Microsoft Defender ATP is now Available for Linux

AleksandarK · Jun 23, 2020

It is known that Microsoft has been working on bringing its Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) on non-Windows platforms, and it finally has happened. Today, Microsoft is enabling users of popular Linux distributions to use its Defender ATP locally. This is an important announcement as Microsoft is bringing even more software to the Linux ecosystem. With this, Microsoft is making Defender ATP the software tool to manage and monitor security on all enterprise platforms available - Windows, Windows Server, macOS, and now even Linux. Supported distributions include RHEL 7.2 or higher, CentOS Linux 7.2 or higher, Ubuntu 16 LTS or higher LTS, SLES 12 or higher, Debian 9 or higher, and Oracle Linux 7.2.

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Solaris17 · Jun 23, 2020

Some wont like this just because it has the MS badge on it but I welcome this along with the kernel and other code updates they contribute.

In my opinion more AV solutions for linux is a plus no matter how you slice it. Security, Media, Business. All the big software groups need to reach a certain level of usability for the masses to adopt.

bug · Jun 23, 2020

So... is this like "here's an anti-virus, cause we're bringing our software to your platform"?

lexluthermiester · Jun 23, 2020

So wait, Microsoft makes Windows look/feel like childish garbage and now they're setting their sights on Linux? What utter twatness is this? Bad juju...

Thanks, but no Thanks Microsoft...

demian_vi · Jun 23, 2020

bug said:
So... is this like "here's an anti-virus, cause we're bringing our software to your platform"?

This is mainly for enterprises that want to monitor their Linux fleet in the cloud, it's not just an antivirus. It's very helpful to use the same tool across different cloud providers for all your Linux VMs like you can do for Windows.

bug · Jun 23, 2020

demian_vi said:
This is mainly for enterprises that want to monitor their Linux fleet in the cloud, it's not just an antivirus. It's very helpful to use the same tool across different cloud providers for all your Linux VMs like you can do for Windows.

You mean it's for those IT guys that swear a machine cannot be managed in the absence of AD?

Cause I'm pretty sure the cloud could not have taken off if machines couldn't be monitored, considering everything that's not Azure runs Linux.

Camm · Jun 23, 2020

bug said:
for those IT guys that swear a machine cannot be managed in the absence of AD?

But its a lot freaking easier. Nix* directory service options are a joke. Also insert *nix snowflakes saying they don't have to comply with the Enterprise security strategy.

zlobby · Jun 24, 2020

Microsoft are slowly porting the entire Windows to Linux. Basically, another distro but with subscription model for updates and support.

R-T-B · Jun 24, 2020

Camm said:
But its a lot freaking easier. Nix* directory service options are a joke. Also insert *nix snowflakes saying they don't have to comply with the Enterprise security strategy.

I'm a proud *nix snowflake, and no one says this. That said, basically every directory service option on Nix depends on Samba's LDAP, which is really just emulating MS, so you aren't completely wrong.

zlobby said:
Microsoft are slowly porting the entire Windows to Linux. Basically, another distro but with subscription model for updates and support.

More like Microsoft is porting Linux into windows, from the latest developments.

bug · Jun 24, 2020

Camm said:
But its a lot freaking easier. Nix* directory service options are a joke. Also insert *nix snowflakes saying they don't have to comply with the Enterprise security strategy.

It comes down to whether you want to make life easy for IT support or, you know, the guys actually getting work done in your company. IT support usually wins simply because nobody cares to ask the other side.

tydowave · Jun 24, 2020

Spyware, beware!

Very true, with each new update, more Linux codes are implemented. They can see that if they do not integrate with Linux they will be obsolete in a few years since more and more businesses are using Linux

zlobby said:
Microsoft are slowly porting the entire Windows to Linux. Basically, another distro but with subscription model for updates and support.

demian_vi · Jun 25, 2020

bug said:
You mean it's for those IT guys that swear a machine cannot be managed in the absence of AD?
Cause I'm pretty sure the cloud could not have taken off if machines couldn't be monitored, considering everything that's not Azure runs Linux.

Its for those SRE guys that dont want to have 4 different tools to monitor security ( 1 for windows and 3 for linux in each major cloud provider) when they can have just 1 :rockout:

Not everything is linux by the way, a lot of companies like mine use cloud based windows vms for users.
And its not about lack of monitoring, its about using and managing a single tool to monitor security specifically across everything and everywhere.
You can actually login to linux machines in azure using AD btw

remixedcat · Jun 26, 2020

zlobby said:
Microsoft are slowly porting the entire Windows to Linux. Basically, another distro but with subscription model for updates and support.

Just like thier "browser" that's just a chrome skin... lol.

Microsoft is donning more skin suits.

I smell money laundering these days... what new stuff have they been actually making themselves.... seems more and more of a laundering scheme to hide bill's "eccentric" endavors...

ThrashZone · Jun 26, 2020

remixedcat said:
Just like thier "browser" that's just a chrome skin... lol.

Microsoft is donning more skin suits.

I smell money laundering these days... what new stuff have they been actually making themselves.... seems more and more of a laundering scheme to hide bill's "eccentric" endavors...

Hi,
I'd be inclined to use chredge before googles any day.
Both ctrl+t opens tabs behind the original so I'll stick with firefox.

lexluthermiester · Jun 26, 2020

ThrashZone said:
I'd be inclined to use chredge before googles any day.

That's just silly when you can easily use Chromium. What's the difference you ask? Chrome has extra, proprietary and non-open-source code injected into it. Chromium does not and yet you lose very little in functionality.

bug · Jun 26, 2020

lexluthermiester said:
That's just silly when you can easily use Chromium. What's the difference you ask? Chrome has extra, proprietary and non-open-source code injected into it. Chromium does not and yet you lose very little in functionality.

May I add Vivaldi, if you want to support the guy that actually innovates in the browser market?
Though I admit, Firefox is still my first choice.

lexluthermiester · Jun 26, 2020

bug said:
Though I admit, Firefox is still my first choice.

Same here.

demian_vi · Jun 27, 2020

remixedcat said:
Just like thier "browser" that's just a chrome skin... lol.

Microsoft is donning more skin suits.

I smell money laundering these days... what new stuff have they been actually making themselves.... seems more and more of a laundering scheme to hide bill's "eccentric" endavors...

Edge is not a chrome skin, its a chromium fork and Microsoft has made at least 2000 commits to chromium

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