

Your security team can access web reports in the same central location, with visibility over actual blocks and web usage.Users are prevented from accessing websites in blocked categories, whether they're browsing on-premises or away.For more information about browser support, see the prerequisites section. Web content filtering is available on the major web browsers, with blocks performed by Windows Defender SmartScreen (Microsoft Edge) and Network Protection (Chrome, Firefox, Brave, and Opera). Your users will see a block notification if an element on the page they're viewing is making calls to a blocked resource.ĭevice group creation is supported in Defender for Endpoint Plan 1 and Plan 2. Your users can access the URLs without disruption, and you'll gather access statistics to help create a more custom policy decision. For any category that's not blocked, the URLs are automatically audited. Blocking a category prevents users within specified device groups from accessing URLs associated with the category. Many of these websites (even if they're not malicious) might be problematic because of compliance regulations, bandwidth usage, or other concerns.Ĭonfigure policies across your device groups to block certain categories. Web content filtering enables your organization to track and regulate access to websites based on their content categories. Web content filtering is part of the Web protection capabilities in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Microsoft Defender for Business. Want to experience Microsoft Defender for Endpoint? Sign up for a free trial.
