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Office 365 E2 was added to the June 2011 Product List and removed in the September 2013 Product List. The snippet below shows what was included in Office 365 E2 when it appeared for the last time in the August…

Overview Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence (MDTI) is a platform that gathers and analyzes threat data from various sources so that customers can spot and deal with potential security risks. Licensing If you look for Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence in the…

Overview Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management strengthens endpoint security by helping IT professionals to identify, assess, remediate, and track their organization’s biggest vulnerabilities across Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS and network devices. Licensing The various licenses for Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management…

Overview Microsoft Defender XDR is an extended detection and response (XDR) solution that provides a unified platform to detect, investigate, and respond to threats across endpoints, identities, email, cloud applications, and cloud infrastructure. Microsoft Defender XDR automatically turns on when…

Online training If you’re a High Schooler or Middle Schooler, you can register for the Microsoft Defender licensing training which we ran in February 2025. It’s a 56-minute session covering: The overview Microsoft security portfolio Microsoft Defender overview Microsoft Defender…

Licensing Servers onboarded to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint are licensed with a Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Servers license, where a separate license is required for each physical or virtual server. Alternatively, you can choose to use Microsoft Defender for…

Licensing Prior to November 2021, there was just one Microsoft Defender for Endpoint plan for client devices called, reasonably enough, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. Then Microsoft announced that this plan would be renamed to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 2…

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is an endpoint protection solution designed to help organizations prevent, detect, investigate, and respond to threats targeting Windows 10/11 or MacOS client devices and Windows or Linux server devices. Devices are onboarded to Microsoft Defender for…

Licensing Microsoft made the Microsoft Defender for Business Servers license available in November 2022, and the rules are simple: you need a separate license for each physical or virtual server running Windows Server or Linux that you want to protect.…

Licensing Microsoft Defender for Business was originally made available in March 2022 as part of a Microsoft 365 Business Premium license, and that right is still in place today. A bit later, in May 2022, the Microsoft Defender for Business…