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Endpoint protectionMto Endpoint Security Policy
In brief
The article now includes a prerequisite reminder, clearer instructions for viewing policies in Intune, and links to related multitenant management content. Documentation metadata was also updated.
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Prerequisites
Before you use endpoint security policies in multitenant management, ensure the following prerequisites are met:
You must have Microsoft Defender for Endpoint to use endpoint security policies in multitenant management.
Security administrators must have permissions in each tenant to access the endpoint security policies page in multitenant management.
:::image type="content" source="media/mto-endpoint-security-policy/mto-edit-policy-small.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the editing pane for endpoint security policies page in multitenant management in Microsoft Defender XDR." lightbox="media/mto-endpoint-security-policy/mto-edit-policy.png":::
Verify endpoint security policy status
To verify that a policy was created, select it from the list and click the policy name. The policy page opens in a new tab. You can also open it through Edit > Open policy page.
:::image type="content" source="media/mto-endpoint-security-policy/mto-policy-page-small.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the policy page in multitenant management in Microsoft Defender XDR." lightbox="media/mto-endpoint-security-policy/mto-policy-page.png":::
You can also view the policy in the Microsoft Intune admin center. To do so,view the policy in Intune, select the More actions ellipsis (…) in the policy page, then select View in Intune.
View distributed policies
The Last Distribution Status column shows the overall status of the distributed copies. The Tenants and Distribution profiles columns show which tenants received the policy. For more information, see Content distribution in multitenant management.
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@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ ms.collection: - highpri - tier1 ms.topic: how-to-ms.date: 06/15/2026+ms.date: 07/02/2026 appliesto: - Microsoft Defender XDR - Microsoft Sentinel in the Microsoft Defender portal - Microsoft Defender for Endpoint-ms.custom: sfi-image-nochange, msecd-doc-authoring-1014+ms.custom: sfi-image-nochange, msecd-doc-authoring-1016 ai-usage: ai-assisted --- @@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ For more information, see [Manage endpoint security policies in Microsoft Defend ## Prerequisites +Before you use endpoint security policies in multitenant management, ensure the following prerequisites are met:+ - You must have Microsoft Defender for Endpoint to use endpoint security policies in multitenant management. - Security administrators must have permissions in each tenant to access the endpoint security policies page in multitenant management.@@ -55,7 +57,6 @@ Edit or delete a security policy by selecting the policy in the Endpoint securit :::image type="content" source="media/mto-endpoint-security-policy/mto-edit-policy-small.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the editing pane for endpoint security policies page in multitenant management in Microsoft Defender XDR." lightbox="media/mto-endpoint-security-policy/mto-edit-policy.png"::: - ## Verify endpoint security policy status To verify that a policy was created, select it from the list and click the policy name. The policy page opens in a new tab. You can also open it through **Edit > Open policy page**.@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ The policy page shows the policy status, which devices it applies to, and the as :::image type="content" source="media/mto-endpoint-security-policy/mto-policy-page-small.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the policy page in multitenant management in Microsoft Defender XDR." lightbox="media/mto-endpoint-security-policy/mto-policy-page.png"::: -You can also view the policy in the Microsoft Intune admin center. To do so, select the More actions ellipsis (…) in the policy page, then select **View in Intune**.+You can also view the policy in the Microsoft Intune admin center. To view the policy in Intune, select the More actions ellipsis (…) in the policy page, then select **View in Intune**. ## View distributed policies @@ -75,3 +76,8 @@ Policies distributed across tenants appear in a tree view. The original policy i The **Last Distribution Status** column shows the overall status of the distributed copies. The **Tenants** and **Distribution profiles** columns show which tenants received the policy. For more information, see [Content distribution in multitenant management](mto-distribution-profiles.md). [!INCLUDE [Microsoft Defender XDR rebranding](../includes/defender-m3d-techcommunity.md)]++## Related content++- [Microsoft Defender multitenant management](mto-overview.md)+- [Set up Microsoft Defender multitenant management](mto-requirements.md)