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devices/surface/windows-autopilot-and-surface-devices.md

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 ms.topic: article
 ms.localizationpriority: medium
 ms.audience: itpro
-ms.date: 10/21/2019
+ms.date: 11/26/2019
 ---
 
 # Windows Autopilot and Surface devices
@@ -35,10 +35,17 @@ Enrolling Surface devices in Windows Autopilot at the time of purchase is a capa
 
 When you purchase Surface devices from a Surface partner enabled for Windows Autopilot, your new devices can be enrolled in your Windows Autopilot deployment for you by the partner. Surface partners enabled for Windows Autopilot include: 
 
+- [ALSO](https://www.also.com/ec/cms5/de_1010/1010_anbieter/microsoft/windows-autopilot/index.jsp) 
 - [Atea](https://www.atea.com/)
+- [Bechtle](https://www.bechtle.com/de-en) 
+- [Cancom](https://www.cancom.de/)
+- [CDW](https://www.cdw.com/)
+- [Computacenter](https://www.computacenter.com/uk)
 - [Connection](https://www.connection.com/brand/microsoft/microsoft-surface) 
 - [Insight](https://www.insight.com/en_US/buy/partner/microsoft/surface/windows-autopilot.html)
 - [SHI](https://www.shi.com/Surface)
+- [Synnex](https://www.synnexcorp.com/us/microsoft/surface-autopilot/)
+- [Techdata](https://www.techdata.com/)
 
 ## Learn more
 For more information about Windows Autopilot, refer to:

windows/security/threat-protection/microsoft-defender-atp/microsoft-defender-atp-mac.md

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ ms.topic: conceptual
 This topic describes how to install, configure, update, and use Microsoft Defender ATP for Mac.
 
 > [!CAUTION]
-> Running other third-party endpoint protection products alongside Microsoft Defender ATP for Mac is likely to lead to performance problems and unpredictable side effects.
+> Running other third-party endpoint protection products alongside Microsoft Defender ATP for Mac is likely to lead to performance problems and unpredictable side effects. If non-Microsoft endpoint protection is an absolute requirement in your environment, you can still safely take advantage of MDATP for Mac EDR functionality after configuring MDATP for Mac antivirus functionality to run in [Passive mode](mac-preferences.md#enable--disable-passive-mode).
 
 ## What’s new in the latest release
 

windows/security/threat-protection/microsoft-defender-atp/tvm-dashboard-insights.md

