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This article describes features available in Microsoft Defender for IoT in the Defender portal, across both OT and Enterprise IoT networks.
Important
This article discusses Microsoft Defender for IoT in the Defender portal (Preview).
Some features are not yet available in the Defender portal. If you're interested in these features, or you're an existing customer working on the Azure portal, see the Defender for IoT on Azure documentation.
Learn more about the Defender for IoT management portals.
Some information in this article relates to a prereleased product which may be substantially modified before it's commercially released. Microsoft makes no warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to the information provided here.
January 2025
| Service area | Updates |
|---|---|
| OT networks | - Preview and edit the devices list during the site set up process - Manually update the site association of a device |
Preview and edit the devices list during the site set up process
Before completing the site association process, preview the list of devices you have chosen to associate with the site, and remove any devices that aren't to be included in this site. For more information, see preview devices.
Manually update the site association of a device
Manually assign or modify the site location for a specific device or set of devices. For more information, see manually update device site association.
December 2024
| Service area | Updates |
|---|---|
| Site security | - Site association search in Site security page now supports various device types |
Site association search in Site security page now supports various device types
To support searching across all relevant sites and device types, the Site security > Associate devices page now supports searching for various device types, including IT, enterprise IoT, and network devices.
The suggested sites list now shows all relevant sites that match the search criteria across all device types. When you expand each site, you can view all relevant devices under the site, including the device name and type.
For more information, see Associate devices.
November 2024
| Service area | Updates |
|---|---|
| Devices | - Secure site-linked devices in Microsoft Security Exposure Management Initiatives page |
Secure site-linked devices in Microsoft Security Exposure Management Initiatives page
You can now review the new OT Security initiative in the Microsoft Security Exposure Management Initiatives page. This new initiative provides a metric-driven way of tracking exposure about unmanaged OT devices.
This new initiative serves as a powerful tool to improve your OT site security posture. The initiative aims to monitor and safeguard OT environments within the organization by employing network layer monitoring. This initiative identifies devices and ensures that systems are working correctly, and data is protected.
For more information, see:
September 2024
| Service area | Updates |
|---|---|
| Devices | - Review unmanaged enterprise IoT devices in Microsoft Security Exposure Management Initiatives page - New Building Management Systems (BMS) device category |
Review unmanaged enterprise IoT devices in Microsoft Security Exposure Management Initiatives page
You can now review the new Enterprise IoT Security initiative in the Microsoft Security Exposure Management Initiatives page. This new initiative provides a metric-driven way of tracking exposure about unmanaged enterprise IoT devices.
For more information, see the Microsoft Security Exposure Management release notes.
New Building Management Systems (BMS) device category
We now support the new BMS device category in Defender for IoT that improves BMS device discovery and security. The BMS category includes a subset of Smart Facility and Surveillance devices (previously under the IoT category) such as fire alarms, humidity sensors, security radars, etc. Camera devices remain under the IoT category.
For more information, see overview of device discovery.
July 2024
| Service area | Updates |
|---|---|
| Threat investigation | - Site property added DeviceInfo schema |
New Site property added DeviceInfo schema
In the advanced hunting tables, the Site property is added to the DeviceInfo schema. For more information, see investigate threats.