Action required: Update Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Android App

🚨 The Signal: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Android requires an update to version 1.0.9107.0101 or later by mid-September 2026. Failure to update will disrupt mobile threat protection capabilities due to infrastructure changes.

The Impact

Android users with outdated Defender for Endpoint apps risk losing critical mobile threat protection capabilities.

  • Security Teams: Risk of unmonitored mobile threats on non-compliant Android devices.
  • Android Users: Loss of mobile threat protection if app is not updated.
  • Admins: Increased effort to track and enforce Android app updates across the fleet.

The Action

  1. Verify managed Android devices are running Microsoft Defender for Endpoint version 1.0.9107.0101 or later via Intune or MDM.
  2. Update all older versions of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Android to the latest available release.
  3. Communicate update requirements to users who manage their own application updates.

Domain: Defender · Impact: high · Workload: Microsoft Defender · Essential Eight: Patch Applications · ISM: ISM-0304, ISM-1690, ISM-1691, ISM-1692, ISM-1693, ISM-1698, ISM-1699, ISM-1700, ISM-1704, ISM-1807, ISM-1808, ISM-1876, ISM-1901, ISM-1905