
 | May 6 | [Limited public preview of threat protection for AI workloads in Azure](#limited-public-preview-of-threat-protection-for-ai-workloads-in-azure) |
 | May 2 | [Updated security policy management is now generally available](#updated-security-policy-management-is-now-generally-available) |
 | May 1 | [Defender for open-source databases is now available on AWS for Amazon instances (Preview)](#defender-for-open-source-databases-is-now-available-on-aws-for-amazon-instances-preview) |
 
+### Configure email notifications for attack paths
+
+May 12, 2024
+
+You can now configure email notifications for attack paths in Defender for Cloud. This feature allows you to receive email notifications when an attack path is detected with a specified risk level or higher. 
+
+Learn how to [configure email notifications](configure-email-notifications.md).
+
 ### Checkov integration for IaC scanning in Defender for Cloud (Preview)
 
 May 9, 2024