

Currently, the integration for macOS and Linux only supports endpoint enforcement capabilities. Network protection also integrates Microsoft Defender for Endpoint with Defender for Cloud Apps natively. Web protection enables you to secure your devices against web threats and helps to regulate unwanted content. These capabilities include Web threat protection, Web content filtering, and IP/URL Custom indicators. It is the foundation on which our Web Protection for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is built. It prevents employees from using any application to access dangerous domains that may host phishing scams, exploits, and other malicious content on the Internet. Network Protection helps reduce the attack surface of your devices from Internet-based events. That day has arrived, and we could not be more excited to share that Network and Web Protection for macOS is now Generally Available and in Public Preview for Linux! When we first launched Network Protection for Windows and built powerful Web Protection and Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps (MDA) capabilities on top of it, we knew our vision to bring you our proxy-less endpoint first architecture would remain incomplete until we delivered for macOS and Linux.

The pandemic and post-pandemic era demand it, the world is embracing hybrid workplaces and zero trust postures. In the pre-pandemic world, eroding network boundaries and the maturity of SaaS applications precipitated endpoint-first design. Over the last two years, the world has dramatically changed both in our daily lives and how companies conduct business. Update - Microsoft will begin incrementally rolling out the functionality for all macOS devices to enable Network Protection on with target completion, subject to change, in May 2023.
