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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...
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.
Thanks 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?
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?
As 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
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/defender-endpoint/minimum-requirements?view=o365-worldwide
- Thanks a lot Jonas!
