Microsoft Defender ATP Now Available For Linux

Microsoft Defender ATP Now Available For Linux

If you are a Linux user for long time then this news will definitely make you laugh. Previously known as a Windows Defender, Microsoft Defender is now available for Linux as ATP edition to Linux or non-Windows platforms.

Some users are suspecting this step from Microsoft as a part of the plan of them to buy Popular Linux operating system Ubuntu.

Last year, Microsoft released Windows Defender ATP for Mac devices and the first public preview for Linux operating systems was available since February this year.

Microsoft Defender ATP Now Available For Linux

Microsoft Defender ATP for Linux is now available for the recent versions of the six Linux based operating systems:

• RHEL 7.2+
• CentOS Linux 7.2+
• Ubuntu 16 LTS, or higher LTS
• SLES 12+
• Debian 9+
• Oracle Linux 7.2

Microsoft Defender ATP for Linux requires the Microsoft Defender ATP for the Servers license.

Part of a statement from Microsoft:

To meet our customers where they are and relieve customer challenges in managing multiple security solutions to protect their unique range of platforms and products, we have been working to extend the richness of Microsoft Defender ATP to non-Windows platforms. Today we are excited to announce the general availability of Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) for Linux!

Adding Linux into the existing selection of natively supported platforms by Microsoft Defender ATP marks an important moment for all our customers. It makes Microsoft Defender Security Center a truly unified surface for monitoring and managing security of the full spectrum of desktop and server platforms that are common across enterprise environments (Windows, Windows Server, macOS, and Linux).