Microsoft finally brings Windows Defender ATP’s endpoint detection & response to Windows 7 and Windows 8.1

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Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) is an unified endpoint security platform that is available for Windows 10 users around the world. As enterprises will have mix of Windows 7/Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 devices till they completely move to Windows 10, Microsoft last year announced that they will bring Windows Defender ATP Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) functionality to Windows 7 and Windows 8.1.

After testing it for nearly 12 months, Microsoft has now finally announced the general availability of Windows Defender ATP’s endpoint detection & response (EDR) for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. With this solution, enterprise customers can have visibility on activities that are happening on endpoints, including process, file, network, registry and memory activities. To onboard down-level Windows client endpoints to Windows Defender ATP, you’ll need to:

  • Configure and update System Center Endpoint Protection clients.
  • Install and configure Microsoft Monitoring Agent (MMA) to report sensor data to Windows Defender ATP.

You can learn more about this solution here.

Source: Microsoft via: ZDNet

Pradeep Viswav

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Pradeep is a Computer Science and Engineering Graduate. He was also a Microsoft Student Partner. He is currently working in a leading IT company.

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