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Is there a "console" available for Windows Defender?

Is there a "console" available for Windows Defender? I have heard you can use SCCM, In-Tune and a couple others but I am looking for a console that focuses strictly on Windows Defender and nothing else. Something that makes managing and reporting with Windows Defender simple.
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8/22/2022 - Mon
Arana (G.P.)

I dont know of any windows defender console or reporter with only that function, maybe you will have to create your own using the logs
Event Viewer >> Applications and Services Logs >> Microsoft >> Windows >> Windows Defender >> Operational
offline scan results:
Current threats>Scan options>Threat history.
(located in C:\Windows\Microsoft Antimalware\Support\xxxxx-xxxx.log)

but of course that will not be "simple"
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Arana (G.P.)

you would need an enterprise version of windows to use ATP (or an education license), also that implies that you need to use the cloud service, as I understand he needs a "simple"solution
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It is a little confusing. In one place it says you need Windows 10 Enterprise or Education yet others say Windows 10 Pro is fine. Here is a Technet article saying both:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/microsoft-defender-atp/minimum-requirements

Thanks for another totally ambiguous article M$. Can anyone enlighten? Requiring Windows 10 Enterprise would really, really limit the audience. I have 300 endpoints across multiple customers and not one is Windows 10 Enterprise.
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As far as I understand it, lower versions of Windows support some Windows Defender ATP features now. If you want to have all the features, you need the Enterprise version
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Thanks guys. Much appreciated.
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