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Pending Approval/Provisioning for Microsoft Defender XDR Lab/Trial Environment
Hello Microsoft Community Team, On June 26, 2026, our organization applied for a Microsoft 365 Developer Environment / Free Trial to support evaluation of the Microsoft Defender XDR Lab environment. To date, the environment has not been provisioned, and we have not received any status updates or confirmation. Impact: Current Status: We are currently utilizing our production environment to test project capabilities, which poses risks and limitations. Future Intent: Our organization plans to transition to a full, paid Business/Enterprise purchase immediately upon proving the platform’s benefits. Urgency: This delay is stalling our evaluation phase. We urgently need this environment onboarded and activated so we can proceed with deployment tests and subsequent procurement. Request: Please review the status of our registration and expedite the onboarding/provisioning of this developer environment. Thank you for your prompt assistance.DefenderXDR "Preparing new space for data and connecting them" is stuck , and never finished !
Hello everyone, I am delivering SC-200 courses and on the lab environment of Skillable (or even free-tiers) when you have to "initiate" the data space for DefenderXDR, the process seems to be stuck .... never finished and we are "locked" in the page of a ...coffee cup and the phrase "Hang on. We are preparing new spaces for your data and connecting them. " does anyone else have same problem ? Any resolution , (I have already open a support ticket to Skillable support, but I haven't got resolution for over 1+day , and cannot open or continue the lab (for connecting or onboarding Microsoft Defender for Endpoint ) which is frustrating for the participants-students Thanks PanosLooking for a simple deployment guide
MS Learn is a great starting point, but it just doesn't seem to cover the steps needed to get up and running safely. I have concerns about adding or setting something that suddenly creates a vulnerability or exposure. Where is the installation guide that installs and configures the solution then tells you, "You are now protected". Do I really want to set my own policies? Why aren't the default set of rules good enough, safe enough. I can't have a solution that is so complicated I need to hire a team to manage it 24 hours a day. I am okay investigating an alert and helping a user solve a pop-up question. Why is every major corporation around the world required to re-invent the same or similar policies the company next door is creating to make this tool work? I want to onboard all of our Intune devices and monitor anything that CAN'T be stopped by default security measures. Just the fact that Sentinel appears to be changing as an embedded tool within Defender gives me hope that this will be getting closer to a more manageable tool. But that still seems a way off. I am ready to do the reading and research to get this set up but I am hoping for a guide that is specific enough to achieve a final result. Thank for understanding my challenges here.Ask Microsoft Anything: Attack Disruption with Microsoft Defender on July 14
Hey Defender enthusiasts! Just wanted to remind you all that we are holding an AMA next week at 9AM PST on July 14 with the Attack Disruption team. Come learn about Attack Disruption—Microsoft Defender’s built‑in, AI-powered capability that stops in‑progress attacks at machine speed by analyzing attacker intent, identifying compromised assets, and containing threats before they spread. Bring your questions and hear directly from product experts on real‑world scenarios and best practices. Hope to see you there! Event Link: Ask Microsoft Anything: Microsoft Defender Attack Disruption | Microsoft Community Hub
Microsoft 365 Developer E5 license lacking endpoints and device on defender portal
Dear Support Team, I am a microsoft certified trainer (MCT). I currently have a Microsoft 365 Developer E5 license assigned to my tenant. However, I have noticed that my Microsoft Defender portal (security.microsoft.com) is missing several critical features. For example, I cannot see the Endpoints or Devices menus, which is preventing me from implementing and testing Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. Additionally, my Azure tenant and Microsoft 365 tenant are separate. This has created challenges when configuring security services such as Microsoft Sentinel (SIEM), as certain prerequisites and integrations require configuration through the Microsoft Defender portal. Due to the missing Defender features, I am unable to complete the necessary setup. I would appreciate your assistance in understanding: Why the Endpoints and Devices sections are unavailable in my Defender portal despite having a Microsoft 365 Developer E5 license. Whether additional licensing, onboarding steps, or tenant configurations are required to enable Microsoft Defender for Endpoint features. How best to integrate or align my separate Azure and Microsoft 365 tenants to support services such as Microsoft Sentinel and Defender XDR. These issues are significantly impacting my ability to evaluate and implement Microsoft's security solutions. I would appreciate any guidance or recommendations to resolve them. Thank you for your assistance. Kind regards, [Your Name]Feature Request: Manual Invocation Mode for Embedded Security Copilot Experiences to reduce cost !
