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ATPDocs/okta-integration.md

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1. Select the permissions you want to assign to this role. Include the following permissions:
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* **Entra Connect sensor**. If your sensor is installed on a domain controller server with Entra Connect configured, such as in a testing environment, the sensor type is shown as **Domain controller sensor** instead.
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* **ADCS sensor** (Active Directory Certificate Services). If your sensor is installed on a domain controller server with AD CS configured, such as in a testing environment, the sensor type is shown as **Domain controller sensor** instead.
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For any sensor that fails to complete the update process, a relevant [health alert](health-alerts.md#sensor-outdated) is triggered, and is sent as a notification.
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> These actions are restricted to users with specific administrative roles. If the options described are not visible or accessible, please confirm with your system administrator that your account has one of the following roles assigned:
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Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps provides security detections and alerts for malicious activities. The purpose of this guide is to provide you with general and practical information on each alert, to help with your investigation and remediation tasks. Included in this guide is general information about the conditions for triggering alerts. However, it's important to note that since anomaly detections are nondeterministic by nature, they're only triggered when there's behavior that deviates from the norm. Finally, some alerts might be in preview, so regularly review the official documentation for updated alert status.
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> Starting June 2025, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps began transitioning anomaly detection policies to a dynamic threat detection model. This model automatically adapts detection logic to the evolving threat landscape, keeping detections current without manual configuration or policy updates. As part of these improvements to overall security, and to provide more accurate and timely alerts, several legacy policies have been disabled:
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To explain and make it easier to map the relationship between Defender for Cloud Apps alerts and the familiar MITRE ATT\&CK Matrix, we've categorized the alerts by their corresponding MITRE ATT\&CK tactic. This extra reference makes it easier to understand the suspected attacks technique potentially in use when a Defender for Cloud Apps alert is triggered.
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