Microsoft Defender XDR
General

Microsoft 365 Security Center Mdo

In brief

The page now refers to Microsoft Defender instead of Microsoft Defender XDR in links and labels for the overview, threat analytics, learning paths, and unified RBAC.

What Defender admins need to know

No administrator action is required.

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Documentation change

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The Defender portal combines security capabilities from existing Microsoft 365 security portals. This improved portal helps security teams protect their organization from threats more effectively and efficiently.

For more information about the benefits of the unified Microsoft Defender XDR,Defender, see Overview of Defender.

If you're looking for compliance-related items, see Microsoft Purview portal.

You can access Threat analytics either from the left navigation pane in the Defender portal, or from a dedicated dashboard card that shows the top threats for your organization.

For more information, see Threat analytics in Microsoft Defender.

Email & collaboration

Learning hub

Redirects to the Microsoft Defender learning paths.

Trials

Permissions