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Keep this document to one review outcome: Plan Defender for Identity sensor coverage by server role. Only the official source and traced locations below supply facts. Confirm applicability before acting.

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Source fact:

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The official Microsoft Defender for Identity deployment overview from Microsoft supports the following bounded statements:

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Keep the evidence boundary at these traced claims. They support a review of Defender for Identity workspaces, sensors, directory-service accounts, action accounts, network paths, roles, and deployment health; they do not support conclusions outside the source’s stated conditions.

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What the source does not establish

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Use the server-role matrix and prerequisites for implementation; the overview does not prove that every eligible server is onboarded or healthy. It does not establish a deployment’s current state, authorize a production change, prove compliance, or show that Active Directory, Windows DNS, time, certificates, domain-controller resources, network capture, cloud connectivity, and security operations are healthy. Documented options are review inputs, not universal mandates.

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Applicability questions

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DSE recommendation:

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DSE recommends using the cited source as the evidence anchor for this decision. Anchor the review in the cited section and keep observation separate from interpretation. Record the source location, examined part of Defender for Identity workspaces, sensors, directory-service accounts, action accounts, network paths, roles, and deployment health, observed and expected states, owner, and reason for deviation.

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Do not move from citation to production in one step. Pilot the decision where practical, observe agreed signals, retain a reversal point, and verify Active Directory, Windows DNS, time, certificates, domain-controller resources, network capture, cloud connectivity, and security operations. Handle credentials, keys, recovery data, and personal information through approved secure channels.

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Verification and evidence

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Tie each conclusion back to Opening overview; Opening overview and to observable material such as sensor inventory, service and action-account permissions, health alerts, connectivity tests, portal state, and controlled detection tests. Preserve provenance and stable identifiers without copying secrets into the evidence set.

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Close the review only when the evidence, exception handling, resulting action, and after-state are linked. Schedule a new review after material technical, organizational, incident, or source changes; today’s observation is not a continuing guarantee.

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Official references

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Anchor the review in the cited section and keep observation separate from interpretation. Record the source location, examined part of Defender for Identity workspaces, sensors, directory-service accounts, action accounts, network paths, roles, and deployment health, observed and expected states, owner, and reason for deviation.\nDo not move from citation to production in one step. Pilot the decision where practical, observe agreed signals, retain a reversal point, and verify Active Directory, Windows DNS, time, certificates, domain-controller resources, network capture, cloud connectivity, and security operations. Handle credentials, keys, recovery data, and personal information through approved secure channels.\nVerification and evidence\nTie each conclusion back to Opening overview; Opening overview and to observable material such as sensor inventory, service and action-account permissions, health alerts, connectivity tests, portal state, and controlled detection tests. 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