Updated: February 4, 2025 (February 3, 2025)

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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Roadmap

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a service that offers endpoint protection features including antimalware on Windows and macOS clients. More limited capabilities are available on mobile clients.

Product: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Licensing: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Upcoming changes to the service in the near and long term include:

Near Term (2024–2025)

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint updates in preview and recently released include:

  • Aggregated event support to minimize signal reporting activity size without affecting event data
  • Network Protection feature enabled by default on mobile devices
  • Defender support for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) 2.0.
  • Streamlined device connectivity, minimizing the number of URLs required for approval, speeding deployment.

Long Term (Beyond 2025)

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint will likely receive improvements including the following:

  • Limited enhancements to Defender for Endpoint Plan 2, few to no

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