The following table compares server options for Defender for Business customers:

Adding Defender for Cloud to a tenant that has Defender for Business doesn't change the simplified configuration experience that Defender for Business offers. The functionality in Microsoft Defender for Servers Plan 1 or Plan 2 work with Defender for Business.

If you're planning to onboard an instance of Windows Server or Linux Server, you'll need an additional license, such as Microsoft Defender for Business servers. This license is available as an add-on to Microsoft 365 Business Premium and the standalone version of Defender for Business. The Microsoft Defender for Business servers license is priced at $3 per server instance. You can either purchase a license for each onboarded server, or choose to offboard servers from Defender for Business.

If you have more than 60 servers, you'll need to get another license, such as Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Server or Microsoft Defender for Servers Plan 1 or Plan 2. For more information, see Onboard servers to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.

Defender for Business capabilities are integrated with endpoint security policies in the Microsoft Intune admin center. You can use either the Microsoft Defender portal or the Intune admin center to onboard devices and configure security policies. Some capabilities, such as controlled folder access and attack surface reduction rules must be configured in the Intune admin center.

For more information, see the following articles:

• Set up, review, and edit your security policies and settings in Microsoft Defender for Business
• Manage device security with endpoint security policies in Microsoft Intune