Defender
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- 61 changes in the last 30 days
- 3 dates in the next 90 days
- 7 roadmap items in progress
Defender timeline
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- Tue 13 Oct · Published vulnerability: Microsoft Defender Information Disclosure Vulnerability and 1 more (Microsoft states that customer action is required)
- Tue 10 Nov · Published vulnerability: Microsoft Defender Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (Microsoft rates the vulnerability Critical; Microsoft states that customer action is required)
- Mon 14 Sep · Product news: Defender for Endpoint iOS 1.1.81120108
- Tue 15 Sep · Product news: Defender for Endpoint iOS 1.1.81140101
- Wed 23 Sep · Product news: Integrated Security Operations Center in Microsoft Defender and 3 more
- Thu 24 Sep · Product news: Defender for Endpoint iOS 1.1.81160103
- Mon 28 Sep · Product news: Automatically launch Microsoft Defender for Endpoint during Android Enterprise device setup
- Wed 30 Sep · Product news: Defender for Endpoint Android 1.0.9330.0101
- Oct 2026 · Product news: Cloud security plan management in the Defender portal and 18 more
- Fri 9 Oct · Documentation page: New page in the Defender for Endpoint documentation: AI agent support matrix
- Mon 12 Oct · Guidance changed: Device control and 27 more (1 removed passage (18 words). The changed wording mentions network endpoints. Review the source to confirm the effect.)
- Wed 14 Oct · Product news: Secure Linux desktops with Microsoft Defender and 1 more
- Sun 18 Oct · Guidance changed: Defender unified role-based access control and 6 more (1 new passage (12 words), 1 edited passage (20 words changed). The changed wording mentions permissions, supported platforms. Review the source to confirm the effect.)
- Mon 19 Oct · Guidance changed: Defender for Endpoint changes (2 new passages (about 90 words), 1 edited passage (81 words changed). The changed wording mentions dates and deadlines, supported platforms. Review the source to confirm the effect.)
- Tue 20 Oct · Product news: Cloud Security Billing, Simplified: Introducing the Defender Workload Unit and 1 more
- Tue 20 Oct · Guidance changed: Defender for Identity deployment (4 edited passages (51 words changed). The changed wording mentions prerequisites, permissions, supported platforms, network endpoints. Review the source to confirm the effect.)
- Wed 21 Oct · Guidance changed: Defender for Endpoint server onboarding and 1 more (32 new passages (about 450 words), 8 edited passages (142 words changed), 15 removed passages (about 410 words). The changed wording mentions dates and deadlines, defaults, prerequisites, permissions, supported platforms, network endpoints, settings and controls, licensing. Review the source to confirm the effect.)
- Thu 22 Oct · Product news: Turn threat intelligence into informed action with Microsoft Defender and 1 more
- Fri 23 Oct · Product news: Defender for Endpoint Android 1.0.9406.0102
- Sat 24 Oct · Product news: Defender for Endpoint iOS 1.1.82230103
- Mon 26 Oct · Product news: Proofpoint’s Core Email Protection API solution joins the Microsoft Defender ICES vendor ecosystem and 1 more
- Mon 26 Oct · Guidance changed: Defender for Identity sensor prerequisites (1 new passage (about 50 words). The changed wording mentions supported platforms. Review the source to confirm the effect.)
- Tue 27 Oct · Product news: Part 4: See, investigate, and measure email and collaboration attacks with Defender reporting and 2 more
- Tue 27 Oct · Guidance changed: Defender for Endpoint changes and 1 more (1 edited passage (17 words changed). The changed wording mentions references. Review the source to confirm the effect.)
- Thu 29 Oct · Product news: Defending Linux in the age of AI-operated attacks and 4 more
- Thu 29 Oct · Guidance changed: Defender for Endpoint changes and 1 more (1 edited passage (47 words changed). The changed wording mentions defaults, network endpoints. Review the source to confirm the effect.)
- Nov 2026 · Product news: Arc proxy support for Defender for SQL Servers on Machines and 2 more
- Mon 2 Nov · Azure update: Retirement: OT security in Microsoft Defender for IoT
- Mon 2 Nov · Guidance changed: Defender unified role-based access control (1 removed passage (12 words). No rule matched the changed words; review the source for its effect.)
