Enrolling in Defender for Endpoint

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint gives you additional controls and monitoring on your devices.

Getting started

While it is managed from within Intune, you first need to onboard your tenant and devices into the service.

Important note

You need a Microsoft Defender for Endpoint P1 or P2 license to complete the following steps (a free trial can be obtained from the Microsoft Admin Center).

To start, we need to navigate to Security Portal at https://security.microsoft.com.

How to do it…

Now that we are in the portal, follow these settings to enroll your devices:

1. Click Settings.
2. Then, click Endpoints.
3. Now, scroll to the bottom; there should be a setting marked Microsoft Intune connection. Slide that to On.
4. Then, click Save Preferences and return to the Intune portal.
5. Navigate to Endpoint security, then Endpoint detection and response, and create a new policy (Windows 10, Windows 11 and Windows Server)...