Microsoft Defender for IoT

Keep faculty-managed operational technology environments available and auditable with a purpose-built XS site license for Microsoft Defender for IoT. Focused on education and research deployments, this NCE Annual commit delivers agentless network-based discovery, protocol-aware anomaly detection and prioritized security telemetry so instructors and campus engineers can maintain lab uptime and meet compliance expectations. Use centralized dashboards and alerts to triage threats quickly, export validated device inventories for audits, and integrate findings with Microsoft Defender for Cloud for unified incident workflows. The XS site license scopes protections to a single OT site, minimizing procurement overhead while providing enterprise-grade detection tuned for industrial protocols. Choose this SKU when you need predictable annual licensing, an education pricing profile, and a compact licensing footprint that matches smaller faculty-run installations without requiring device-by-device licensing. Licensing includes Microsoft support pathways and is intended for deployment by campus IT and OT teams who require clear device visibility, reduced mean time to detect, and prioritized remediation guidance.