About Managed Services Licenses

Applies To: WatchGuard Core MDR, WatchGuard Core MDR for Microsoft

There are two MDR licenses that provide managed services:

WatchGuard Core MDR

For environments that use one of the Advanced EPDR, EPDR, or EDR Endpoint Security products, WatchGuard Core MDR enables the WatchGuard SOC team to monitor your licensed endpoints and your cloud-based Office 365 environment.

The Core MDR license is managed as an Endpoint Security module license. For more information on Core MDR in Endpoint Security, go to WatchGuard Endpoint Security Modules. For information on Endpoint Security licenses, go to About Endpoint Security Licenses.

WatchGuard Core MDR for Microsoft

For environments that use Microsoft Defender for Endpoints, Core MDR for Microsoft enables the WatchGuard SOC team to monitor endpoints in your Microsoft Defender environment and your cloud-based Office 365 environment. You must have your own Microsoft Defender for Endpoint license.

For more information, go to About WatchGuard Core MDR for Microsoft Licenses

For environments with both WatchGuard Endpoint Security and Microsoft Defender, you can allocate both licenses.

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