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PC or Mac, Windows 7 SP1+ or newer, Mac OS X 10.11 or newer Headphones and a microphone Power card plugged in for extended use MAC Installation Instructions Double click on the downloaded file, Virbela.dmg. Feb 02, 2021 Kaspersky vs Windows Defender: Who is the Ultimate Front-runner? Although Windows Defender is a smart choice as it offers the ground-rules, it cannot outshine Kaspersky which brings next-level, exceptional protection to life by maximizing the system performance so that you don’t have to wait for the program to respond. Alternatively, Microsoft Defender can be uninstalled from the command line via this single command (administrative credentials required): sudo rm -rf '/Applications/Microsoft Defender ATP.app'.

Microsoft Defender ATP is GA since June 28, 2019 and no clear tutorial or implementation guide has been written before! I hope this clarify the simplicity of this implementation!

  • Are you ready for the next-generation protection in the road to Security Operations?
  • Are you willing to act on insights on your MAC OS X machines?

Download installation and onboarding packages!

  • Download the installation package from: https://securitycenter.windows.com/
  • Download the onboarding package from: https://securitycenter.windows.com/

Microsoft Intune App Wrapping Tool for macOS

  • Download the IntuneAppUtil from: https://docs.microsoft.com/intune/lob-apps-macos
  • Open a terminal, navigate to your download folder and make IntuneAppUtil executable with: Chmod +x IntuneAppUtil
  • Now generate the intune deployment package with: ./IntuneAppUtil -c wdav.pkg -o . -i “com.microsoft.wdav”
  • Unzip the windowsDefenderATPOnboardingPackage

Login to your devicemanagement portal

  • Login to devicemanagement.microsoft.com
  • Navigate to Microsoft Intune / Microsoft EndPoint manager

Add the kernel extention file: (more info)

  • In Intune, open Manage > Device configuration. Select Manage > Profiles > Create Profile.
  • Enter a name, description, Platform = MACOS, Profile Type Custom
  • Choose a custom configuration profile name: mdatp-kext
  • Upload the kext.xml from the intune folder.
  • Click OK
  • apply this policy on all MAC devices. (or the one you want to apply)

Now add the actual onboarding file with the same procedure as the previous one

  • Repeat the procedure above but now with WindowsDefenderATPOnboarding.xml

Deploy the Line-of-business app for OSX

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  • Go to your Client Apps - add line of business app
  • Add the earlier createdwdav.pkg.intunemac
  • Define the name, description, publisher & minimum operation system

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  • When your upload is completed, select the assignment and assign your pacakge to you Mac collection!
  • Run a detection test from a terminal session: curl -o ~/Downloads/eicar.com.txt http://www.eicar.org/download/eicar.com.txt
  • Wait for the test to see the results!

Bring it all together!

  • Microsoft Defender is cross-platform and offers a next-generation protection and endpoint detection for MAC!
  • Because of the intelligence organizations will be able to have a better insight of the usage & risks of their MAC environment.
  • Also check the official demo of Microsoft Defender for MAC.
  • Let's built the next generation SEC OPS!
  • Microsoft is leading in 2019 Endpoint Protection Platforms Magic Quadrant!

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Jasper Bernaers

Chief Technology Officer at Synergics MC2MC