Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Endpoint protectionLinux Preferences
In brief
The Linux preferences page now links to a different ontology entry, and the Audit table label no longer includes “Preview.” The Audit description is unchanged.
What Defender admins need to know
Administrators should expect the updated documentation labeling and metadata; no action is specified.
Summaries are generated from the documentation change itself.
Documentation change
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| Enforcement level | Description |
|---|---|
| Real-time | Actively monitors, detects, and remediates threats in real time. |
| Audit |
Actively monitors and detects threats in real time without automatically remediating them. |
| On-demand | Detects and remediates threats only during manual or scheduled scans. |
| Passive | Doesn't provide real-time threat detection. Threats can still be detected during manual or scheduled scans. |
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| --- | --- |
| **Real-time** | Actively monitors, detects, and remediates threats in real time. |
-| **Audit**(Preview) | Actively monitors and detects threats in real time without automatically remediating them. |
+| **Audit** | Actively monitors and detects threats in real time without automatically remediating them. |
| **On-demand** | Detects and remediates threats only during manual or scheduled scans. |
| **Passive** | Doesn't provide real-time threat detection. Threats can still be detected during manual or scheduled scans. |