Starting the week of March 3, you’ll have access to new reporting tools in your Microsoft Outlook inbox, along with a new email quarantine page.
When this change goes into effect, the existing “Proofpoint for Outlook” and “PhishAlarm” buttons in your Outlook ribbon will be replaced by a new “Report” dropdown. This dropdown allows you report an email as a phish—which sends it to the MIS Security team—or as junk, which results in future messages from that sender being quarantined from your inbox.
You’ll also have access to a new email quarantine page, accessible at security.microsoft.com/quarantine. Like the current quarantine folder, the Microsoft Defender quarantine page contains all messages identified as spam or bulk-send emails. With this rollout, you will start receiving a regular email from Microsoft with a summary of all the new messages being held in your quarantine. Emails are quarantined for 30 days before being deleted.
As Defender integrates with our environment, you may see a temporary increase in the number of spam / bulk messages that arrive in your inbox. This will quickly decrease as Defender’s filters adjust. You can help train Defender by using the new “report junk” tool described above.
Access training & resources
Want to learn more about the upcoming rollout of Microsoft Defender and the changes to your inbox?
Join us for our upcoming training sessions. In these training sessions, the Microsoft Defender rollout team will provide an overview of these new tools and answer any questions you might have.
Not able to join us for one of our training sessions? Watch our on-demand walkthrough video to get familiar with Microsoft Defender.
Learn more about Microsoft Defender. View our SharePoint page or printable PDF guide for more details on this change.