Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps is a cross-platform cloud solution extending IT visibility, governance, and control to cloud applications. It provides rich visibility, control over data travel, and sophisticated analytics to identify and combat cyberthreats across all your cloud services.
Defender for Cloud Apps allows you to shape your cloud environment with granular controls and use out-of-the-box or custom policies for data sharing, and data loss prevention (DLP). In addition, you can identify high-risk usage and security incidents, detect abnormal user behavior, and prevent threats.
Discovery tools collect information from firewalls and proxies to know which cloud apps are in use—identifying over 13,000 apps—to assess risk. No agents are required. Through deep integration, Defender for Cloud Apps provides advanced security management capabilities for Office 365 apps. You can also set policies and enforce them right away on your cloud apps—whether from Microsoft or third parties.
Offering a simple deployment and management process, Defender for Cloud Apps is scalable, non-intrusive, and integrates with your current solutions—including existing security information and event management systems, identity and access management, single sign-on, and analytical solutions.
Defender for Cloud Apps works together with our current identity and security solutions—including Azure Active Directory, Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics, and Azure Rights Management—to deliver a holistic, agile, and comprehensive security platform for today’s businesses.
Faculty/Students
In order to purchase Microsoft education SKUs, customers must meet the qualifications described in the Microsoft Qualified Education User Definition document. There are separate versions for academic customers in the
United States and
Canada. 