Hello, I see that Copilot for Security in XDR dashboards , if used in embedded mode (I mean whenever you are opening a case to investigate) you get AUTOMATICALLY a summary of the incident , and you are consuming SCU costs. I want a way either globally as a tenant option, or through a pwsh to be able to DISABLE this, or be able to PRESS the AI button AND THEN generate the AI reply (and consume SCU credits ..) Current behavior: Open Incident --> Copilot automatically generates Incident Summary --> SCUs ARE consumed Desired behavior: Open Incident --> No AI execution --> Click "Generate Summary" MANUALLY --> SCUs consumed I am not talking about RBAC controls to assign WHO of my admins can use Security Copilot, I have set that, BUT I want my admin to decide IF they want AI to help them (and consume - pay for that SCU credits-costs) OR NOT !! At the moment I havent found any solution, except to educate my admin to press CANCEL the moment he/she opens such an XDR dashboard ! :) Does anyone knows something ? Regards, Panos
Prompted to sign in to Microsoft Defender Platform on W11/W2025 using Entra
Hi Microsoft Defender XDR community, Since around May 18th, our users on devices that are onboarded to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint are being prompted to sign-in to the following application using Entra on login to Windows. Application Microsoft Defender Platform Application ID cab96880-db5b-4e15-90a7-f3f1d62ffe39 Is anyone aware of a change that requires user sign-in to Entra as a requirement for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint? I have tried raising a support topic on this topic. Regards ChrisDefender of XDR - Quarantine - Lack of filter/search options
Hi Microsoft, I love what you're doing with the Defender XDR portal, but could you please show some love to the Quarantine section soon? On a daily basis, I have to review emails caught in quarantine for false positives, and the lack of search and filtering options is appalling. As a company based in Denmark, 99% of legitimate emails come from .dk domains. Yet there is no way to search for or filter on something this simple. If I type .dk into the search box, I get 0 results, even though I can clearly see .dk sender addresses on the page. The filter options only allow me to enter full sender or recipient email addresses, which is of course almost useless in a quarantine-review context. Some examples of filters that would be extremely useful: Sender domain ends with .dk Sender domain contains .dk URL domain filtering Attachment name filtering Saved filter views More flexible search across message properties The Quarantine experience could be made dramatically better with relatively little effort. So please, pretty please, give the Quarantine portal some attention. It's often the part of Defender that security teams interact with every single day.Microsoft Defender will not let me log in on Windows 11
I have a subscription to the Personal Microsoft 365 plan which includes Microsoft Defender. When I try logging into Microsoft Defender on my Windows PC, I receive an error message stating "Couldn't sign in to Microsoft Defender. Something went wrong-please try again later". I have been having this issue for several months now. I have recently contacted Microsoft Tech support who just directed me to this community. The tech support representative mentioned that others may have experienced similar issues as mine. I would appreciate if anyone could advise. My PC is running Windows 11 and is up to date on updates. All of my 365 applications are also up to date. I have also tried running the repair tool on Microsoft Defender in addition to uninstalling and reinstalling the application. The tech support representative mentioned something to me about the issue could be because I am using a personal email account for my login for Microsoft Defender. I did not fully understand why that would be the issue. I would like to note that I have no issue logging into Microsoft Defender on my Android phone. The problem appears to only occur on my PC and only for the Microsoft Defender app. All other apps that come with my 365 subscription use the same login and appear to be working fine.
Is "Endpoint Security Policies" available to us? (error getting Intune policies)
Question We'd like to use Defender \ Endpoint Security Policies. Is that possible for my tenant's environment? Getting below error on "Defender \ Endpoint Security Policies" page "There seems to be an issue getting your Intune policies" Details of our environment Purpose of defender To protect our server fleet that's running outside of Azure Tenant GCC - Moderate Scoped Region Commercial Azure East US 2 Subscription Microsoft Defender for Servers Plan 1 (No other subscription, etc.) Defender Client OS Windows 2016, 2019, 2022 RHEL8, 9 (No desktops\laptops) Agents installed on each Windows and Linux server Defender is onboarded Arc is onboarded Configured Settings and Errors Defender \ Settings \ Configuration management \ Enforcement scope https://security.microsoft.com/securitysettings/endpoints/configuration_management2 Error at top of page "Intune is not configured to allow Microsoft Defender for Endpoint to manage security configuration settings." Use MDE to enforce security configuration settings from Intune Set to ON Enable configuration management Windows Server devices On tagged devices Windows Server Domain Controller devices On tagged devices Linux devices On tagged devices Security settings management for Microsoft Defender for Cloud onboarded devices. Set to ON Manage Security settings using Configuration Manager Set to OFF Defender \ Settings \ Configuration management \ Intune Permissions https://security.microsoft.com/securitysettings/endpoints/intune_permissions Getting error "Access needed You don't have the right permissions in AAD to view this information (in addition to those you already have in MDE). To adjust your permissions, go to the AAD portal." Defender \ Endpoint Security Policies https://security.microsoft.com/policy-inventory On main page, getting below error There seems to be an issue getting your Intune policies If I try to make a new policy There seems to be an issue loading the policy authoring wizard. Intune \ Endpoint security https://intune.microsoft.com/#view/Microsoft_Intune_Workflows/SecurityManagementMenu Getting Error You don't have access Intune roles | My permissions https://intune.microsoft.com/#view/Microsoft_Intune_DeviceSettings/RolesLandingMenuBlade/~/myPermissions You're an administrator with full permissions to all Microsoft Intune resources. Intune roles | Administrator Licensing https://intune.microsoft.com/#view/Microsoft_Intune_DeviceSettings/RolesLandingMenuBlade/~/administratorLicensing Allow admins without an Intune license to access Intune. Their scope of access is determined by the Intune roles you've assigned them. I've clicked the box "Allow access to unlicensed admins" Alternatives If Defender \ Endpoint Security Policies isn't available, as alternatives, I guess we could use SCCM Antimalware policies to manage Windows servers Deploying a central mdatp_managed.json to manage Linux servers However, it would be greatly preferred to use the Defender \ Endpoint Security Policies feature for Windows and Linux
