General portal navigation
Whenever you head to the portal, you will have a rather long navigation pane on the left-hand side. This pane will be used for quick switching and navigation of the portal on a day-to-day basis. One thing to know about this portal is that it serves as the portal for not only Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, but also Microsoft Defender for Office 365. We want to focus specifically on the navigation elements that relate to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, as shown in the following screenshot:
We will be covering all of the nodes within the top section (Incidents & alerts, Hunting, Threat analytics, Secure score), along with the nodes within Endpoints (Device inventory, Vulnerability management, and others). Now that we have your attention focused on the right part of the portal, let's dive into the specifics of each of these nodes...