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Mauricio_siq
Copper Contributor
Nov 08, 2022

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.

  • Jonhed's avatar
    Jonhed
    Steel 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.

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