2026-08-19

Licensing, Security & Management: Making Microsoft 365 Defender and Intune Work Together with Videsh Chavan

Microsoft 365 licensing is often treated as a procurement problem: choose E3, E5, E7 or a collection of add-ons, assign the licenses, and move on. But licensing decisions directly influence security architecture, endpoint management, identity protection, and operational costs. In this episode of M365 FM, Mirko Peters talks with Videsh Chavan about building a unified Microsoft 365 strategy where licensing, Microsoft Intune, Microsoft Defender, identity, and endpoint security work together instead of operating as separate silos. ㅤ MICROSOFT 365 LICENSING IS AN ARCHITECTURE DECISION One of the central ideas of the conversation is that Microsoft 365 licensing shouldn't be treated purely as procurement. Organizations frequently purchase licenses without mapping the capabilities those licenses actually unlock. The result can be expensive features that nobody uses, duplicated security products,

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Licensing, Security & Management: Making Microsoft 365 Defender and Intune Work Together with Videsh Chavan (English)