Microsoft Defender ATP update
The Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) for Servers SKU will be available for Enterprise on April 1, 2020.
Details
Microsoft's offer for endpoint protection on servers (on-premises and in Azure) has been Azure Security Center Standard. They have heard from you that you would like to have an option for reduced functionality at a lower price point that can be purchased in a manner consistent with E5 for endpoint server protection.
To address this demand, Microsoft is introducing the new Microsoft Defender ATP for Servers SKU. We expect you will be using this SKU to be covering servers on-premises, however it is not restricted to that use case. Azure Security Center Standard remains the hero SKU with an extended set of threat protection capabilities.
If you have a minimum number of 50 licenses (Microsoft Defender ATP, Windows E5, Microsoft 365 Security, Microsoft 365 E5) you can use the new Microsoft Defender ATP for Servers SKU for server endpoint protection. For enhanced cloud workload protection for servers, you can upgrade to Azure Security Center Standard SKU for an additional cost per Server OSE per month. This provides additional features like adaptive application controls, just-in-time virtual machine access, file integrity monitoring, and unified experience for protecting Azure resources. It also offers additional value such as future integration with Azure Arc.
There are no changes to Azure Security Center Standard. Azure Security Center Standard continues to provide an integrated user experience to protect not only server virtual machine endpoints, but also the broad set of Azure resources. These include internet of things (IoT), Azure Kubernetes Services (Preview), Azure Container Registry (Preview), Key Vault (Preview), App Services, SQL, and Storage. To benefit from Azure Security Center Standard features, Microsoft Defender ATP for Servers SKU owners need to upgrade to Azure Security Center Standard with the step-up SKU.
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