Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Endpoint protectionUser Experiences in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on iOS
In brief
The documentation states that Device Health deprecation begins in mid-July 2026 and completes by late July 2026. Starting in late July, the Device Health (iOS Update) recommendation card will no longer appear.
What Defender admins need to know
Administrators should expect the iOS Update recommendation card to disappear by late July 2026.
Summaries are generated from the documentation change itself.
Documentation change
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User Experiences in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on iOS
Device Health
:::image type="content" source="media/mde-device-health-new.png" alt-text="Screenshot that shows the new device health feature on the Defender for Endpoint on iOS app." lightbox="media/mde-device-health-new.png":::
Recommendation cards for alerts
Device Health (iOS Update):::image type="content" source="media/mde-ios-device-health-rec-card.png" alt-text="Screenshot that shows the device health recommendation card feature on the MDE iOS app." lightbox="media/mde-ios-device-health-rec-card.png":::
Onboarding screens
:::image type="content" source="media/mde-device-health-new.png" alt-text="Screenshot that shows the new device health feature on the Defender for Endpoint on iOS app." lightbox="media/mde-device-health-new.png":::
Recommendation cards for alerts
- Device Health (iOS Update)
:::image type="content" source="media/mde-ios-device-health-rec-card.png" alt-text="Screenshot that shows the device health recommendation card feature on the MDE iOS app." lightbox="media/mde-ios-device-health-rec-card.png":::
Onboarding screens
@@ -6,14 +6,15 @@ ms.author: painbar author: paulinbar ms.reviewer: sunasing; denishdonga ms.localizationpriority: medium-ms.date: 11/06/2025+ms.date: 07/22/2026 ms.collection: - m365-security - tier3 - mde-ios ms.topic: reference ms.subservice: ios-ms.custom: sfi-image-nochange+ms.custom: sfi-image-nochange, msecd-doc-authoring-1015+ai-usage: ai-assisted --- # User Experiences in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on iOS@@ -77,6 +78,9 @@ We updated all the subordinating screens associated with the **Device Protection 1. **Device Health** + > [!NOTE]+ > Microsoft is deprecating the Device Health feature. Deprecation begins in mid-July 2026 and finishes by late July 2026.+ :::image type="content" source="media/mde-device-health-new.png" alt-text="Screenshot that shows the new device health feature on the Defender for Endpoint on iOS app." lightbox="media/mde-device-health-new.png"::: ### Recommendation cards for alerts@@ -89,6 +93,9 @@ The structure of the dashboard is updated to include a recommendation card that 1. **Device Health (iOS Update)** + > [!NOTE]+ > Starting late July 2026, the Device Health (iOS Update) recommendation card no longer appears.+ :::image type="content" source="media/mde-ios-device-health-rec-card.png" alt-text="Screenshot that shows the device health recommendation card feature on the MDE iOS app." lightbox="media/mde-ios-device-health-rec-card.png"::: ### Onboarding screens