Microsoft Announces Potential Issues with Windows 11 24H2 Update and Defender for Endpoint

TapTechNews October 4th news, Microsoft updated its support documentation yesterday (October 3rd), stating that after the Windows 11 24H2 update is upgraded from the Home edition to the Professional edition, there may be a problem of being unable to access Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.

IT administrators may observe that devices cannot access the Defender for Endpoint cloud service, and even if Intune is expected to execute the access sequence through the application of endpoint detection and response (EDR) strategies, it still cannot provide the expected protection.

Microsoft stated that there are two situations, and TapTechNews attached the two reasons that may lead to the above problems:

A user purchased a new device with the Home edition and upgraded without installing Defender for Endpoint, resulting in the device not being protected.

A user purchased a new device with the Professional edition, but the OEM did not install the required functions.

Microsoft said that after Intune fails to successfully apply the endpoint detection and response (EDR) strategy, an error message will be displayed.

Microsoft also released a temporary solution, running the DeploymentImageServicingandManagement (DISM) command with the privilege escalation command before the onboarding process:

DISM /online /Add-Capability /CapabilityName:Microsoft.Windows.Sense.Client~~~~