Friday, 23 January 2026

Microsoft Defender for Android ending support for enrolled personal profiles leads 10 Defender updates

23 January 2026 recorded 9 updated Microsoft Defender documentation changes and 1 relevant Message Center announcement. The most active areas were Office 365, Defender XDR, Endpoint.

• Defender XDR · Identity protection

  Microsoft Defender for Android ending support for enrolled personal profiles

  Microsoft Defender for Android will end support for protecting personal profiles on enrolled devices by March 2026, focusing solely on securing corporate work profiles. This change enhances enterprise security and user privacy, requires no admin action, and does not affect work profiles or unenrolled devices.

• Office 365 · Email and collaboration

  Roles and role groups in Microsoft Defender for Office 365 and Microsoft Purview

  Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/scc-permissions.md.

• Endpoint · Endpoint protection

  Linux Whatsnew

  Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/linux-whatsnew.md.

• Defender XDR · General

  Investigate Alerts

  Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-xdr/investigate-alerts.md.

• Endpoint · Endpoint protection

  Prerequisites for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Linux

  Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/mde-linux-prerequisites.md.

This period briefing was assembled from the tracked Microsoft Learn and Message Center changes.