Hello all,

This is a short post to give you an update on the upcoming 2023 edition of Microsoft 365 Security for IT Pros. We've had several people reach out to us regarding the release date of the 2023 edition.

Unfortunately, some authors are taking a bit longer than anticipated to deliver their updated chapters... This unforeseen delay have caused me to decide to push our release date a bit further into the future. To January 2023 to be specific. Let me explain why.

We completely rewrote Chapter 2 (securing identities). There is now about 90 pages of net new content, and several more pages to write in future updates. We foresee future updates about Entra Permission Management and some more in-depth updates on e.g. Identity Governance.
Chapter 4 about endpoint security will be completely overhauled. The previous chapter focused too much on Intune as a product and not enough on how to leverage Intune to secure endpoints. We're still waiting for the new version of that chapter, and will be pushing to get it shortly. We'll also expand to talk about securing servers, rather than just workstations. But that might be for one of the next monthly updates.
There is an entirely new chapter on MDVM. We've taken a bit away from MDE, but added lots of cool new stuff :-)
We've added A LOT more information on compliance and expanded the information protection chapter to the rest of Office 365.
Chapter 14, Real-World scenarios, now has now more scenarios than before.
We already started work on a dedicated chapter on Endpoint DLP.
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As you can see: we may have taken on a bit more than we could chew to deliver by mid-December... But, there is no turning back now AND there is light at the end of the tunnel! In theory, we could release the book in its current form and deliver updates as we go along. However, I hold a high bar when it comes to quality of the chapters, and I feel we're no quite there yet...

In the coming weeks, you will be receiving an email with updates on the release date of the book and the discount you, as current subscribers, will receive. Just like last year, we will make the discount for 2022 subscribers worth the while!

In the meantime, I really want to thank you for your support. You have been incredible. Thank you for the many messages, suggestions, ideas, and - yes - corrections too! That is what keeps us going.

Your truly,

Michael