Friday, 13 February 2026

Defender Vulnerability Management prerequisites are clarified for Intune administrators

This was a documentation-only period, not a feature-launch or retirement cycle. The most consequential update adds actionable prerequisites and setup detail for the Defender Vulnerability Management–Intune integration. Windows MDM automatic enrollment remains in public preview, while its rollout caveat is removed and the guide now reports no known issues. The remaining changes are a security-overview restructure and a minor wording correction.

• Intune · Device security

  Defender Vulnerability Management integration guidance adds concrete prerequisites

  The article replaces older “Threat & Vulnerability Management” terminology with Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management and adds a Prerequisites section. It lists Microsoft Intune Plan 1 and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, requires a service-to-service connection with the Microsoft Intune connection enabled in the Defender portal, and calls for onboarding devices and enabling risk assessment. The stated workflow covers creating Intune security tasks, tracking remediation, and reducing vulnerability exposure;11

• Intune · Device enrollment

  Windows MDM automatic enrollment guidance drops its rollout caveat

  The Windows enrollment page still identifies MDM automatic enrollment as public preview, but removes the wording that it is “undergoing rollout” and that some users may not see the setting. This is a change to the published preview guidance, not a general-availability announcement.

• Intune · Device enrollment

  Windows enrollment documentation now reports no known issues

  The known-issues section now states: “There are no known issues in Microsoft Intune with MDM automatic enrollment for Windows.” This updates the documented status while the feature remains publicly previewed.

• Intune · Device security

  Security overview separates platform support from on-premises extension

  The Protect data and devices overview is reframed around Zero Trust, adds a Platform support section, and now lists Android, iOS/iPadOS, and Windows. Tenant attach and co-management are moved into an “Extend to on-premises devices” section. Linux and macOS no longer appear in this overview list, but the diff contains no support-retirement or deprecation statement, so this should be treated as a documentation-scope change rather than proof of capability removal.

This period briefing was generated by AI from the tracked Microsoft Learn and Message Center changes.