Important
Microsoft Defender for Business is now in preview, and will roll out gradually to customers and IT Partners who sign-up here to request it. We will onboard an initial set of customers and partners in the coming weeks and will expand the preview leading up to general availability. Note that preview will launch with an initial set of scenarios, and we will be adding capabilities regularly.
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In Microsoft Defender for Business (preview), you can manage devices as follows:
- View a list of onboarded devices to see their risk level, exposure level, and health state
- Take action on a device that has threat detections
- Onboard a device to Defender for Business (preview)
- Offboard a device from Defender for Business (preview)
View the list of onboarded devices
- Go to the Microsoft 365 Defender portal (https://security.microsoft.com) and sign in.
- In the navigation pane, choose Device inventory.
- Select a device to open its flyout panel, where you can learn more about its status and take action.
If you don’t have any devices listed yet, Onboard devices to Microsoft Defender for Business (preview)
Take action on a device that has threat detections
- In the Microsoft 365 Defender portal (https://security.microsoft.com), in the navigation pane, choose Device inventory.
- Select a device to open its flyout panel, and review the information that is displayed.
- Select the ellipsis (…) to open the actions menu.
- Select an action, such as Run antivirus scan or Initiate Automated Investigation.