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Defender for Endpoint P2 Licencing
Hey folks, hope you are doing well!
I need some help with the licencing of MDE P2.
I heard that the licence is user-oriented, and 1 licence can be applied to 5 devices.
I know that may be a silly question, so sorry for that.
But, all this 5 devices need to be linked with the same Microsoft Account of the user with the licence?
For example, my company have 60 users. And, the following devices:
- 15 smartphones
- 50 windows notebooks
- 20 linux notebooks
(all end-user devices, we are 100% cloud, so no Servers)
We need to adquire 60 MDE P2 licences that can be used in 300 devices (60 users * 5 devices/user), or I need to buy like 20 MDE P2 licences that will be used in about 100 devices (in that way, 1 licence can be used between 5 different devices with different microsoft accounts)?
Better explanation; can i use the "5 devices per licence" interchangeably between the 60 users? Or all the 5 devices need to be registered with the same user?
Thanks 🙂
If you have 60 users, you need 60 licenses.
The 5 device limit just means that each user can use (be signed into) 5 devices at any one time.MDE itself does not explicitly link devices to any specific user, so there is no check for how many devices each user has though.
- JonhedSteel Contributor
If you have 60 users, you need 60 licenses.
The 5 device limit just means that each user can use (be signed into) 5 devices at any one time.MDE itself does not explicitly link devices to any specific user, so there is no check for how many devices each user has though.
- Mauricio_siqCopper ContributorThanks for the explanation 🙂
Can you help me with one more thing?
To deploy the P2 functionalities of MDE, Windows users need to have the Pro or Enterprise edition? Or a Windows 10 Home edition user, for example, can use all the P2 functionalities too?- JonhedSteel ContributorAs is listed in the minimum requirements, you need either Pro, Enterprise or Education editions to run MDE.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/defender-endpoint/minimum-requirements?view=o365-worldwide