Important
The improved Microsoft 365 Defender portal is now available. This new experience brings Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Office 365, Microsoft 365 Defender, and more into the Microsoft 365 Defender portal. Learn what’s new.
While Microsoft 365 Defender portal is the new home for monitoring and managing security across your identities, data, devices, and apps, you will need to access various portals for certain specialized tasks.
Tip
To access various relevant portals from Microsoft 365 Defender portal, select More resources in the navigation pane.
Security portals
Security operators and admins can go to the following portals to manage security-specific settings, investigate possible threat activities, respond to active threats, and collaborate with IT admins to remediate issues.
| Portal name | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft 365 Defender portal | Monitor and respond to threat activity and strengthen security posture across your identities, email, data, endpoints, and apps with Microsoft 365 Defender | security.microsoft.com |
| Microsoft Defender Security Center | Monitor and respond to threat activity on your endpoints using capabilities provided with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint | securitycenter.windows.com |
| Security & Compliance Center | Manage Exchange Online Protection and Microsoft Defender for Office 365 to protect your email and collaboration services, and ensure compliance to various data-handling regulations | protection.office.com |
| Defender for Cloud portal | Use Microsoft Defender for Cloud to strengthen the security posture of your data centers and your hybrid workloads in the cloud | portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Security |
| Microsoft Defender for Identity portal | Identify, detect, and investigate advanced threats, compromised identities, and malicious insider actions using Active Directory signals with Microsoft Defender for Identity | portal.atp.azure.com |
| Defender for Cloud Apps portal | Use Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps to get rich visibility, control over data travel, and sophisticated analytics to identify and combat cyberthreats on cloud services | portal.cloudappsecurity.com |
| Microsoft Security Intelligence portal | Get security intelligence updates for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, submit samples, and explore the threat encyclopedia | microsoft.com/wdsi |
Portals for other workloads
While these portals are not specifically for managing security, they support various workloads and tasks that can impact your security. Visit these portals to manage identities, permissions, device settings, and data handling policies.
| Portal name | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Azure portal | View and manage Azure Active Directory and all your Azure resources | portal.azure.com |
| Microsoft 365 compliance center | Manage data handling policies and ensure compliance with regulations | compliance.microsoft.com |
| Microsoft 365 admin center | Configure Microsoft 365 services; manage roles, licenses, and track updates to your Microsoft 365 services | admin.microsoft.com |
| Microsoft Endpoint Manager admin center | Use Microsoft Endpoint Manager to manage and secure devices using combined Intune and Configuration Manager capabilities | devicemanagement.microsoft.com |
| Microsoft Intune portal | Use Microsoft Intune to deploy device policies and monitor devices for compliance | endpoint.microsoft.com |