Edit

Share via

Onboard Windows devices to Defender for Endpoint using Intune

  • Article

Applies to:

Want to experience Defender for Endpoint? Sign up for a free trial.

You can use mobile device management (MDM) solutions to configure Windows 10 devices. Defender for Endpoint supports MDMs by providing OMA-URIs to create policies to manage devices.

For more information on using Defender for Endpoint CSP, see, WindowsAdvancedThreatProtection CSP and WindowsAdvancedThreatProtection DDF file.

Before you begin

Devices must be enrolled with Intune as your Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution.

For more information on enabling MDM with Microsoft Intune, see Device enrollment (Microsoft Intune).

Onboard devices using Microsoft Intune

Check out Identify Defender for Endpoint architecture and deployment method to see the various paths in deploying Defender for Endpoint.

Follow the instructions from Intune.

For more information on using Defender for Endpoint CSP, see, WindowsAdvancedThreatProtection CSP and WindowsAdvancedThreatProtection DDF file.

Note

  • The Health Status for onboarded devices policy uses read-only properties and can't be remediated.
  • Configuration of diagnostic data reporting frequency is only available for devices on Windows 10, version 1703.
  • Onboarding to Defender for Endpoint will onboard the device to Data Loss Prevention (DLP), which is also a part of Microsoft 365 compliance.

Run a detection test to verify onboarding

After onboarding the device, you can choose to run a detection test to verify that a device is properly onboarded to the service. For more information, see Run a detection test on a newly onboarded Microsoft Defender for Endpoint device.

Offboard devices using Mobile Device Management tools

For security reasons, the package used to Offboard devices will expire 7 days after the date it was downloaded. Expired offboarding packages sent to a device will be rejected. When downloading an offboarding package you'll be notified of the packages expiry date and it will also be included in the package name.

Note

Onboarding and offboarding policies must not be deployed on the same device at the same time, otherwise this will cause unpredictable collisions.

  1. Get the offboarding package from the Microsoft Defender portal as follows:

    1. In the navigation pane, select Settings > Endpoints > Device management > Offboarding.

    2. Select Windows 10 or Windows 11 as the operating system.

    3. In the Deployment method field, select Mobile Device Management / Microsoft Intune.

    4. Click Download package, and save the .zip file.

  2. Extract the contents of the .zip file to a shared, read-only location that can be accessed by the network administrators who will deploy the package. You should have a file named WindowsDefenderATP_valid_until_YYYY-MM-DD.offboarding.

  3. In Microsoft Intune admin center, create a custom configuration policy.

    1. In the navigation pane, select Devices > By platform > Windows > Manage Devices > Configuration.
    2. Under Policies click Create > New Policy.
    3. In the Create a profile slide out, select Windows 10 and later as Platform and Templates as Profile Type.
    4. Under Template Name, click the Custom template and click Create.
    5. Enter a value for Name and click Next.
    6. Under Configuration settings, click Add and use the following OMA-URI settings.
      • Name: Provide a name
      • OMA-URI: ./Device/Vendor/MSFT/WindowsAdvancedThreatProtection/Offboarding
      • Date type: String
      • Value: Copy and paste the value from the content of the WindowsDefenderATP_valid_until_YYYY-MM-DD.offboarding file
    7. Make the appropriate group assignments, applicability rules, and on the Review + create step, click the Create button to finish the policy.

For more information on Microsoft Intune policy settings, see Windows 10 policy settings in Microsoft Intune.

Note

The Health Status for offboarded devices policy uses read-only properties and can't be remediated.

Important

Offboarding causes the device to stop sending sensor data to Defender for Endpoint, but data from the device, including references to any alerts it has, is retained for up to 6 months.

Tip

Do you want to learn more? Engage with the Microsoft Security community in our Tech Community: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Tech Community.