
Cloud Apps Discovery
Uncover shadow IT: identify, assess, and control all cloud apps in use. Included in M365 E3.
Your Employees Use 1,000+ Cloud Apps — You Know About 40
Every unsanctioned cloud app is a potential data leak: customer data in Trello, contracts in Dropbox, passwords in LastPass. IT departments typically know 30-40 apps — the actual number exceeds 1,000. Without transparency, no control.
Cloud App Discovery is already included in Microsoft 365 E3 (via Entra ID P1). Integration with Defender for Endpoint captures traffic automatically — including from remote employees. All that is missing is activation, analysis, and a governance process.
ACTIVITIES IN DETAIL
DELIVERABLES
Set up Cloud Discovery: MDE integration (preferred) or log collector on Docker VM
Create snapshot report and initial risk analysis of top 50 apps
Configure app discovery policies: new high volume, new popular, new risky apps
Sanctioned/unsanctioned app categorization with risk score thresholds
Define blocking strategy: block scripts for firewall/proxy
Shadow IT governance playbook for weekly review process
Next steps after Cloud Apps Discovery
A cleanly configured tenant is the foundation. These blueprints build directly on it



