Public mode

No access to your tenant or devices. Every item links to its source. What this means

Some sources or documents need attention: 258/260 feeds/APIs · 416/439 docs · checked 15:47 UTC Customize Public modeDiscuss ChangeIntel on Discord

Defender Antivirus platform and engine versions

Timelines and exceptions · All guidance changes

Defender · Official Microsoft guidanceObserved changes retained

Observed content change

9 removed passages (about 70 words). The changed wording mentions prerequisites, network endpoints. Review the source to confirm the effect.

May need admin actionCheck your firewall and proxy allow lists; check whether new requirements apply to your setup.

Requirement wordingEndpoint wording
RemovedMicrosoft Defender Antivirus security intelligence and product updates and support
[removed: Note]
RemovedMicrosoft Defender Antivirus security intelligence and product updates and support
[removed: Access to this page requires authorization. You can try signing in or changing directories.]
RemovedMicrosoft Defender Antivirus security intelligence and product updates and support
[removed: Access to this page requires authorization. You can try changing directories.]
RemovedMicrosoft Defender Antivirus security intelligence and product updates and support
[removed: Applies to: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 1, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 2]
RemovedFeedback
[removed: Was this page helpful?]

Short quotes of Microsoft's changed wording from Microsoft source, © Microsoft Corporation. Read the page for the full text.

Read the current Microsoft source · Link to this observation · Compare any two versions

Sections to inspect

Up to 12 section headings from retained before/after evidence. The current source may have changed again.

Why this was flagged

The changed words, with a few words around them, matched these rule categories: prerequisites, network endpoints. These matches identify subjects to assess; they do not establish a policy change or applicability.

Observation details · observed 12 Oct 23:53 UTC
Observed by ChangeIntel
12 Oct 23:53 UTC
Source update metadata
25 Aug 22:40 UTC
First observed on this installation
8 Oct 23:13 UTC
Last successful check
19 Oct 23:56 UTC
Next check due
today 23:56 UTC

Observation time is not publication time, and a comparison does not establish an effective date. Full source bodies are not published; this page holds generated summaries, section headings and, as the page's license allows, Microsoft's changed wording. A documentation edit does not confirm feature availability in an environment.

Watch this page to review its changes in My radar.

Timeline

From the capture of 12 Oct 23:53 UTC
  • 9 undated sections
  • 19 with conditions

Settings and overrides named on this page

Registry values, policies and cmdlets the source mentions, with the dated steps that name them. Read the source for the values to set.

  • MpCmdRun

Requirements, exceptions and scope

Extracted automatically from Microsoft's wording. Confirm dates, conditions and whether they apply to you in the source before acting; a month or quarter is a window, not a day.

Observed history and review priority

Captured 12 Oct 23:53 UTC; extracted 16 Oct 16:10 UTC. Extractor: microsoft-1/9/fc65ebeb286710c0a830833db8a7e5de7e266b79981fe9c7c34479be9369ad3c.

Review priority. Extracted assertions require review · Applicability or exceptions require review

0 date changes and 0 condition changes across 0 compared revisions. Suggested check interval: 24 hours.

Earlier unavailable versions and edits between checks are unknown. A missing statement requires review; it does not mean the policy was cancelled. Recovered historical statements are not original revision snapshots.

Retained observations · 2

Compact evidence remains available after full document bodies expire. Earlier extractions can have different vocabulary or capture limitations.

No related evidence found in this installation's recent collection. This does not establish that no announcement exists.

Retained observations

  • 12 Oct 23:53 UTC · shown above
  • 8 Oct 23:13 UTC

    Baseline for retained history; no earlier retained text to compare.

What changed

First observed 18 Oct 2026

No field changes in the recorded history.

Cite this recorded revision to keep the same title, summary, facts and links when the page changes.

A day selects the latest observation by the end of that UTC day; today's selection can change until midnight. History starts when this installation records it.

ChangeIntel

An IT change radar: releases, security, known issues, retirements, documentation changes, and service status from public sources. Every item links to supporting evidence; dates and statuses can change after they are read.

Sources read 20 Oct 15:47 UTC · 258 of 260 readable · 256 fully read · documentation 416/439 current