A collection of Microsoft Security Linux Server and Desktop policies to help organizations accelerate secure deployments to servers with Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Servers (Defender for Cloud), Defender Business for Servers and Endpoint for Servers with Intune.
Important
- Review the general prerequisites, Linux requirements, dependencies and error handling, and security information.
- Choose exactly one package using the licensing guide below:
ALSO_LINUX_SERVER. - Follow How to import for extraction and import guidance.
- Assign reviewed policies to a pilot group, check policy deployment reports and device/server impact, then expand in stages.
For controlled rollouts, we recommend using Microsoft's deployment plans. This Intune feature is currently in public preview.
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| Section | What you will find |
|---|---|
| Getting started | Prerequisites, package selection, extraction, and import guidance. |
| Linux Server and Desktop licensing guide | License compatibility and limitations. |
| Documentation | Links to supporting guides and the repository license. |
| Tag | Minimum Required License |
|---|---|
| MDBS | Microsoft 365 Business Premium + Defender for Business for Servers -on-premises servers only (can't have mixed licensing with 2 others below |
| MDES | Microsoft 365 E3, F3 or Microsoft 365 E5 and E7 + Defender for Endpoint for Servers - on-premises servers only (can't have mixed licensing with 2 others above and below |
| DFS | Any of those above + Defender for Servers P1 and P2 in Defender for Cloud - works with servers in Azure or Arc onboarded servers (can't have mixed licensing with 2 others above |
| Tag | Minimum Required License |
|---|---|
| E5 | Microsoft 365 Business Premium + Defender Suite |
| E5 | Microsoft 365 E5 |
| E5 | Microsoft 365 E7 |
| E5 | Microsoft 365 E3 + Defender Suite |
| E5 | Microsoft 365 F3/F1 + Defender Suite FLW |
| Documentation | Overview |
|---|---|
| 📚 Documentation index | Browse all deployment documentation. |
| 📖 Policy and configuration descriptions | Review the preserved descriptions of every workload collection. |
| 🐧 Linux requirements for Desktop and Servers | Device types and OS versions supported |
| 🚀 General prerequisites for Desktop og Server versions | Review roles, licensing, prepare Intune and Defender. |
| 🧩 Dependencies prerequisites | Review required configuration, assignments, and Linux Server DeviceOSVersion values. |
| 📖 Policy naming | Understand licence tags and naming components. |
| 📂 File structure | Find the package and policy files. |
| 🛡️ Security information | Read the security and usage information. |
| 📜 License | Read the repository licence. |