{"id":30814,"date":"2026-05-02T13:47:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T13:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/endusersupports.com\/?p=30814"},"modified":"2026-05-02T13:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T13:48:12","slug":"how-to-setup-microsoft-defender-for-endpoints-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/endusersupports.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/02\/how-to-setup-microsoft-defender-for-endpoints-account\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Setup Microsoft Defender for Endpoints Account"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"30814\" class=\"elementor elementor-30814\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7e3ead9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7e3ead9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-78be73f\" data-id=\"78be73f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1a3ba3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e1a3ba3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><b>Defender for Endpoint Account Setup<\/b><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2353b99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2353b99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Before you stat setup Defender for endpoint account setup, You must e consider the pre-requisites to follow.<\/p><h6>Defender Plan-\u00a0<\/h6><p>Select the any of one plan.<\/p><ol><li>Defender for Endpoint Plan 1<\/li><li>Defender for Endpoint Plan 2.<\/li><\/ol><p>To get more details, Please check this link.<\/p><h6>Licensing-<\/h6><p>You must needed Intune and Entra License if you want to manage devices from Intune.\u00a0<\/p><p>If Device Management Windows device by Intune (For Servers you have to go to Defender for Servers)<\/p><ul><li>Entra P2 License required.<\/li><li>Intune Suite.<\/li><li>Microsoft 365 E3 or E5.<\/li><li>Defender for endpoint for Plan 1 or Plan 2.<\/li><\/ul><p>Note- If Defender policy managed by Security Center, or any other technology then only Defender for Endpoint Plan 1 or 2 required.<\/p><h6>Roles and Permissions.<\/h6><ul><li style=\"text-align: left;\">Security Administrator.<\/li><li>Global Administrator.<\/li><\/ul><h6>Supported Device<\/h6><ul><li>Windows 10\/11<\/li><li>Windows Server 2019,2022,2025 ( Policy not managed by Intune).<\/li><li>Mac OS, Linux.<\/li><li>iOS \/ Android (Mobile Threat Defender)<\/li><\/ul><h6>Assign role to account (For Direct MDE Managed).<\/h6><ol><li>Login to <a href=\"https:\/\/security.microsoft.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/security.microsoft.com\/<\/a><\/li><li>Go to Settings =&gt; Endpoints =&gt; Roles.<\/li><li>Assign role such as\u00a0<ol><li>Security Admin.<\/li><li>Security Reader.<\/li><li>Incident Responder.\u00a0<\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defender for Endpoint Account Setup Before you stat setup Defender for endpoint account setup, You must e consider the pre-requisites to follow. Defender Plan-\u00a0 Select the any of one plan. Defender for Endpoint Plan 1 Defender for Endpoint Plan 2. To get more details, Please check this link. 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