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

  Roadmap

Microsoft Defender for Identity Roadmap

Microsoft Defender for Identity is a Microsoft-hosted service designed to help organizations discover the cloud applications accessed by their users and offers management and data loss prevention capabilities in certain scenarios.

Product: Microsoft Defender for Identity

Licensing: Microsoft Defender for Identity

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

Near Term (2024–2025)

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

  • Prevent certificate enrollment due to unpatched AD Certificate Service (AD CS) servers.
  • Identity posture recommendations to minimize attack potential
  • Sensor install on Entra Connect servers.

Long Term (Beyond 2025)

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

  • Additional sensor locations, recommendations, and incident detection to address current attacks
  • Limited other enhancements
  • Continued integration of incidents

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