Microsoft Defender XDR
GeneralAi Agent Inventory
In brief
The documentation now separates cloud-agent enablement from local-agent discovery. Local agents have separate onboarding and no longer require AI agent runtime protection for discovery.
What Defender admins need to know
Review the local AI agent discovery prerequisites and onboarding process when configuring Defender.
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Documentation change
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Prerequisites
EnableFor cloud agents, enable security for AI agents, including the Microsoft 365 connector. See Enable security for AI agents using Microsoft Defender.- To discover local AI agents that run on endpoints,
set up AI agent runtime protection in Microsoft Defender for Endpointmeet the local AI agent discovery prerequisites.Discovery requires Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Microsoft Defender Antivirus in active mode.Local agents are onboardedseparately.separately, and discovery doesn't require you to enable AI agent runtime protection.
Review AI agent risk and security posture
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ms.author: guywild author: guywi-ms ms.reviewer: itaicohen ms.topic: how-to-ms.date: 2026-07-14T00:00:00.0000000Z+ms.date: 2026-10-30T00:00:00.0000000Z audience: Admin ai-usage: ai-assisted locale: en-us@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ Use the **AI Agents** page in the Microsoft Defender portal to review agent conf
## Prerequisites
-- Enable security for AI agents, including the Microsoft 365 connector. See [Enable security for AI agents using Microsoft Defender](get-started-defender-security-for-ai).
-- To discover local AI agents that run on endpoints, set up [AI agent runtime protection in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint](/en-us/defender-endpoint/configure-ai-agent-runtime-protection). Discovery requires Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Microsoft Defender Antivirus in active mode. Local agents are onboarded separately.
+- For cloud agents, enable security for AI agents, including the Microsoft 365 connector. See [Enable security for AI agents using Microsoft Defender](get-started-defender-security-for-ai).
+- To discover local AI agents that run on endpoints, meet the [local AI agent discovery prerequisites](/en-us/defender-endpoint/discover-local-ai-agents#prerequisites). Local agents are onboarded separately, and discovery doesn't require you to enable AI agent runtime protection.
## Review AI agent risk and security posture