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