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Legacy Server 2008 R2 Question

Anonymous
2024-09-18T08:33:32+00:00

Hi Everyone. I have a question around Server 2008 R2. I know this OS is legacy, unsupported and a risk to any organisation and of course migrating applications to supported platforms is always priority. However, I am working on a project around onboarding legacy servers to Defender Endpoint.

Onboarding Server 2008 R2 SP1 works, I have completed and documented this process, however to make things even worse I am being asked if it is supported for Server 2008 R2 non SP1. I cannot meet the prerequisites for Defender Onboarding because a lot of the prereqs require SP1.

Has anyone got any real experience with this i.e. tried and failed or managed to do this?

Thanks guys.

Bob Murray

Reno Nevada

Windows for business Windows Server Networking Other

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-09-19T14:13:22+00:00

    Hello,

    According to Microsoft's official documentation, Windows Server 2008 R2 must be Service Pack 1 (SP1) to support Defender for Endpoint. This is because many necessary security components were introduced in SP1, and these components are required for Defender for Endpoint to run properly.

    I recommend you refer to the following links:

    Onboard previous versions of Windows on Microsoft Defender for Endpoint - Microsoft Defender for Endpoint | Microsoft Learn

    Best Regards

    Zunhui

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-09-19T14:56:26+00:00

    Thank you for your answer and time. This corresponds to what I am seeing, thank you.

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