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Microsoft Defender ATP for Ubuntu, Debian, and more arrives
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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It’s no secret that Microsoft Defender ATP was meant for multi-platform use cases.
While it started out as Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection, it was eventually going to come to non-Windows platforms, step by step.
Already, there’s a Microsoft Defender ATPversion for Android devicesin public preview. And now, Linux server distributions are the latest to gain the support of the antimalware tool.
Microsoft Defender ATP for Linux
Microsoftrecognizesthat the vast majority of its customers use multiple platforms, a good number of which don’t run on the Windows Operating System (OS).
So, the Redmond-based company wants to offer Defender ATP as a centralized security management tool across as many platforms and devices as possible. This is why theantivirussolution for Linux is now generally available.
As a Linux user, you’ll be able to scan and resolvethreatsvia a command-line interface (CLI).
The CLI supports several critical commands and functions. For example,threatlets you configurethreatmanagement policies, whileconnectivitytroubleshoots cloud connections. On the other hand,edris for configuring endpoint detection and response.
This initial release delivers strong preventive capabilities, a full command line experience on the client to configure and manage the agent, initiate scans, managethreats, and a familiar integrated experience for machines and alert monitoring in theMicrosoft DefenderSecurity Center.
While there are hundreds of Linux distributions out there,Microsoft DefenderATP supports only a handful. These are:
You can use any Linux configuration management tool, such as Puppet or Ansible, to deploy Defender ATP.
Apart from that, you may want to uninstall any third-party antimalware tool on your system. It just so happens that deploying such products along with Defender ATP may compromise system performance and trigger some bugs here and there.
Have you got started withMicrosoft DefenderATP for Linux yet? As always, you can share your experience via the comments section below.
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