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Clarify that auto-discovered service accounts are excluded from classification rules

Clarify that auto-discovered service accounts are excluded from classification rules
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Pull request overview

This PR updates the Defender for Identity documentation to clarify how Service Account classification rules interact with automatically discovered service accounts.

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  • Adds clarification text stating that classification rules apply only to accounts that aren’t already auto-identified.

### Define Service Account classification rules

Service account classification rules let you define your own criteria for identifying service accounts. These rules help you include service accounts that Defender for Identity doesn't identify automatically. For example, some organizations name all their service accounts with a prefix like `srv`. Defender for Identity doesn't automatically detect such naming conventions. By creating a classification rule based on that pattern, you can include those accounts in the Service accounts view.
Service account classification rules let you define your own criteria for identifying service accounts. These rules help you include service accounts that Defender for Identity doesn't identify automatically. For example, some organizations name all their service accounts with a prefix like `srv`. Defender for Identity doesn't automatically detect such naming conventions. By creating a classification rule based on that pattern, you can include those accounts in the Service accounts view. Classification rules are applied only to accounts that are not already automatically identified by Defender for Identity. Accounts detected automatically are excluded from this view.
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