@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ Area | Description
 (1) Menu | Select menu to expand the navigation pane and see the names of the Threat & Vulnerability Management capabilities.
 (2) Threat & Vulnerability Management navigation pane | Use the navigation pane to move across the **Threat and Vulnerability Management Dashboard**, **Security recommendations**, **Remediation**, **Software inventory**, and **Weaknesses**.
 **Dashboards**	| Get a high-level view of the organization exposure score, organization configuration score, machine exposure distribution, top security recommendations, top vulnerable software, top remediation activities, and top exposed machines data.
-**Security recommendations** | See the list of security recommendations, their related components, insights, number or exposed devices, impact, and request for remediation. You can click each item on the list, a flyout panel opens with vulnerability details, open the software page, see the remediation, and exception options. You can also open a ticket in Intune if your machines are joined through Azure Active Directory and you have enabled your Intune connections in Microsoft Defender ATP. See [Security recommendations](https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/security/threat-protection/microsoft-defender-atp/tvm-security-recommendation) for more information.
+**Security recommendations** | See the list of security recommendations, their related components, whether applications in your network have reached their end-of-life, insights, number or exposed devices, impact, and request for remediation. You can click each item on the list, a flyout panel opens with vulnerability details, open the software page, see the remediation, and exception options. You can also open a ticket in Intune if your machines are joined through Azure Active Directory and you have enabled your Intune connections in Microsoft Defender ATP. See [Security recommendations](https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/security/threat-protection/microsoft-defender-atp/tvm-security-recommendation) for more information.
 **Remediation** | See the remediation activity, related component, remediation type, status, due date, option to export the remediation and process data to CSV, and active exceptions. See [Remediation and exception](https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/security/threat-protection/microsoft-defender-atp/tvm-remediation) for more information.
-**Software inventory** | See the list of applications, versions, weaknesses, whether there’s an exploit found on the application, prevalence in the organization, how many were installed, how many exposed devices are there, and the numerical value of the impact. You can select each item in the list and opt to open the software page which shows the associated vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, affected machine, version distribution details, and missing KBs or security updates. See [Software inventory](https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/security/threat-protection/microsoft-defender-atp/tvm-software-inventory) for more information.
+**Software inventory** | See the list of applications, versions, weaknesses, whether there’s an exploit found on the application, whether the application has reached its end-of-life, prevalence in the organization, how many were installed, how many exposed devices are there, and the numerical value of the impact. You can select each item in the list and opt to open the software page which shows the associated vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, affected machine, version distribution details, and missing KBs or security updates. See [Software inventory](https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/security/threat-protection/microsoft-defender-atp/tvm-software-inventory) for more information.
 **Weaknesses** | See the list of common vulnerabilities and exposures, the severity, its common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) V3 score, related software, age, when it was published, related threat alerts, and how many exposed machines are there. You can select each item in the list and it opens a flyout panel with the vulnerability description and other details. See [Weaknesses](https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/security/threat-protection/microsoft-defender-atp/tvm-weaknesses) for more information.
 (3) Threat & Vulnerability Management dashboard | Access the **Exposure score**, **Configuration score**, **Exposure distribution**, **Top security recommendations**, **Top vulnerable software**, **Top remediation activities**, and **Top exposed machines**.
 **Selected machine groups (#/#)**	| Filter the Threat & Vulnerability Management data that you want to see in the dashboard and widgets by machine groups. What you select in the filter applies throughout the Threat & Vulnerability management pages only. 

windows/security/threat-protection/microsoft-defender-atp/tvm-remediation.md

@@ -31,7 +31,13 @@ After your organization's cybersecurity weaknesses are identified and mapped to
 You can lower down your organization's exposure from vulnerabilities and increase your security configuration by remediating the security recommendations.
 
 ## Navigate through your remediation options 
-You'll see your remediation options when you select one of the security recommendation blocks from your **Top security recommendations** widget in the dashboard. 
+You can access the remediation page in a few places in the portal:
+- Security recommendation flyout panel
+- Remediation in the navigation menu
+- Top remediation activities widget in the dashboard
+
+*Security recommendation flyout page*
+<br>You'll see your remediation options when you select one of the security recommendation blocks from your **Top security recommendations** widget in the dashboard. 
 1. From the flyout panel, you'll see the security recommendation details including your next steps. Click **Remediation options**.
 2. In the **Remediation options** page, select **Open a ticket in Intune (for AAD joined devices)**. 
 
@@ -43,13 +49,20 @@ You'll see your remediation options when you select one of the security recommen
 
 If you want to check how the ticket shows up in Intune, see [Use Intune to remediate vulnerabilities identified by Microsoft Defender ATP](https://docs.microsoft.com/intune/atp-manage-vulnerabilities) for details.
 
+*Remediation in the navigation menu*
+1. Go to the Threat & Vulnerability Management navigation menu and select **Remediation** to open up the list of remediation activities and exceptions found in your organization. You can filter your view based on remediation type, machine remediation progress, and exception justification. If you want to see the remediation activities of applications which have reached their end-of-life, select **Software uninstall** from the **Remediation type** filter.  
+2. Select the remediation activity that you need to see or process.
+
+*Top remediation activities widget in the dashboard*
+1. Go to the Threat & Vulnerability Management dashboard and scroll down to the **Top remediation activities** widget. The list is sorted and prioritized based on what is listed in the **Top security recommendations**. 
+2. Select the remediation activity that you need to see or process.
+
 ## How it works
 
 When you submit a remediation request from Threat & Vulnerability Management, it kicks-off a remediation activity. 
 
