Agent portfolio overview and OS support
Microsoft Defender for IoT provides a large portfolio of agents based on the device type.
Note
Defender for IoT plans to retire the micro agent on August 1, 2025.
Standalone and Edge agent
Most of the Linux Operating Systems (OS) are covered by both agents. The agents can be deployed as a binary package, or as a source code that can be incorporated as part of the firmware. The customer can modify, and customize the agents as needed. The following are some examples of supported OS:
| Operating system | AMD64 | ARM32v7 | ARM64 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 9 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Debian 10 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Debian 11 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Ubuntu 18.04 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ubuntu 20.04 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ubuntu 22.04 | ✓ |
For a more granular view of the micro agent-operating system dependencies, see Linux dependencies.
Eclipse ThreadX micro agent
The Microsoft Defender for IoT micro agent comes built in as part of the FileX NetX Duo component, and monitors the device's network activity. The micro agent consists of a comprehensive and lightweight security solution that provides coverage for common threats, and potential malicious activities on a real-time operating system (FileX) devices.
Next steps
Learn more about Micro agent Linux dependencies.
Learn more about the Standalone micro agent overview.