Enable Microsoft Defender for Business Servers add-on with scoped onboarding, policy baseline and operational readiness
This service supports organisations using Microsoft 365 Business Premium that want to extend their endpoint protection to include Windows and Linux server workloads using the Defender for Business Servers add-on. Many organisations licenced for Business Premium or Defender for Business struggle to bring server security into scope in a controlled and governed way without a clear plan for discovery, policy configuration and alerting model.
LW IT Solutions delivers Business Premium plus Defender for Business Servers Add-on Enablement as a structured engagement that covers server discovery, onboarding to Microsoft Defender, baseline security policy design, alerting and response configuration, and operational handover. We confirm prerequisites and scope, apply configuration according to your governance practices, validate outcomes against agreed criteria and provide practical documentation and operational guidance.
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Service Overview
Highlights
- Server inventory and scope confirmation
- Onboarding of Windows and Linux servers to Defender for Business Servers
- Security baseline policy configuration and alerting setup
- Operational validation with acceptance summary
- Documentation, handover and next-phase recommendations
Business Benefits
- Clarity on how Defender for Business Servers integrates with your existing security model
- Consistent server protection aligned to your governance and operational procedures
- Baseline security policies activated for server workload protection
- Operational knowledge transfer to your support teams
- Validated and documented security posture for server endpoints
Typical use cases
- Organisations upgrading from client endpoint protection to include server protection
- Tenants with mixed Windows and Linux server estates seeking simplified onboarding
- Teams requiring policy baselines and alert configuration aligned to operations
- Organisations with existing Defender for Business looking to extend coverage
- Preparing server alerting and response procedures for security operations
Objectives & deliverables
What Success Looks Like
- Confirm scope boundaries, prerequisites and success criteria for server coverage
- Onboard identified servers to Defender for Business Servers add-on
- Apply security baseline policies and alerting configuration
- Validate operational readiness and functionality
- Document configurations, decisions and provide operational guidance
What You Get
- Defined scope, server inventory and success criteria
- Onboarding of Windows and Linux servers within agreed scope
- Baseline security policy configuration and alert settings
- Validation summary and acceptance review
- Documentation and operational handover notes
How It Works
- Discovery and server inventory session
- Scope and prerequisites confirmation workshop
- Onboarding of servers to the Defender for Business Servers add-on
- Security baseline policy design and implementation
- Alerting and response configuration
- Validation and acceptance review
- Documentation and handover
Engagement Options
- Core Enablement - Discovery, onboarding and baseline policy configuration for server endpoints.
- With Incident Response Playbooks - Includes documented playbooks for alert response and server incident handling.
- Governance and Monitoring Review - Adds review of your security governance model and alert escalations.
- Phased Rollout - Split implementation into waves for large or heterogeneous server estates.
Additional Information
Prerequisites & licensing
Before this service begins, the following prerequisites should be in place:
- Active Microsoft 365 Business Premium or Microsoft Defender for Business licences
- Defender for Business Servers add-on licences procured for servers in scope
- Global admin or delegated admin access for configuration
- Defined stakeholders for validation and acceptance
Security & Compliance Notes
- Server onboarding and policy configuration will adhere to your security governance model
- Alerting will be configured according to agreed acceptance criteria and operational needs
- Changes will be staged and validated to reduce operational impact
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