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seth
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Oct 02, 2022

Defender for Endpoint Server standalone license

As of September 1, Microsoft has removed the Defender for Endpoint on Servers P1 and P2 licenses, forcing on-premises customers to use Azure ARC / Defender for Cloud! Onboarding to Azure ARC is no...
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JonRuiz
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Oct 14, 2022

seth,  I work with the major \ strategic customers and we are still selling MDE P2 for servers on Enterprise Agreements.  The Azure offering is a elevated offering provide the core MDE capability + advanced capabilities such as vulnerability management and file integrity monitoring. 

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    seth
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    Oct 14, 2022
    That's nice that you speak for your EA Bubble. But it is no longer available in Direct and CSP for new customers / renew subscriptions. Not everyone wants or can sign an EA. Even more stupid was the idea to make it different in the contracts.
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      JonRuiz
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      Oct 24, 2022

      HI Seth,

      Is this for your personal use or for a small to medium business? What are your reasons that you feel having an enterprise agreement is prohibitive?   If you are Microsoft partner you can obtain solutions via the partner program.  Otherwise, an EA can be economical even for the smallest customers.   I recommend speaking to your reseller. 

      Here is the link to the descriptions of the available server plans:

      Overview of Microsoft Defender for Servers | Microsoft Learn

      Note that Plan 1 for Servers actually includes MDE P2 and it is about $4.91 for 730 hours per month (ie. 100% usage).     Plan 2 for servers offers a treasure trove of additional capabilities that you can read about in the link above - it's retail is $14.60 for 730 hours per month. 

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        seth
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        Oct 25, 2022
        “Onboarding to Azure ARC is not always possible, another agent is required and it requires a huge effort for the management of the subscription, security and assets.”

        There are customers where on-premises infrastructure is strictly separated from Azure. Azure is also often operated by other administrators or partners than the on prem systems. So it expands access to the on prem systems just because you want to use an edr. This is compliance and security issue. Maybe not every on oprem customer wants to mess around with the complexity in azure and possibly implement an insecure solution! This applies to customers of all sizes…
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    JonRuiz
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    Oct 14, 2022
    The product name is Defender Endpoint Server and the part # is 1NZ-00004

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