Defender for Endpoint onboarding Windows Client

Applies to:

• Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 1
• Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 2
• Microsoft 365 Defender
• Endpoint data loss prevention (DLP)
• Insider risk management

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You'll need to go through the onboarding section of the Defender for Endpoint portal to onboard any of the supported devices. Depending on the device, you'll be guided with appropriate steps and provided management and deployment tool options suitable for the device.

Devices in your organization must be configured so that the Defender for Endpoint service can get sensor data from them. There are various methods and deployment tools that you can use to configure the devices in your organization.

In general, you'll identify the client you're onboarding, then follow the corresponding tool appropriate to the device or your environment.

Warning

Repackaging the Defender for Endpoint installation package is not a supported scenario. Doing so can negatively impact the integrity of the product and lead to adverse results, including but not limited to triggering tampering alerts and updates failing to apply.

Related topics

• Onboard Windows devices using Microsoft Intune
• Onboard Windows devices using Group Policy
• Onboard Windows devices using a local script
• Onboard non-persistent virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) devices