General availability of sensor v3.x activation without Defender for Endpoint
Analysis / inference: Microsoft Defender for Identity sensor v3.x activation is now generally available for new deployments on Windows Server 2019 or later domain controllers without requiring Defender for Endpoint.
- Dates
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- Source
- Microsoft Defender for Identity - What's new · Limited verification
- Classification
- Microsoft Security
Section 01 · Summary analysis
Defender for Identity introduced general availability for deploying sensor version 3.x on eligible domain controllers running Windows Server 2019 or later independently of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.
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Section 02 · Analysis
SecOps Signal analysisEnables new Microsoft Defender for Identity sensor v3.x deployments on Windows Server 2019 or later domain controllers without requiring Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.
Simplifies architecture requirements for new Defender for Identity rollouts by decoupling sensor v3.x deployment dependencies from Defender for Endpoint on supported domain controllers.
Section 03 · Recommended actions
- Review deployment prerequisites for new Microsoft Defender for Identity v3.x sensors on Windows Server 2019 and later domain controllers.
- Note that sensor v2.x migrations are unsupported under this activation method.
- Verify domain controller OS versions are Windows Server 2019 or later for new v3.x deployments.
- Confirm whether existing domain controllers are running sensor v2.x which cannot use this migration path.