Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Endpoint protectionOffboard Machines
In brief
The page date was updated to August 11, 2026, and navigation entries were added for Linux devices and API-based offboarding.
What Defender admins need to know
Administrators can more easily find Linux and API offboarding guidance; no action is required.
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Documentation change
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- tier2
ms.topic: article
ms.subservice: onboard
ms.date:
06/16/08/11/2026 appliesto:- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 1
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 2
- Windows Server 2012 R2 and later
- Azure Stack HCI OS, version 23H2 and later
- Mac devices
- Linux devices
For information about offboarding and uninstalling Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Linux, see Offboard Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Linux.
- Offboard devices using a local script
- Offboard devices using Group Policy
- Offboard devices using Mobile Device Management tools
- Offboard devices using the API
Offboard servers
- Offboard devices using Configuration Manager
- Offboard devices using Mobile Device Management tools
- Offboard devices using a local script
- Offboard devices using the API
Offboard Mac devices
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ ms.collection: - tier2 ms.topic: article ms.subservice: onboard-ms.date: 06/16/2026+ms.date: 08/11/2026 appliesto: - Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 1 - Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 2@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ appliesto: - Windows Server 2012 R2 and later - Azure Stack HCI OS, version 23H2 and later - Mac devices+- Linux devices For information about offboarding and uninstalling Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Linux, see [Offboard Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Linux](linux-off-board-endpoints.md). @@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ You can also use other methods, such as: - [Offboard devices using a local script](configure-endpoints-script.md#offboard-devices-using-a-local-script) - [Offboard devices using Group Policy](configure-endpoints-gp.md#offboard-devices-using-group-policy) - [Offboard devices using Mobile Device Management tools](configure-endpoints-mdm.md#offboard-devices-using-mobile-device-management-tools)+- [Offboard devices using the API](api/offboard-machine-api.md) ## Offboard servers @@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ You can also use other methods, such as: - [Offboard devices using Configuration Manager](configure-endpoints-sccm.md#offboard-devices-using-configuration-manager) - [Offboard devices using Mobile Device Management tools](configure-endpoints-mdm.md#offboard-devices-using-mobile-device-management-tools) - [Offboard devices using a local script](configure-endpoints-script.md#offboard-devices-using-a-local-script)+- [Offboard devices using the API](api/offboard-machine-api.md) ## Offboard Mac devices