Addressed an issue seen on some M1 devices where the product was stuck with invalid antimalware definitions and could not successfully update to a working set of definitions.

As such, we encourage all enterprise administrators to refresh the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint package in their management console to this product version (or a newer version). While it appears that this OS change is not included in the final release of macOS 12.2, it is likely that it will be reintroduced in a future macOS version.

Addressed an issue discovered in macOS 12.2 beta 2 where the installation package could not be opened due to a change in the operating system (OS) that prevents installation of packages with certain characteristics.

Resolved an issue where some VPN applications could not connect due to the network content filter that is distributed with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Mac.

Within the user experience, occurrences of 'Microsoft Defender ATP' have been replaced with 'Microsoft Defender'.The application installation path has been changed from /Application/Microsoft Defender ATP.app to /Applications/Microsoft Defender.app.End users will observe the following changes: The application has been renamed from 'Microsoft Defender ATP' to 'Microsoft Defender'.Want to experience Microsoft Defender for Endpoint? Sign up for a free trial.

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