Defender for Endpoint network connectivity and service URLs

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Defender · Official Microsoft guidance

No content change seen yet. Watched since 6 Oct 16:26 UTC, last read 19 Oct 23:24 UTC, next check today 23:24 UTC.

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Timeline

From the capture of 6 Oct 16:26 UTC · an earlier observation

Legacy capture: table structure or oversized sections are unavailable for extraction

2 recorded changes

Microsoft's revision log on this page · 15 entries

Dates from the page's own change log or history section. They describe earlier edits, not upcoming policy.

Step 1: Configure network connectivity to Microsoft Defender for EndpointRequirement1 condition
Step 1: Configure network connectivity to Microsoft Defender for EndpointRequirement1 condition
Step 1: Configure network connectivity to Microsoft Defender for EndpointScope
Step 1: Configure network connectivity to Microsoft Defender for EndpointRequirement
Starting May 8, 2024Step 1: Configure network connectivity to Microsoft Defender for EndpointMilestoneRequirementScope2 conditions
Enable access to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint service URLs in the proxy serverRequirement
Enable access to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint service URLs in the proxy serverRequirementScope1 condition
Streamlined connectivity URL listsRequirement1 condition
Streamlined connectivity URL listsRequirement1 condition
August 2016 · April 2018Streamlined connectivity URL listsRequirement1 condition
Streamlined connectivity URL listsRequirement
Standard connectivity URL listsException1 condition
Configure proxy and firewall requirements for commercial MMA devicesException
Connect devices without direct internet accessRequirementException1 condition
Connect devices without direct internet accessRequirementRecommendation

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How this timeline changed

Changes between ChangeIntel's readings of the page, between commits of its source file where Microsoft publishes it, in Internet Archive copies of pages that keep no other history, and entries from Microsoft's own change log (dated as Microsoft dates them). Edits between readings that neither records are unknown.

8 May 2024
Microsoft logged an update Step 1: Configure network connectivity to Microsoft Defender for EndpointMicrosoft's change log
1 Aug 2016
Microsoft logged an update Streamlined connectivity URL listsMicrosoft's change log

Observed history and review priority

Captured 6 Oct 16:26 UTC; extracted 16 Oct 16:10 UTC. Extractor: microsoft-1/9/fc65ebeb286710c0a830833db8a7e5de7e266b79981fe9c7c34479be9369ad3c/legacy.

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

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18 Oct 23:18 UTC · 18 candidates
6 Oct 16:26 UTC · 20 candidates

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

Retained observations

18 Oct 23:18 UTC
9 removed passages (about 70 words). The changed wording mentions prerequisites, network endpoints. Review the source to confirm the effect.
6 Oct 16:26 UTC · shown above

What changed

First observed 18 Oct 2026

18 Oct 2026 Guidance8 May 2024, conditional
18 Oct 2026 Streamlined connectivity URL lists (2)April 2018, conditional
18 Oct 2026 Streamlined connectivity URL listsAugust 2016, conditional
18 Oct 2026 SummaryGuidance extraction is incomplete. Legacy capture: table structure or oversized sections are unavailable for extraction Earlier recorded facts remain historical evidence; omitted statements have unknown status. → Microsoft's guidance publishes 3 dates, from August 2016 to 8 May 2024 (Guidance).

The most recent 100 field changes are listed. Complete recorded revisions are kept separately.

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

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