Defender Vulnerability Management (core)
Defender Vulnerability Management (core) helps protect and investigate endpoints through threat prevention, detection, vulnerability insight, and response workflows.
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Defender Vulnerability Management (core) helps protect and investigate endpoints through threat prevention, detection, vulnerability insight, and response workflows.
It sits in Microsoft Defender under the Defender workload. Use the licence signal to see where it is included, then open a licence map to understand how it fits with nearby capabilities.
Feature profile
- Product
- Microsoft Defender
- Workload
- Defender
- Category
- Defender
- Status
- active
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Open licence coverage table
| Feature | Product | Licence | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defender Vulnerability Management (core) | Microsoft Defender | M365 E3 | Add-on | Official source |
| Defender Vulnerability Management (core) | Microsoft Defender | M365 E7 | Included | Official source |
| Defender Vulnerability Management (core) | Microsoft Defender | M365 A1 (Legacy) | Add-on | Official source |
| Defender Vulnerability Management (core) | Microsoft Defender | Purview Suite (FLW) | Not included | Official source |
| Defender Vulnerability Management (core) | Microsoft Defender | Purview Suite (EDU) | Not included | Official source |
| Defender Vulnerability Management (core) | Microsoft Defender | Defender and Purview Suites for Business Premium | Included | Official source |
| Defender Vulnerability Management (core) | Microsoft Defender | Purview Suite | Not included | Official source |
| Defender Vulnerability Management (core) | Microsoft Defender | M365 F1 | Add-on | Official source |
| Defender Vulnerability Management (core) | Microsoft Defender | Business Premium | Included | Official source |
| Defender Vulnerability Management (core) | Microsoft Defender | Defender Suite (FLW) | Included | Official source |
| Defender Vulnerability Management (core) | Microsoft Defender | Defender + Purview Suite (FLW) | Included | Official source |
| Defender Vulnerability Management (core) | Microsoft Defender | Defender Suite | Included | Official source |
| Defender Vulnerability Management (core) | Microsoft Defender | M365 E5 | Included | Official source |
| Defender Vulnerability Management (core) | Microsoft Defender | Defender Suite (EDU) | Included | Official source |
| Defender Vulnerability Management (core) | Microsoft Defender | M365 A5 | Included | Official source |