Register and configure the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint in the Microsoft Azure portal

  • Release version: Xanadu
  • Updated August 1, 2024
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  • Register the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint application in the Microsoft Azure portal and grant the read and write access to the application.

    Before you begin

    Role required: Application developer, Tenant administrator.

    Procedure

    1. Log in to the Microsoft Azure portal.
    2. Enter App registrations in the Search box, and click Click New registration.
    3. Enter a name for your application and the redirect URI, and click Register.
      An example name is Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. The Redirect URI is used while providing admin consent for the application.
    4. In the App registrations page, select the application that you registered in Step 3.
    5. Under Manage, select Certificates & secrets.
    6. To create a client secret, select New client secret.
    7. Copy the client secret and save it.

      In case you forgot the client secret, you can generate a new client secret.

    8. Navigate to Manage > API Permissions.
    9. Click Add a permission.
    10. In the Request API permissions window, click the APIs my organization uses tab.
    11. Search for and select WindowsDefenderATP.
    12. In the WindowsDefenderATP permissions, select Application permissions.
      Enabling this permission ensures that the application runs as a background service or daemon without a signed-in user.
    13. Add the following application level permissions and grant admin consent for the newly added API permissions.
      Permission Permission Display Name
      Machine.Read.All Read all machine profiles
      User.Read.All Read user profiles
      Machine.Isolate Isolate machine
      Machine.RestrictExecution Restrict code execution
      Machine.Scan Scan machine
      Machine.StopAndQuarantine Stop and Quarantine
      URL.Read.All Read URLs
      File.Read.All Read file profiles
      Ip.Read.All Read IP address profiles
      Ti.ReadWrite.All Read and write Indicators