# Microsoft Defender for Business servers > Evaluate Microsoft Defender for Business servers for Commercial server-protection licensing, with eligibility, prerequisites, and assignment rules confirmed before purchase. Canonical: https://o365hq.com/subscriptions/microsoft-defender-for-business-servers Provider: IT Partner LLC — US Microsoft partner since 2006. Book: https://o365hq.com/book ## Pricing (CSP / NCE, per seat per month unless noted) | Segment | Term · Billing | Invoice per cycle | Monthly equivalent | vs annual-upfront | |---|---|---|---|---| | Charity | 1-year · Annual | $14.40 | $1.20/mo | +0.0% | | Charity | 1-year · Monthly | $1.26 | $1.26/mo | +5.0% | | Charity | Monthly · Monthly | $1.44 | $1.44/mo | +20.0% | | Commercial | 1-year · Annual | $36 | $3/mo | +0.0% | | Commercial | 3-year · Annual | $36 | $3/mo | +0.0% | | Commercial | 3-year · Triennial | $108 | $3/mo | +0.0% | | Commercial | 1-year · Monthly | $3.15 | $3.15/mo | +5.0% | | Commercial | Monthly · Monthly | $3.60 | $3.60/mo | +20.0% | Prices are Microsoft ERP (estimated retail) — the same price as buying direct; IT Partner adds advisory and support on top. Last price sync: 2026-10-01. Microsoft Defender for Business servers is a Commercial catalog offer for Microsoft Defender for Business servers. The source pack confirms the product identity, trial availability, and Commercial term and billing options; feature details, operating system support, prerequisites, and assignment rules should be verified against current Microsoft documentation before purchase. ## What's included - A Commercial monthly trial option is listed in the source catalog. - Paid Commercial subscription choices are listed for month-to-month, annual, and three-year commitments. - Commercial billing choices shown in the catalog include monthly billing for P1M, annual or monthly billing for P1Y, and annual or triennial billing for P3Y. - The Commercial paid options in the source pack are marked unchanged at the time of the catalog snapshot. ## Not included - A confirmed feature-by-feature entitlement list is not included in the source pack. - Confirmed operating system support, onboarding methods, and workload eligibility are not included in the source pack. - Confirmed prerequisite or base-license rules are not included in the source pack. - Licenses, cloud services, SIEM/SOAR tools, managed security services, deployment labor, onboarding help, policy tuning, incident response, or remediation work should not be assumed included unless separately verified and purchased. ## FAQ ### What is Microsoft Defender for Business servers in the Commercial catalog? Microsoft Defender for Business servers is a Commercial catalog offer for server-focused protection licensing, because the source catalog identifies it as “Microsoft Defender for Business servers” with Commercial availability. The catalog confirms trial availability and paid subscription terms, but it does not confirm the feature list, operating system support, prerequisites, or assignment model, so those should be validated before purchase. ### What does Microsoft Defender for Business servers include for a Commercial buyer? The confirmed Commercial entitlement is access to the Microsoft Defender for Business servers offer under the selected subscription term, because the source catalog lists a monthly trial plus paid monthly, annual, and three-year commitment options. The source pack does not include a feature-by-feature entitlement list, so do not assume specific capabilities until current Microsoft documentation or IT Partner confirms them. ### What is not included with Microsoft Defender for Business servers? Deployment labor, managed detection and response, SIEM or SOAR tools, incident response, remediation work, onboarding assistance, and policy tuning are not automatically included, because the source catalog only describes the license offer and its term options. Separate services or products should be quoted if the buyer needs implementation, monitoring, or operational security support. ### Is Microsoft Defender for Business servers available for standard Commercial businesses? Yes, Microsoft Defender for Business servers is listed for the Commercial segment, because the source catalog includes Commercial availability for this product. Commercial buyers should still confirm the licensing unit, prerequisites, supported server workloads, and assignment rules before quoting or deployment. ### Is there a free trial for Microsoft Defender for Business servers? Yes, the Commercial catalog includes a monthly trial for Microsoft Defender for Business servers, because the source pack marks a trial option as available. Before starting the trial, confirm what happens at trial expiration, whether a paid subscription must be added manually, and whether the trial validates the exact server operating systems and workloads in scope. ### What subscription terms and billing options are available for Commercial customers? Commercial customers can choose a trial plus paid month-to-month, annual, and three-year commitments, because the source catalog lists paid P1M, P1Y, and P3Y options. Billing choices shown include monthly billing for the monthly term, annual or monthly billing for the annual term, and annual or triennial billing for the three-year term. ### Which commitment is best: monthly, annual, or three-year? Monthly is best for flexibility, because it avoids a longer commitment but usually has the least favorable paid posture. Annual or three-year commitments are better for stable server estates, because the catalog structure shows lower relative paid totals for longer or upfront-style commitments, subject to the final CSP quote and Microsoft catalog rules. ### What is the licensing unit for Microsoft Defender for Business servers? The licensing unit is not confirmed in the source pack, because the catalog identifies the product and terms but does not specify whether licensing is assigned per server, workload, device, tenant, or another