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title: "[Intune] Enable Microsoft Defender for Office 365 for enhanced threat protection"
url: "https://support.paratira.ai/en/article/intune-enable-microsoft-defender-for-office-365-for-enhanced-threat-protection"
language: "en"
last_updated: "2025-07-04T12:26:08.690Z"
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# [Intune] Enable Microsoft Defender for Office 365 for enhanced threat protection

The platform identifies insufficient email and collaboration security protection and recommends enabling Microsoft Defender for Office 365 with appropriate licensing upgrades. Failure to implement enhanced threat protection leaves organizations vulnerable to phishing, malware, and other email-based attacks, potentially compromising sensitive data and business operations.

## Recommendation Impact Across KPIs

| KPI | Impact | Calculated? |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Reliability:** | No direct reliability impact identified | ❌ |
| **Security Compliance:** | PRIMARY REC - Enhanced threat protection capabilities including automated investigation and response tools. NIST compliance score calculated based on asset weight and compliance duration. | ✅ |
| **Economic:** | No direct economic impact calculated | ❌ |
| **User Experience:** | No direct user experience impact identified | ❌ |
| **Environment:** | No direct environmental impact identified | ❌ |

## Score Calculation

### 1\. Data Ingestion

-   Asset Name: Tenant
-   Current Security Status
-   Microsoft 365 License Level
-   Defender for Office 365 Status

### 2\. Data Enrichment

-   Mapping to NIST compliance requirements
-   Suitable licensing upgrade paths
-   Security score impact assessment

### 3\. Health Score

-   Calculate the Health score based on NIST Score \* NIST Asset Weight
-   Multiplier applied based on length of compliance from recommendation load date

## Example Graph

Bar chart showing percentage of secure score achievements across the organization, highlighting areas where Microsoft Defender for Office 365 implementation would improve security metrics.

## Business Opportunities

### Product Sales Opportunity

As a provider this recommendation provides an opportunity to sell Microsoft 365 E5 or Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 2 licenses. The platform will identify specific upgrade paths with estimated annual USD revenue calculations.

### Professional Services Opportunity

The recommendation provides an opportunity for configuration and implementation services. Professional services revenue opportunities are currently under consideration for future development.

## Remediation Guidance

To resolve the recommendation the following steps are recommended:

1.  Assess Security Requirements
2.  Review Security Needs

Determine Licensing Requirements

Enable Microsoft Defender for Office 365

1.  Activate Defender for Office 365
2.  Configure Protection Policies

Customize Security Features

Monitor and Respond to Threats

1.  Activate Automated Response Tools
2.  Leverage Threat Analytics

Review and Triage Alerts

Post-Implementation Monitoring & Optimization

1.  Ongoing Threat Monitoring
2.  Review Security Reports

Ensure Compliance

Ongoing Maintenance and Updates

1.  Update Defender Configurations
2.  Train Security Teams
3.  Conduct Regular Security Audits

## Supporting Information

### Supported Data Sources

-   Microsoft Graph Entra
-   Microsoft Graph Intune

### Recommendation Categorisation

-   Security
-   Compliance
-   License Management

### Supported Instances

-   Microsoft 365 Tenant
-   Office 365 Environment

### Planned Instances

-   Additional Microsoft Security Products
-   Extended Microsoft 365 Services
-   Cloud App Security Integration