Get started with Microsoft Defender for IoT

This article describes how to set up an OT plan for Microsoft Defender for IoT. Use Defender for IoT to monitor network traffic across your OT networks.

Prerequisites

Before you start, you need:

  1. A Microsoft tenant, with Global or Billing admin access to the tenant.

    For more information, see Buy or remove licenses for a Microsoft business subscription and About admin roles in the Microsoft 365 admin center.

  2. An Azure subscription linked to your tenant.

For current licensing and onboarding options, see Defender for IoT licenses overview.

Purchase a Defender for IoT license

To purchase a Defender for IoT license through the Microsoft 365 admin center:

  1. Go to the Microsoft 365 admin center Billing > Purchase services. If you don't have this option, select Marketplace instead.

  2. Search for Defender for IoT.

  3. Choose the license appropriate for the size of your site.

  4. Complete the purchasing instructions.

For more information, see purchase a Defender for IoT license and the Microsoft 365 admin center help.

Add an OT plan

This procedure describes how to add an OT plan for Defender for IoT in the Azure portal, based on your license.

To add an OT plan in Defender for IoT:

  1. Open Defender for IoT in the Azure portal, select Plans and pricing, where you're prompted to create a new subscription.

    Screenshot of the Go to subscriptions message for creating a Defender for IoT subscription.

  2. Select Go to subscriptions to create a new subscription on the Azure Subscriptions page.

  3. Back in the Defender for IoT's Plans and pricing page, select Add plan. In the Plan settings pane, select your new subscription.

    The Price plan value is updated automatically to read Microsoft 365, reflecting your Microsoft 365 license.

    Screenshot of the Plan settings pane for completing the set up of a license and site for Defender for IoT in the Azure portal.

  4. Select Next and review the details for your licensed site.

  5. Select the terms and conditions, and then select Save.

Your new plan is listed under the relevant subscription on the Plans and pricing > Plans page. For more information, see Manage your subscriptions.

Onboard an OT sensor

If you already have a network plan ready, you can onboard the OT sensor and associate it with a plan and the assign the relevant site and zone settings. For more information, see onboard an OT sensor to the Azure portal.

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