- Tue 3 Nov · Product news: Defender for Endpoint iOS 1.1.82260102
- Tue 3 Nov · Guidance changed: Defender for Endpoint changes (1 edited passage (71 words changed). The changed wording mentions prerequisites, supported platforms, network endpoints, references. Review the source to confirm the effect.)
- Wed 4 Nov · Documentation page: Page retitled in the Defender XDR documentation: Agent discovery and 1 more
- Wed 4 Nov · Guidance changed: Defender for Endpoint changes (2 new passages (about 20 words). The changed wording mentions dates and deadlines, references. Review the source to confirm the effect.)
- Fri 6 Nov · Product news: Enhancements to the Protection and Posture Insights report and 1 more
- Tue 10 Nov · Guidance changed: Defender for Office 365 preset security policies and 1 more (1 edited passage (34 words changed). The changed wording mentions permissions, settings and controls, references. Review the source to confirm the effect.)
- Wed 11 Nov · Product news: Catch Microsoft Defender and Sentinel at Ignite 2026
- Thu 15 Oct · Announced retirement: Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps app governance threat detections that rely on EWS activity signals will also retired
- Sat 31 Oct · Announced retirement: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: Support for Amazon Linux 2 (ARM64) retiring October 31, 2026
- Wed 6 Jan · Announced retirement: File policies retiring January 6, 2027 (Retirement in 54 days)
- Mon 21 Sep · Message Center · Stay informed: MC1476237: Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Remediation actions from the Teams message entity flyout
- Wed 23 Sep · Message Center · Plan for change: MC1477180: Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps: Retirement of EWS detections in App Governance and 2 more
- Wed 23 Sep · Notice updated: MC1392568: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: Support for Amazon Linux 2 (ARM64) retiring October 31, 2026 and 1 more (Microsoft marks it a major change)
- Fri 25 Sep · Notice updated: MC1478463: Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Teams user reporting enabled by default (Microsoft marks it a major change)
- Fri 25 Sep · Message Center action date: MC1462464: Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps: App Governance support for the Cloud Application Administrator role is being retired
- Mon 28 Sep · Message Center · Stay informed: MC1481318: Microsoft Defender XDR: Detection source support in alert tuning rules
- Wed 30 Sep · Message Center · Plan for change: MC1484018: Microsoft Defender for Identity auto-activation and auto-auditing automatic enablement (Microsoft marks it a major change)
- Fri 2 Oct · Notice updated: MC1279093: (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Enhancing how we handle promotional mail (Microsoft marks it a major change)
- Wed 7 Oct · Message Center · Stay informed: MC1490905: Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Post-delivery protection for malicious QR codes in Microsoft Teams and 1 more
- Mon 19 Oct · Notice updated: MC1478465: (Updated) Security Copilot is now included as part of your Microsoft 365 E5/E7 plan
- Tue 20 Oct · Notice updated: MC1479503: (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps: Permission changes for select App Governance Entra roles
- Mon 26 Oct · Notice updated: MC1220762: (Updated) Retirement notice: MDE and XDR Advanced Hunting APIs retiring; migrate to Microsoft Graph Security API and 1 more (Microsoft marks it a major change)
- Wed 28 Oct · Notice updated: MC1484009: (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: New email submissions data in Advanced Hunting
- Fri 30 Oct · Message Center · Stay informed: MC1532241: Microsoft Defender XDR: Investigate suspicious Microsoft Teams calls and meetings with advanced hunting
- Sat 31 Oct · Message Center action date: MC1392568: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: Support for Amazon Linux 2 (ARM64) retiring October 31, 2026
- Tue 3 Nov · Message Center · Plan for change: MC1537494: Attention needed: Your tenant will be auto enabled for the new Microsoft Defender RBAC model and 1 more (Microsoft marks it a major change)
- Tue 3 Nov · Notice updated: MC1486293: Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Changes to Unified RBAC permission mapping for Microsoft Entra Security Operator role (Microsoft marks it a major change)
- Thu 5 Nov · Notice updated: MC1523084: (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Move email messages to quarantine with a new remediation action
- Tue 10 Nov · Message Center · Stay informed: MC1546447: Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Updated recipient inclusion logic for threat protection policies
- Thu 12 Nov · Notice updated: MC1387578: (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Localized default mark and notify email template
- Wed 2 Dec · Message Center action date: MC1537494: Attention needed: Your tenant will be auto enabled for the new Microsoft Defender RBAC model (Action due in 19 days)
Latest changes
Newest first- New version · Microsoft Defender Antivirus · Security intelligence: 1.463.281.0
- Product news · Catch Microsoft Defender and Sentinel at Ignite 2026
