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Microsoft Defender portal outage disrupts XDR access

⚠️ Microsoft is mitigating an ongoing incident affecting the Defender XDR portal that began roughly 10 hours ago and was first acknowledged at 06:10 UTC. The outage stemmed from a traffic spike that drove high CPU utilization on components responsible for portal functions, blocking access and disrupting features such as advanced threat-hunting alerts and device visibility. Microsoft applied mitigation to increase processing throughput and reports partial recovery for some customers while it analyzes HAR traces and coordinates client-side diagnostics with impacted organizations.

Microsoft Defender Mislabels SQL Server as End-of-Life

⚠️Microsoft is addressing a bug in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint that incorrectly tags SQL Server 2017 and SQL Server 2019 as end-of-life. The company says a recent code change introduced the issue and it has begun deploying a fix to reverse that change. Support timelines remain unchanged: 2019 is supported until January 2030 and 2017 until October 2027. The incident is being tracked as an advisory while remediation continues.

Microsoft Defender Bug Triggers False BIOS Update Alerts

⚠️ Microsoft is addressing a logic bug in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint that causes some Dell devices' BIOS firmware to be incorrectly marked as outdated, prompting unnecessary update alerts to users. The company says a fix has been developed and is being prepared for deployment, but it has not disclosed the regions or number of customers affected. Microsoft also recently resolved macOS black screen crashes linked to a deadlock in the Apple enterprise security framework and has been correcting several anti-spam and machine-learning false positives impacting Teams and Exchange Online.