Defender for endpoint integration with Intune

Question

Hello , I see this error in End point manager console Some toggles are disabled and acting as "off" because Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is not actively communicating with Intune for this account. Please check the state of the connection in the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint admin console , appreciate how to get Defender for endpoint integrate with Intune.

and there is issue with setting to show endpoints .

Answer 1

Is the account accessing the Defender Portal licensed for MDE? Once you establish that, you will need to enable Microsoft Intune feature in Advanced features in the Defender Portal>Settings>Endpoints first. After that you should be able to enable in Intune.

Answer 2

@Hani Moustafa, Thanks for posting in Q&A.

To enable Microsoft Defender for Endpoint in Intune, the first step you take is to set up the service-to-service connection between Intune and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. Set up requires administrative access to both the Microsoft Defender Security Center, and to Intune. You can use one account with global administrator to do this:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/intune/protect/advanced-threat-protection-configure

To Manage Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on devices with Microsoft Endpoint Manager, there are some requirements like licensing and subscriptions. Please ensure the license is assigned and check other conditions to see if all are met:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/intune/protect/mde-security-integration#licensing-and-subscriptions

Please check the above information and if there's any update, feel free to let us know.

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