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), security settings are configured through policies. There are two main types of policies in Defender for Business (preview):
- Next-generation protection policies, which determine how Microsoft Defender Antivirus and other threat protection features are configured
- Firewall policies, which determine what network traffic is permitted to flow to and from your company’s devices
This article describes how to:
Tip
If you want to add a new policy, see Create a new policy.
View your existing policies
- Go to the Microsoft 365 Defender portal (https://security.microsoft.com), and sign in.
- In the navigation pane, choose Device configuration. Policies are organized by operating system (such as Windows client) and policy type (such as Next-generation protection and Firewall).
- Select an operating system tab (for example, Windows clients), and then review the list of policies under the Next-generation protection and Firewall categories.
- To view more details about a policy, select its name. A side pane will open that provides more information about that policy, such as which devices are protected by that policy.
Edit an existing policy
- Go to the Microsoft 365 Defender portal (https://security.microsoft.com), and sign in.
- In the navigation pane, choose Device configuration. Policies are organized by operating system (such as Windows client) and policy type (such as Next-generation protection and Firewall).
- Select an operating system tab (for example, Windows clients), and then review the list of policies under the Next-generation protection and Firewall categories.
- To edit a policy, select its name, and then choose Edit.
- On the General information tab, review the information. If necessary, you can edit the description. Then choose Next.
- On the Device groups tab, determine which device groups should receive this policy.
- To keep the selected device group as it is, choose Next.
- To remove a device group from the policy, select Remove.
- To set up a new device group, select Create new group, and then set up your device group. (To get help with this task, see Device groups in Microsoft Defender for Business (preview).)
- To apply the policy to another device group, select Use existing group.
After you have specified which device groups should receive the policy, choose Next.
- On the Configuration settings tab, review the settings. If necessary, you can edit the settings for your policy. To get help with this task, see the following articles:
After you have specified your next-generation protection settings, choose Next.
- On the Review your policy tab, review the general information, targeted devices, and configuration settings.
- Make any needed changes by selecting Edit.
- When you’re ready to proceed, choose Update policy.