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I have a few domain controllers that are available to be activated as a new Defender for Identity sensor via Microsoft Defender Cloud settings. I was wondering if doing so will cause the server to go through a reboot sequence or is that not necessary.
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A reboot is not required
Details at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-for-identity/deploy/configure-sensor-settings
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Marcin
The link sent doesn't mention information on reboots. I'm more so under this link. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-for-identity/deploy/activate-capabilities
So to clarify, by activating the server as a sensor, it will not invoke a reboot, guaranteed? Is this because that it's using the Defender for Endpoint extension as the senor agent?
Not in my experience - relatively few tasks that involve sensor management require OS restart - as per https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-for-identity/troubleshooting-known-issues
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Marcin
Thank you. A separate question if I try to activate the server as a sensor through the new process in Defender setting, what are some troubleshooting methods, since the troubleshooting link sent does not apply?
The logs should contain sufficient clues - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-for-identity/troubleshooting-using-logs
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Marcin