Microsoft Defender for Business setup process

[Miles_Smith]

Hello,

Newbie to M365 Defender for Business. Still in the early days of setting up our tenant before migration. I have been granted the Security Administrator role. However, getting the following message:

"You don't have the required permissions to start the setup process. Please ask your global admin for help."

Does the Global Admin have to do the initial setup process before I can get in and do anything?

Thanks,

Miles

[#2]

Hi,

Yes afraid you need Global Administrator for the initial setup, after which you can use security administrator for configuration changes.

[#3]

@James_Agombar Thank you, James. Totally makes sense. Now it is just a matter of getting it on GA's schedule.  Thanks again.

[#4]

More than welcome! Good luck and feel free to reach out with anymore questions.

[#5]

Hi Miles,
I've been facing the similar experience, could you please share the solution here?

Thanks!