A built-in tag you can apply to as many as 250 important users, letting you filter reports, alerts and Threat Explorer by them and, with Defender for Office 365 Plan 2, give them priority account protection.
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In the Ultra Transcenders books
Each book explains Priority account in context, with comparison tables and the common traps.
Terms in this definition
- Tag
Key-value label on compute (for cost tracking) or on a Unity Catalog securable or column, applied with
SET TAGorSET TAGSand requiringAPPLY TAG. Governed tags restrict allowed keys, values and assigners across the account. - APPLY
Evaluates a table-valued expression for every row on its left, inside
FROM. Think ofOUTER APPLYas a left outer join andCROSS APPLYas an inner join. - FILTER
Returns just those rows of a table that meet a condition. In CALCULATE it handles conditions too complex for a Boolean filter argument, though a Boolean filter is faster whenever one will work.
- Threat Explorer
Organisations licensed for Plan 2 of Microsoft Defender for Office 365 use this tool to find and deal with email and collaboration threats almost as they happen. Plan 1 includes a cut-down version called Real-time detections.
- Defender for Office 365 Plan 2
The higher tier of Defender for Office 365: everything Plan 1 offers, plus advanced hunting, AIR, Threat Explorer, Threat Trackers and Attack simulation training. Microsoft 365 E5 bundles it.
Related terms
- User tags
Grouping labels in Defender for Office 365, letting you see which people are affected in alerts, Threat Explorer and Campaigns. Only Priority account comes from Microsoft as a system tag; others are made by you.