Contact Microsoft Defender for Endpoint support

Applies to:

• Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 1
• Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 2
• Microsoft Defender XDR

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Defender for Endpoint has recently upgraded the support process to offer a more modern and advanced support experience.

The new widget allows customers to:

• Find solutions to common problems
• Submit a support case to the Microsoft support team

Prerequisites

It's important to know the specific roles that have permission to open support cases.

At a minimum, you must have a Service Support Administrator OR Helpdesk Administrator role.

For more information on which roles have permission, see Security Administrator permissions.

For general information on admin roles, see About admin roles.

Access the widget

Accessing the new support widget can be done in one of two ways:

1. Clicking on the question mark on the top right of the portal and then clicking on "Microsoft support":

   

2. Clicking on the Need help? button in the bottom right of the Microsoft Defender portal:

   

In the widget you'll be offered two options:

• Find solutions to common problems
• Open a service request

Find solutions to common problems

This option includes articles that might be related to the question you may ask. Just start typing the question in the search box and articles related to your search will be surfaced.

In case the suggested articles aren't sufficient, you can open a service request.

Open a service request

Learn how to open support tickets by contacting Defender for Endpoint support.

Note

If you have a premier support contract with Microsoft, you'll see the premier tag on the widget. If not, contact your Microsoft account manager.

Contact support

1. Fill in a title and description for the issue you are facing, the phone number and email address where we may reach you.
2. (Optional) Include up to five attachments that are relevant to the issue to provide additional context for the support case.
3. Select your time zone and an alternative language, if applicable. The request will be sent to Microsoft Support Team. The team will respond to your service request shortly.

Related topics

• Troubleshoot service issues
• Check service health

Tip

Do you want to learn more? Engage with the Microsoft Security community in our Tech Community: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Tech Community.