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Curious_Kevin16
Iron Contributor
Nov 26, 2025
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Intune Connection Issues in Defender for Endpoint

We have M365 E5 across the board which includes Defender for Endpoint P2. We're planning to enable Intune-MDE integration but getting this warning "A Microsoft Intune license was not found"  ...
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mobile device management (mdm)
  • manojviduranga's avatar
    manojviduranga
    Dec 01, 2025

    Curious_Kevin16​ Had the exact issue until yesterday. Microsoft article is not up to date and below is what you need to do. 

    1. Create a new EDR Policy, use "Onboard" option as "Auto from connector" is now deprecated by Microsoft. 

    2. For the device key, navigate to Defender portal --> Settings --> Endpoint --> Select following and download the package. 

     

    3. Open the zip file and copy the code this is a lengthy text which you have to copy. 

    4. Paste the key in the field "Onboarding (device)"

    5. Onboarding will not occur through the connector and this is the new look of the automatic onboarding.

    Hope that helps.

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KevinVanover
Copper Contributor
Nov 26, 2025

Ensure that the account you are logged into is assigned an E5 License. Verify that Intune is set as the MDM authority in Intune --> Tenant Administration --> Tenant Status

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Curious_Kevin16
Iron Contributor
Nov 27, 2025

Thanks for the response KevinVanover​ 

1. License was already assigned (although this shouldn't be the case) to my logged in acc. 

2. Yes - Tenant status shows Intune as MDM Authority. 

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