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License requirements for MDCA
When I read the prerequisite of license requirements in (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-cloud-apps/get-started#prerequisites) "In order for your organization to be in compliance for ...
I think you have 2 questions here.
- Licensing - "a license for every user protected by Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps" - this is simply the users who you want to protect/cover under MDA. This includes-
> Shadow IT discovery (native integration with MDE as optional)
> Conditional access app control
> Connected Apps (API) - Integration with Defender for Endpoint - which is a part of the Discovery and Risk Assessment capabilities of MCAS (in short shadow IT)- Govern discovered apps using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint | Microsoft Learn, this integration gives 2 options like monitoring and sanctioning (blocking app). Both need Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps license assigned to such users (who need to be protected) because the MDE integration also acts as the log collector storage (how it works).
