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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint P2
Good day team, In our organization we have the Microsoft 365 E3 license which includes MDE P1. We are looking to add on the additional features provided by MDE P2. For testing purposes we pu...
- Hello!!
As of now, you don't assign licenses for MDE to users or devices. It's a trust-based model- you purchase XXX licenses, and we trust you, that you only onboard XXX devices 🙂
I don't have details on how Engineering will solve the mixed licensing situation (P1, P2, business) in the future, maybe assigning licenses will be needed at some point.
Found this for you in our documentation:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/defender-endpoint/defender-endpoint-plan-1-2?view=o365-worldwide
Mixed licensing scenarios:
Suppose that your organization is using a mix of Microsoft endpoint security subscriptions, such as Defender for Endpoint Plan 1 and Defender for Endpoint Plan 2. Currently, the highest functional Microsoft endpoint security subscription sets the experience for your tenant. In this example, your tenant experience would be Defender for Endpoint Plan 2 for all users.
HeikeRitter
Microsoft
MicrosoftHello!!
As of now, you don't assign licenses for MDE to users or devices. It's a trust-based model- you purchase XXX licenses, and we trust you, that you only onboard XXX devices 🙂
I don't have details on how Engineering will solve the mixed licensing situation (P1, P2, business) in the future, maybe assigning licenses will be needed at some point.
Found this for you in our documentation:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/defender-endpoint/defender-endpoint-plan-1-2?view=o365-worldwide
Mixed licensing scenarios:
Suppose that your organization is using a mix of Microsoft endpoint security subscriptions, such as Defender for Endpoint Plan 1 and Defender for Endpoint Plan 2. Currently, the highest functional Microsoft endpoint security subscription sets the experience for your tenant. In this example, your tenant experience would be Defender for Endpoint Plan 2 for all users.
As of now, you don't assign licenses for MDE to users or devices. It's a trust-based model- you purchase XXX licenses, and we trust you, that you only onboard XXX devices 🙂
I don't have details on how Engineering will solve the mixed licensing situation (P1, P2, business) in the future, maybe assigning licenses will be needed at some point.
Found this for you in our documentation:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/defender-endpoint/defender-endpoint-plan-1-2?view=o365-worldwide
Mixed licensing scenarios:
Suppose that your organization is using a mix of Microsoft endpoint security subscriptions, such as Defender for Endpoint Plan 1 and Defender for Endpoint Plan 2. Currently, the highest functional Microsoft endpoint security subscription sets the experience for your tenant. In this example, your tenant experience would be Defender for Endpoint Plan 2 for all users.
Thank you for confirming HeikeRitter