Microsoft Defender ATP, formerly known as Windows Defender ATP, is a hub of information about your environment that's collected from endpoints embedded in Windows 10. It incorporates threat intelligence and machine learning to identify and remediate issues, making sure you're protected against the latest threats. Its features, many of which we'll cover throughout each section in this chapter, include the following:
- Threat and vulnerability management
- Attack surface reduction
- Next-generation protection
- Endpoint detection and response
- Automated investigation and remediation
- Secure score
- Microsoft threat experts
- Management and APIs
- Microsoft Threat Protection
To be able to use Microsoft Defender ATP, you must have an E5 license, your hardware must be running Windows 7 or later, and Windows Server must be 2008 R2 or later...
