https://koosjanse.com/tags/microsoft-defender/Recent content in Microsoft Defender on Koos's Tech BlogHugo -- gohugo.ioenWed, 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://koosjanse.com/posts/entraid/defenderdecodedensureadministrativeaccountsareseparateandcloudonly/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://koosjanse.com/posts/entraid/defenderdecodedensureadministrativeaccountsareseparateandcloudonly/<h2 id="description">Description</h2> <p>Administrative accounts are special privileged accounts that can have varying levels of access to data, users, and settings. Regular user accounts should never be used for administrative tasks. In a hybrid environment, care should be taken to keep cloud administrative accounts separate from on-premises accounts.</p> <p>Administrative accounts should not have unnecessary applications or productivity services assigned, such as email, Teams, or SharePoint. They should only have the access needed to perform administrative tasks.</p>