Web Proxy Autodiscovery Protocol (WPAD).The WinHTTP configuration setting is independent of the Windows Internet (WinINet) internet browsing proxy settings and can only discover a proxy server by using the following discovery methods: The sensor uses Microsoft Windows HTTP Services (WinHTTP) to enable communication with the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint cloud service. The embedded Microsoft Defender for Endpoint sensor runs in the system context using the LocalSystem account. The Microsoft Defender for Endpoint sensor requires Microsoft Windows HTTP (WinHTTP) to report sensor data and communicate with the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint service.

If the organization doesn't require the endpoints to use a Proxy to access the Internet, skip this section.

From the navigation menu, select any item under the Endpoints section, or any Microsoft 365 Defender feature such as Incidents, Hunting, Action center, or Threat analytics to initiate the onboarding process.įrom a web browser, navigate to the Microsoft 365 Security Center. Onboarding to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is easy. To gain access into which licenses are provisioned to your company, and to check the state of the licenses, go to the admin center.įrom the Partner portal, select Administer services > Office 365.Ĭlicking on the Partner portal link will open the Admin on behalf option and will give you access to the customer admin center. On the screen, you'll see all the provisioned licenses and their current Status. To view your licenses, go to the Microsoft Azure portal and navigate to the Microsoft Azure portal license section.Īlternately, in the admin center, navigate to Billing > Subscriptions. Check license stateĬhecking for the license state and whether it got properly provisioned, can be done through the admin center or through the Microsoft Azure portal. For more information, see Onboard devices to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. Defender for Endpoint supports the use of other onboarding tools but won't cover those scenarios in the deployment guide.

For the purpose of guiding you through a typical deployment, this scenario will only cover the use of Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager.

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