unit. IT Partner should confirm the current Microsoft licensing unit and assignment model before any quantity is quoted. ### Is Microsoft Defender for Business servers an add-on that requires Microsoft Defender for Business or Microsoft 365 Business Premium? Possibly, but it must be confirmed before purchase, because the source pack does not state prerequisite or base-license rules. Buyers should verify whether Microsoft currently requires Microsoft Defender for Business, Microsoft 365 Business Premium, or another qualifying entitlement before ordering the server offer. ### Does Microsoft Defender for Business servers include Microsoft Teams? No, Microsoft Teams should not be assumed included, because Microsoft Defender for Business servers is a server-protection licensing offer rather than a collaboration suite. If the organization needs Teams, it should license Teams through an eligible Microsoft 365, Office 365, or standalone Teams offer appropriate for the customer’s region and tenant. ### Does Microsoft Defender for Business servers include Microsoft 365 Copilot or Security Copilot? No, Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Security Copilot should not be assumed included, because this catalog item is for Microsoft Defender for Business servers and the source pack lists no Copilot entitlement. Copilot products have separate licensing, eligibility, and data-access requirements that should be evaluated independently. ### Does this license provide antivirus, EDR, vulnerability management, and automated investigation for servers? Do not promise those specific capabilities from the catalog entry alone, because the source pack does not provide a confirmed capability matrix for Microsoft Defender for Business servers. Microsoft commonly describes Defender products in terms of endpoint protection and security operations capabilities, but the exact server entitlement, feature availability, and limitations should be verified against current Microsoft documentation before purchase. ### Which server operating systems are supported? Supported operating systems are not confirmed in the source pack, because it does not list Windows Server, Linux, version, onboarding, or agent requirements. Before buying, confirm the current Microsoft support matrix for each server version, including whether the customer’s Windows Server or Linux workloads are eligible. ### How does Microsoft Defender for Business servers handle security and compliance requirements? Microsoft Defender for Business servers may help with server security operations only to the extent that its current Microsoft-defined capabilities apply, because the source catalog does not provide a compliance or control mapping. Compliance outcomes still depend on configuration, supported workloads, tenant settings, monitoring processes, and the customer’s broader security program. ### Is this Commercial offer suitable for GCC, GCC High, or government data residency requirements? No, a Commercial catalog offer should not be assumed suitable for GCC, GCC High, DoD, or government cloud residency requirements, because the source catalog lists Commercial and Charity segments, not Government cloud availability. Government buyers should evaluate the appropriate Microsoft government cloud licensing and confirm tenant residency, compliance boundary, and feature parity separately. ### Can a nonprofit buy Microsoft Defender for Business servers through this Commercial page? A nonprofit can buy Commercial licensing if eligible to transact commercially, but it should first check Charity availability, because the source catalog also lists a Charity segment for this product. Charity pricing, grants, eligibility validation, and nonprofit program rules are separate from a standard Commercial purchase and should be confirmed before ordering. ### Is there an Education version for student or faculty licensing? The source catalog for this product lists Commercial and Charity availability, not Education, because no Education segment is present in the provided catalog data. Schools should not assume student or faculty licensing applies and should ask IT Partner to validate any Education-specific Microsoft security licensing alternative. ### How do we get started or migrate servers to Microsoft Defender for Business servers? Start by validating prerequisites, supported operating systems, licensing unit, and onboarding method, because the source pack confirms the offer but not deployment requirements. For a migration, inventory the server estate, map each workload to eligibility, choose the subscription term, and confirm whether any existing Defender, antivirus, or endpoint security tools need coexistence or replacement planning. ### Can we transfer Microsoft Defender for Business servers to IT Partner as CSP without downtime? A CSP transfer can typically be planned without server downtime, because the protected tenant and devices do not need to be rebuilt solely because the CSP relationship changes. To avoid gaps, IT Partner should align the replacement subscription, quantity, term dates, and cancellation timing before the prior subscription is reduced or allowed to expire; for the same Microsoft Commercial SKU, term, and billing cadence, the Microsoft catalog price basis is the same, though taxes, discounts, and partner services can affect the final quote. ### What are the renewal, cancellation, and quantity-change rules for this subscription? Renewal and cancellation follow Microsoft CSP New Commerce rules and the selected commitment, because the catalog offers monthly, annual, and three-year terms. In general, increases are easier during the term, while reductions or cancellations after the short post-purchase cancellation window are usually limited until renewal; confirm the exact rules, auto-renew setting, and renewal date before ordering. --- To buy or migrate with zero downtime, book a call with Mike (https://o365hq.com/book) or email sales@o365hq.com. Same Microsoft price, partner support included.