Microsoft will bring its Defender Advanced Threat Protection antivirus solution to more third-party operating systems after debuting Defender ATP for Mac in 2019

On Tuesday (June 23), a Microsoft blog post confirmed that Defender ATP will be deployed to enterprise customers with Linux servers and also announced a public preview for Android

The technology giant said: "To address customers wherever they are and solve their challenges of managing multiple security solutions to protect their unique platforms and products, we are bringing the rich capabilities of Microsoft Defender ATP to We have worked to extend it to platforms other than Windows

Administrators of Linux servers will be provided with a command line product to monitor and detect security threats via Microsoft Defender Security Center

Microsoft Defender supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux 72+, CentOS Linux 72+, Ubuntu 16 LTS or higher, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12+, Debian 9+, Oracle Linux 72 are supported and can be configured and deployed via Puppet, Ansible, or other Linux configuration management tools [Microsoft has published detailed documentation on installing, configuring, updating, and using Defender ATP for Linux [According to Microsoft, Linux users will get "a familiar, integrated experience for powerful prevention features, agent configuration and management, scan initiation, threat management, and machine and alert monitoring in Microsoft Defender Security Center can be obtained on the client

In addition to rolling out support for Linux users, Microsoft also released a public preview of Microsoft Defender ATP for Android

Microsoft Defender ATP for Android is claimed to protect against phishing, scan for malware, prevent and limit organizational compromise, and provide a unified security experience, allowing users to see threats across all platforms The company states

To access the preview, Microsoft said: "Customers who have turned on the preview feature can try Microsoft Defender ATP for Android starting today If you haven't opted in yet, we encourage you to turn on the preview feature in the Microsoft Defender Security Center today"

Like the Defender ATP solution for Mac and Linux, the software for Android will not be available to consumers immediately Only subscribers to Microsoft's various business security solutions will be able to install or use the software

However, all PCs running Windows 10 will ship with a consumer counterpart to Microsoft Defender, known as Windows Defender Antivirus