- Published vulnerability · Microsoft Defender Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Message Center · Stay informed · MC1546447: Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Updated recipient inclusion logic for threat protection policies Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando
- Product news · Enhancements to the Protection and Posture Insights report
- Documentation page · Page retitled in the Defender XDR documentation: Agent discoveryand 1 more that day · changelog
- Message Center · Plan for change · MC1537494: Attention needed: Your tenant will be auto enabled for the new Microsoft Defender RBAC model Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando
- Product news · Defender for Endpoint iOS 1.1.82260102
Every change about Defender is in the change stream.
Also mentioned in
17Not counted as Defender changes
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: Beyond default telemetry with Custom Data Collection Rules Jeffrey Appel · Mon 26 Oct
- How to integrate Microsoft Defender/ Sentinel with Microsoft Fabric Jeffrey Appel · Tue 6 Oct
- How to track browser extension installations with Microsoft Defender Jeffrey Appel · Mon 21 Sep
- Microsoft Defender XDR Attack Disruption: Automatic Device Isolation Explained Jeffrey Appel · Wed 9 Sep
- Generally Available: Microsoft Defender for Cloud support for Azure Container Apps (Serverless Containers Posture) Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando · Tue 1 Sep
- Auditing Microsoft Defender and Intune Configuration Changes Jeffrey Appel · Thu 20 Aug
- Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention - Data Security Triage Agent summaries and categorizations for DLP alerts will be made available in DLP Alerts in Microsoft Defender XDR Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando Microsoft 365 Roadmap · Mon 17 Aug
- Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Blocks Prompt Injections Office 365 for IT Pros (Tony Redmond) · Tue 4 Aug
- Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence: Native Defender Integration and API Access Jeffrey Appel · Mon 3 Aug
- How to collect Microsoft Defender Client Analyzer Files via MDE Live Response Jeffrey Appel · Thu 30 Jul
- Generally Available: Microsoft Defender security assessments for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando · Fri 17 Jul
- Defender for Endpoint performance troubleshooting on Linux Jeffrey Appel · Thu 2 Jul
5 older records name Defender too; search finds them.
Threads
Related changes across sources- October 2026 Patch Tuesday Published vulnerability: Microsoft Defender Information Disclosure Vulnerability2 about Defender, in a thread of 1494 changes Follow evidence and connection reasons
- November 2026 Patch Tuesday Published vulnerability: Microsoft Defender Remote Code Execution Vulnerability1 about Defender, in a thread of 1105 changes Follow evidence and connection reasons
- MC1462464: Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps: App Governance support for the Cloud Application Administrator role is being retired Message Center · Plan for change1 about Defender, in a thread of 2 changes Follow evidence and connection reasons
- Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention - Data Security Triage Agent summaries and categorizations for DLP alerts will be made available in DLP Alerts in Microsoft Defender XDR Notice updated: MC1255406: (Updated) Microsoft Purview | Data Security Triage Agent Summaries for DLP Alerts in Microsoft Defender XDR1 about Defender, in a thread of 2 changes Follow evidence and connection reasons
Revised by Microsoft
6464 with a status or version change
| Item | What changed | Noticed |
|---|---|---|
| MC1387578: (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Localized default mark and notify email template Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando Microsoft Defender XDR | Notice updated | 12 Nov |
| Defender for Office 365 preset security policies 1 edited passage (34 words changed). The changed wording mentions permissions, settings and controls, references. Review the source to confirm the effect. | Guidance changed | 10 Nov |
| Defender unified RBAC permissions 1 edited passage (212 words changed). The changed wording mentions prerequisites, permissions, supported platforms. Review the source to confirm the effect. | Guidance changed | 10 Nov |
| MC1523084: (Updated) Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Move email messages to quarantine with a new remediation action Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando Microsoft Defender XDR | Notice updated | 5 Nov |
| Defender for Endpoint changes 2 new passages (about 20 words). The changed wording mentions dates and deadlines, references. Review the source to confirm the effect. | Guidance changed | 4 Nov |
| Defender for Endpoint changes 1 edited passage (71 words changed). The changed wording mentions prerequisites, supported platforms, network endpoints, references. Review the source to confirm the effect. | Guidance changed | 3 Nov |
| MC1486293: Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Changes to Unified RBAC permission mapping for Microsoft Entra Security Operator role Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando Microsoft Defender XDR | Notice updated | 3 Nov |
| Defender unified role-based access control 1 removed passage (12 words). No rule matched the changed words; review the source for its effect. | Guidance changed | 2 Nov |
56 more revised items are on the timeline.
