Setting up MDI
Before setting up MDI, you need to be familiar with the prerequisites for using MDI in your organization. Let’s take a look at these in the next section.
Prerequisites for MDI
The following prerequisites should be considered and understood prior to deploying MDI in your organization:
- Supported Licensing:
- Enterprise Mobility + Security E5 (EMS E5/A5)
- Microsoft 365 E5 (M365 E5/A5/G5) or Microsoft 365 E5/A5/G5 Security
- Standalone Defender for Identity licenses
- Accounts:
- A minimum of one Directory Service account with read access for all objects in the monitored domains
- Permissions:
Note
Further prerequisites such as firewall and port requirements can be found in the Further reading section at the end of this chapter.
Once you understand the prerequisites, you can set...