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Defender on macOS - conflicting applications
Finally got an answer from Microsoft support. In general, they do not support other 3rd party MDM systems, only Intune and Jamf.
However, they also suggested to create AV exclusion.
"The conflicting_applications field in MDE health report contains a list of applications which are running as Endpoint Security client - (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/endpointsecurity ).
These clients can intercept lots of events from macOS kernel and has ability to allow or deny them."
I already created AV exclusion for whole Mosyle folder but there is no change.
conflicting_applications : [474("MosyleAOD"), 477("MosyleMonitor")]
Exclusion did not work either...
- I didn't notice anything wrong with the current functioning either in Mosyle or on the Defender side, it works for now 🙂
djolenole it works but Microsoft should really be providing a more complete answer on how to not have MosyleMonitor clash with its software. They've put out next to no information on what the conflicting_applications feature is or how it operates (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-endpoint/mac-preferences) so as is often the case it becomes an exercise left to the reader who then turns to Microsoft support for help. Not really ideal in my opinion.
- It does indeed, however my OCD kicks in when I see some inconsistencies 🙂
Anyhow - I created ticket to MS - they suggested to reach out to Mosyle support which I did and waiting for reply now.
