Announcing the general availability of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Microsoft Defender for Identity with local data residency in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
We are pleased to announce that local data residency support in the UAE is now generally available for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Microsoft Defender for Identity.
This announcement reinforces our ongoing commitment to delivering secure, compliant services aligned with local data sovereignty requirements. Customers can now confidently onboard to Defender for Endpoint and Defender for Identity in the UAE, knowing that this Defender data will remain at rest within the UAE data boundary. This allows customers to meet their regulatory obligations and maintain control over their data. For more details on the Defender data storage and privacy policies, refer to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint data storage and privacy and Microsoft Defender for Identity data security and privacy.
Note: Defender for Endpoint and Defender for Identity may potentially use other Microsoft services (i.e. Microsoft Intune for security settings management). Each Microsoft service is governed by its own data storage and privacy policies and may have varying regional availability. For more information, refer to our Online Product Terms.
In addition to the UAE, Defender data residency capabilities are available in the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Switzerland and India (see our recent announcement for local data hosting in India).
Customers with Existing deployments for Defender for Endpoint and/or Defender for Identity
Existing customers can check their deployment geo within the portal by going to Settings -> Microsoft Defender XDR-> Account; and see where the service is storing your data at rest. For example, in the image below, the service location for the Defender XDR tenant is UAE.
Image #1: Defender XDR Geolocation informationImage #2: Defender for Identity Geolocation informationIf you would like to update your service location, please reach out to Customer Service and Support for a tenant reset. Support can be accessed by clicking on the “?” icon in the top right corner of the portal when signed in as an Admin (see image below). If you are a Microsoft Unified support customer, please reach out to your Customer Success Account Manager for assistance with the migration process.
Image #3: Defender portal dashboardMore information:
- Ready to go local? Read our documentation for more information on how to get started.
- Not yet a customer? Take Defender XDR for a spin via a 90-day trial for Office 365 E5 or Defender for Endpoint via a 90-day trial for Defender for Endpoint
- Check out the Defender for Endpoint website to learn more about our industry leading Endpoint protection platform
- Check out the Defender for Identity website to learn how to keep your organization safe against rising identity threats
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