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Want to experience Microsoft Defender for Endpoint? [Sign up for a free trial.](https://signup.microsoft.com/create-account/signup?products=7f379fee-c4f9-4278-b0a1-e4c8c2fcdf7e&ru=https://aka.ms/MDEp2OpenTrial?ocid=docs-wdatp-exposedapis-abovefoldlink)
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### Upgrading Your Experience: Upcoming UX Enhancements You Should Know About
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### Upgrading your experience: Upcoming UX enhancements you should know aAbout
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January 2025
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**Key Changes**
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**Key changes**
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We are pleased to introduce the new dashboard for our enterprise users, which has been designed to be more user-friendly and accessible. The updated dashboard structure now includes recommendation cards for alerts and feature tiles.
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**Recommendation cards for alerts**
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The structure of the dashboard has been updated to include a recommendation card that contains active alerts (if any). In case there are multiple alerts, resolving the top alert will bring forward the next one. Recommendation cards have been implemented to provide a more cohesive user experience. These cards are designed to display important alerts and notifications prominently on the dashboard, as shown in the following screenshots.
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The structure of the dashboard has been updated to include a recommendation card that contains active alerts (if any). In case there are multiple alerts, resolving the top alert will bring forward the next one. Recommendation cards have been implemented to provide a more cohesive user experience. These cards are designed to display important alerts and notifications prominently on the dashboard, as shown in the following table:
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| :::image type="content" source="media/android-whatsnew/android-threat-found.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing a recommendation to take action on a detected threat."::: |**Malware detection** <br/>The user is prompted to take action on a detected threat. |
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**Feature Tiles**
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**Feature tiles**
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The current enterprise dashboard experience now features a tile view, as shown in the following screenshots.
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The current enterprise dashboard experience now features a tile view for your security team. The following table describes tiles your security team might see.
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| Tile | Description |
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> **This feature is now enabled by default for all users.** As a result, users will be able to see a network protection card in the Defender for Endpoint app, along with App Protection and Web Protection. Users are also required to provide location permission to complete the set up. Administrators can change the default value for network protection if they decide not to use it via the Intune App Configuration policies.
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There are also several administrator controls to offer flexibility, including privacy controls to configure the data that's sent by Defender for Endpoint from Android devices. For more information, see [network protection](android-configure.md).
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## Device Tagging
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## Device tagging
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Mobile Device Tagging is now generally available. This feature enables bulk tagging the mobile devices by allowing the administrators to set up tags via Intune. Administrators can configure the device tags through Intune via configuration policies and push them to user's devices. Once the user installs and activates Defender, the client app passes the device tags to the Security Portal. The Device tags appear against the devices in the Device Inventory.
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This configuration is available for both the enrolled (MDM) devices and unenrolled (MAM) devices. For more information, see [Device Tagging (MDM)](android-configure.md#device-tagging) and [Device Tagging (MAM)](android-configure-mam.md#device-tagging).
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## Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Company-owned personally enabled devices
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## Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on company-owned personally enabled devices
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Defender for Endpoint is now generally available on AE COPE devices. Enterprises can onboard devices on COPE mode and push Defender for Endpoint to user's devices through the [Microsoft Intune admin center](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2109431). With this support, Android Enterprise COPE devices get the full capabilities of our offering on Android, including:
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Read the announcement [Tech Community Blog: Defender for Endpoint is now available on Android corporate-owned personally enabled devices](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-for-endpoint/microsoft-defender-for-endpoint-is-now-available-on-android/ba-p/3626100).
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## Privacy Controls
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## Privacy controls
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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Android enables privacy controls for both administrators and end users, and includes controls for enrolled (MDM) and unenrolled (MAM) devices. Administrators can configure the privacy in the alert report while End Users can configure the information shared to their organization. For more information, see [privacy controls(MDM)](android-configure.md#privacy-controls) and [privacy controls (MAM)](android-configure-mam.md#configure-privacy-controls).
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## Optional Permissions and Disable Web Protection
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## Optional permissions and the ability to disable web protection
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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Android enables **Optional Permissions** in the onboarding flow. Currently the permissions required by Defender for Endpoint are mandatory in the onboarding flow. With this feature, administrators can deploy Defender for Endpoint on devices without enforcing the mandatory **VPN** and **Accessibility** permissions during onboarding. End Users can onboard the app without the mandatory permissions and can later review these permissions. This feature is currently present only for unenrolled devices (MAM). For more information, see [optional permissions](android-configure-mam.md#optional-permissions).
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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Android enables **optional permissions** in the onboarding flow. Currently the permissions required by Defender for Endpoint are mandatory in the onboarding flow. With this feature, administrators can deploy Defender for Endpoint on devices without enforcing the mandatory **VPN** and **Accessibility** permissions during onboarding. End Users can onboard the app without the mandatory permissions and can later review these permissions. This feature is currently present only for unenrolled devices (MAM). For more information, see [optional permissions](android-configure-mam.md#optional-permissions).
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## Microsoft Defender on Android enterprise BYOD personal profile
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If you encounter any issues, [submit in-app feedback](android-support-signin.md#send-in-app-feedback).
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## Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is now Microsoft Defender in the Play store
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## The Microsoft Defender for Endpoint app is now Microsoft Defender in the Play store
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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is now available as **Microsoft Defender** in the play store. With this update, the app is available as preview for **Consumers in the US region**. Based on how you log into the app with your work or personal account, you have access to features for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint or for Microsoft Defender for individuals. For more information, see [this blog](https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/microsoft-defender-for-individuals).
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## Vulnerability Management
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## Vulnerability management
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On January 25, 2022, we announced the general availability of Vulnerability management on Android and iOS. For more information, see [the techcommunity post here](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-for-endpoint/announcing-general-availability-of-vulnerability-management/ba-p/3071663).
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> This permission allows Microsoft Defender for Endpoint to access storage on user's device, which helps detect and remove malicious and unwanted apps. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint accesses/scans Android app package file (.apk) only. On devices with a Work Profile, Defender for Endpoint only scans work-related files.
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[!INCLUDE [Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Tech Community](../includes/defender-mde-techcommunity.md)]
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## See also
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[What's new in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on iOS](ios-whatsnew.md)
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