Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Linux now requires allowlisting new service URLs specific to tenant types for delivering internal configuration updates, feature rollouts, and critical issue mitigations. This update is available worldwide, with no change to user experience, and ensures devices receive the latest features and optimizations.
Day in brief
Prerequisites for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Linux leads 11 Defender updates
12 June 2026 recorded 10 updated Microsoft Defender documentation changes and 1 relevant Message Center announcement. The most active areas were Endpoint, Office 365, Defender XDR.
- Prerequisites for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Linux
Endpoint · Endpoint protectionUpdated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/mde-linux-prerequisites.md.
- Mde Linux PrerequisitesEndpoint · Endpoint protection
Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/mde-linux-prerequisites.md.
- Mde Linux PrerequisitesEndpoint · Endpoint protection
Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/mde-linux-prerequisites.md.
- Anti Malware Protection About
Office 365 · Email and collaborationUpdated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/anti-malware-protection-about.md.
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: Update to Linux connectivity requirements with new service URLs to allowlist
Defender XDR · Endpoint protectionMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint on Linux now requires allowlisting new service URLs specific to tenant types for delivering internal configuration updates, feature rollouts, and critical issue mitigations. This update is available worldwide, with no change to user experience, and ensures devices receive the latest features and optimizations.
This period briefing was assembled from the tracked Microsoft Learn and Message Center changes.
11 updates
Microsoft Defender XDR
1 updateMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint
9 updatesUpdated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/mde-linux-prerequisites.md.
Mde Linux Prerequisites
UpdatedUpdated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/mde-linux-prerequisites.md.
Mde Linux Prerequisites
UpdatedUpdated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/mde-linux-prerequisites.md.
Mde Linux Prerequisites
UpdatedUpdated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/mde-linux-prerequisites.md.
Mde Linux Prerequisites
UpdatedUpdated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/mde-linux-prerequisites.md.
Mde Linux Prerequisites
UpdatedUpdated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/mde-linux-prerequisites.md.
Mde Linux Prerequisites
UpdatedUpdated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/mde-linux-prerequisites.md.
Mde Linux Prerequisites
UpdatedUpdated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/mde-linux-prerequisites.md.
Mde Linux Prerequisites
UpdatedUpdated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/mde-linux-prerequisites.md.
Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-office-365/anti-malware-protection-about.md.