Title: Admins may be unable to access the Security baseline assessment option in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
User impact: Admins may have been unable to access the Security baseline assessment option in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.
Final status: Our monitoring telemetry review has isolated a recent service update that introduced an impacting feature configuration issue, which was preventing admins from accessing the Security baseline assessment option in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. We’ve deployed a fix which updated the affected configuration, and we’ve confirmed with affected users that it has successfully remediated the impact.
Scope of impact: This issue may have affected any admin who was attempting to utilize the Security baseline assessment navigation bar button.
Start time: Thursday, January 18, 2024, at 10:25 AM UTC
End time: Monday, January 22, 2024, at 12:52 PM UTC
Root cause: A recent service update introduced a feature configuration issue that broke the enablement of the functionality.
Next steps:
– We’re further analyzing the introduced configuration issue so we can help isolate and prevent similar problems before impact can be produced.
This is the final update for this event.
