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Defender for Endpoint extends support to ARM-based Linux servers

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Jan 08, 2025
As the demand for ARM64 servers continues to rise, we are thrilled to announce that Microsoft Defender for Endpoint now supports ARM64 based Linux servers in Public Preview. This update marks a new m...
Updated Jan 15, 2025
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steveburkettnz
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Jan 13, 2025

Couple of observations:

  • Ubuntu 24.04 LTS should have been supported here, it's the current release and has been out since last April; 20.04 LTS on the other hand is out of support in 3 months...
  • Linux ARM servers are a bit of a niche market?   Seems like priority should be on getting Defender for Endpoint support extended to Windows Server 2025 first before trying for more 'exotic' scenarios?