Microsoft Defender for Identity required licenses and scope?

Question

Before I turn on everything under the Microsoft Defender for Identity from the https://security.microsoft.com/ portal.

I wanted to know if I must enable or purchase licenses like Sentinel and Defender ATP or some other licenses I may have missed here.All of my users are using M365 E3, M365 E5, M365 F3 and then some are using Office 365 E1 licenses.

Answer 1

@EnterpriseArchitect Thank you for reaching out to us, Defender for identity needs these pre-reqs - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-for-identity/deploy/prerequisites as per the licensing requirements mentioned in this and licenses which you (as mentioned in the query does meet).

Review the other pre-reqs like permissions, connectivity requirements and recommendation for proper deployment of defender for identity within your environment.

Also review below mentioned docs for reference:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-for-identity/deploy/capacity-planning

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-for-identity/deploy/install-sensor

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/security-compliance-and-identity/microsoft-defender-for-identity-ninja-training/ba-p/2117904

Let me know if you have further questions, feel free to post back.

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