
If either of these services are disabled, Microsoft Defender ATP onboarding will fail. Note that both the Windows diagnostic data service and Windows Defender Antivirus are enabled. For non-persistent VDI, note that only Windows 10 is supported. For older operating systems, deployment includes the installation of the Microsoft Defender ATP agent by way of an MSI file. MacOS Mojave, macOS High Sierra, and macOS SierraįIGURE 2.6 Microsoft Defender ATP deployment methodsįor Windows 10 and Server 2019, deployment is really nothing more than pushing the configuration that specifies the Microsoft Defender ATP tenant and API key used to establish the initial connection. Supported operating systems at the time of this writing include:

Remember, Microsoft Defender ATP is already a part of the Windows 10, Windows Server 2019, and Windows Server 2016 1803 operating systems. Hardware requirements are the same as for the operating systems. Microsoft Defender ATP is licensed as a part of the Microsoft 365 E5 suite and is also available with Windows Enterprise E5 (and the educational versions of those licenses). You need to be aware of the licensing requirements, the supported operating systems, and the deployment methods available to you. Planning and implementing Microsoft Defender ATP is straightforward.

This provides clients an interface to access their virtual desktop, remote app or Remote Desktop Session Host sessions.Īs with past Terminal Server licensing, there are two license options: per-device and per-user (Figure 2).Plan and implement a Microsoft Defender ATP solution This provides a single connection point for clients to connect to a specific virtual desktop, remote app or Remote Desktop Session Host session. This is the modern name of Terminal Server licensing server that also includes licensing for Windows Server. This component bridges the user with a virtual Windows desktop, remote application or Remote Desktop Session Host session. This allows for the pooling of virtual machines on Hyper-V so they can serve as virtual desktops.

This component integrates with Microsoft Client Hyper-V.
