You're reading from Mastering Microsoft 365 Defender Implement Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Identity, Cloud Apps, and Office 365 and respond to threats

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803241708

Length 572 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Office 365

Concepts

Cybersecurity

Authors (2):

Ru Campbell

Viktor Hedberg

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Table of Contents (33) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Cyber Threats and Microsoft 365 Defender

2. Chapter 1: Microsoft and Modern Cybersecurity Threats FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Microsoft 365 Defender: The Big Picture

4. Part 2: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

5. Chapter 3: The Fundamentals of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

6. Chapter 4: Onboarding Windows Clients and Servers

7. Chapter 5: Getting Started with Microsoft Defender Antivirus for Windows

8. Chapter 6: Advanced Microsoft Defender Antivirus for Windows

9. Chapter 7: Managing Attack Surface Reduction for Windows

10. Chapter 8: Managing Additional Capabilities for Windows

11. Chapter 9: Onboarding and Managing macOS

12. Chapter 10: Onboarding and Managing Linux Servers

13. Chapter 11: Onboarding and Managing iOS and Android

14. Part 3: Microsoft Defender for Identity

15. Chapter 12: Deploying Microsoft Defender for Identity

16. Chapter 13: Managing Defender for Identity

17. Part 4: Microsoft Defender for Office 365

18. Chapter 14: Deploying Exchange Online Protection

19. Chapter 15: Deploying Defender for Office 365

20. Part 5: Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

21. Chapter 16: Implementing and Managing Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

22. Part 6: Proactive Security and Incident Response

23. Chapter 17: Maintaining Security Hygiene and Threat Awareness

24. Chapter 18: Extended Detection and Response with Microsoft 365 Defender

25. Chapter 19: Advanced Hunting with KQL

26. Chapter 20: Microsoft Sentinel Integration

27. Chapter 21: Understanding Microsoft 365 Defender APIs

28. Part 7: Glossary and Answers

29. Chapter 22: Glossary

30. Chapter 23: Answers

31. Index

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Onboarding Windows Clients and Servers

In this chapter, you will learn how Windows clients and servers are onboarded to MDE. As established in the last chapter, MDE supports a diverse arrangement of operating systems and devices. For Windows, this list is as follows:

Windows 7 SP1 and 8.1 Pro/Enterprise
Windows 10 and 11 Pro, Education, Pro Education, and Enterprise (including IoT and LTSC 2016+)
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, 2012 R2, 2016, SAC 1803+, 2019, and 2022
Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365

In the last chapter, you learned what onboarding is (insofar as it relates to EDR capabilities and not necessarily full endpoint protection) and the prerequisites such as internet connectivity. In this chapter, we’ll explore onboarding further by looking into details about how you can use each available option and the differences between them.

Be warned: there are a lot of options. For example, Windows Server alone can be onboarded in at least six...