ChangeIntel compares its own snapshots, so the date is when it noticed the change; Microsoft may have made it earlier.
Notices and feature states
3 entries · all undatedIntune in development
3Undated entries
Microsoft's current catalogs. Undated entries are not new announcements; preview and availability labels follow the source. Changes are dated when ChangeIntel observes a revision.
Guidance
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Watching for changes since 26 Sep 2026. Revisions Microsoft made before then were not observed, which does not mean there were none.
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A change belongs to Defender when it comes from a source about the product or one of its names (Defender, Microsoft Defender, Defender XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR), when a roadmap entry, Windows release, or known issue lists it, or when an MSRC CVE, CISA entry, or lifecycle date names it. Another product's notes and community posts that only mention Defender are listed under "Also mentioned in" and are not counted as its changes. Sources marked quiet are about Defender alone and have had nothing new for 30 days; check the source before reading silence as "no change".
- Microsoft Defender for Office 365 what's newlatest Oct 2026
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud release noteslatest Nov 2026
- Microsoft Defender XDR what's newquiet since Sep 2026
- Microsoft Defender for Identity what's newlatest Oct 2026
- Microsoft Defender XDR Bloglatest 11 Nov
- Defender for Endpoint macOS releaseslatest Nov 2026
- Defender for Endpoint Android releaseslatest 23 Oct
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Bloglatest 29 Oct
- Defender for Endpoint Linux releaseslatest Nov 2026
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud Bloglatest 20 Oct
- Defender for Endpoint iOS releaseslatest 3 Nov
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps release noteslatest Oct 2026
- Defender for Endpoint Windows releasesquiet since Feb 2026
- Defender XDR documentation contentslatest 4 Nov
- Microsoft Defender Antivirus updateslatest 13 Nov
- Defender for Endpoint documentation contentsquiet since 9 Oct
- Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernandolatest 10 Nov
- Microsoft 365 Roadmaplatest 1 Sep
- Jeffrey Appellatest 26 Oct
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilitieslatest 20 May
- Microsoft Intune what's newlatest 28 Sep
- Intune in development4 undated records
- Microsoft Product Terms — MCAlatest 1 Aug
- Microsoft Sentinel what's newlatest Aug 2025
- MSRC CVE details (CVRF API)latest 10 Nov
- Nathan McNultylatest 28 Jan 2025
- Thomas Naunheim (cloud-architekt.net)latest 20 Jan
- Azure Updateslatest 2 Nov
- Core Infrastructure and Security Bloglatest 14 Jul
- Microsoft Entra what's newlatest Jun 2026
- Microsoft Purview what's newlatest Aug 2026
- Microsoft Security Community Bloglatest 27 Jul
- Microsoft Sentinel Bloglatest 20 Oct
- Office 365 for IT Pros (Tony Redmond)latest 4 Aug
- Windows message centerlatest 27 Apr