 It creates a security task which will be tracked in Threat & Vulnerability Management **Remediation** page, and it also creates a remediation ticket in Microsoft Intune.
 
-
 The dashboard will show that status of your top remediation activities. Click any of the entries and it will take you to the **Remediation** page. You can mark the remediation activity as completed after the IT administration team remediates the task. 
 
 ## When to file for exception instead of remediating issues 

windows/security/threat-protection/microsoft-defender-atp/tvm-security-recommendation.md

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ You can click on each one of them and see the details, the description, the pote
 
 From that page, you can do any of the following depending on what you need to do:
 
-- Open software page - Drill down and open the software page to get more context of the software details, prevalence in the organization, weaknesses discovered, version distribution, and charts so you can see the exposure trend over time. 
+- Open software page - Drill down and open the software page to get more context of the software details, prevalence in the organization, weaknesses discovered, version distribution, application end-of-life, and charts so you can see the exposure trend over time. 
 
 - Choose from remediation options - Submit a remediation request to open a ticket in Microsoft Intune for your IT Administrator to pick up and address.
 

windows/security/threat-protection/microsoft-defender-atp/tvm-software-inventory.md

@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ ms.date: 04/11/2019
 Microsoft Defender ATP Threat & Vulnerability management's discovery capability shows in the **Software inventory** page. The software inventory includes the name of the product or vendor, the latest version it is in, and the number of weaknesses and vulnerabilities detected with it.
 
 ## Navigate through your software inventory
-1. Select **Software inventory** from the Threat & Vulnerability management navigation menu. 
-2. In the **Software inventory** page, select the application that you want to investigate and a flyout panel opens up with the software details, vendor information, prevalence in the organization, exposed machines, threat context, and its impact to your  organization's exposure score.   
-3. In the flyout panel, select **Open software page** to dive deeper into your software inventory. You will see how many weaknesses are discovered with the application, devices exposed, installed machines, version distribution, and the corresponding security recommendations for the weaknesses and vulnerabilities identified.
+1. Select **Software inventory** from the Threat & Vulnerability management navigation menu. The **Software inventory** page opens with a list of applications installed in your network, vendor name, weaknesses found, threats associated with them, exposed machines, impact, tags. You can also filter the software inventory list view based on weaknesses found in the applications, threats associated with them, and whether the applications have reached their end-of-life.      
+2. In the **Software inventory** page, select the application that you want to investigate and a flyout panel opens up with the same details mentioned above but in a more compact view. You can either dive deeper into the investigation and select **Open software page** or flag any technical inconsistencies by selecting **Report inaccuracy**. 
+3. Select **Open software page** to dive deeper into your software inventory to see how many weaknesses are discovered in the application, devices exposed, installed machines, version distribution, and the corresponding security recommendations for the weaknesses and vulnerabilities identified.
 
 ## How it works
 In the field of discovery, we are leveraging the same set of signals in Microsoft Defender ATP's endpoint detection and response that's responsible for detection, for vulnerability assessment. 

windows/security/threat-protection/microsoft-defender-atp/whats-new-in-microsoft-defender-atp.md

@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ For more information preview features, see [Preview features](https://docs.micro
 ## November 2019
 
 - [Microsoft Defender ATP for Mac](microsoft-defender-atp-mac.md) <BR> Microsoft Defender ATP for Mac brings the next-generation protection to Mac devices. Core components of the unified endpoint security platform will now be available for Mac devices. ([Endpoint detection and response is currently in preview](preview.md).)
+ 
+- [Threat & Vulnerability Management application end-of-life notification](https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/security/threat-protection/microsoft-defender-atp/tvm-security-recommendation) <BR>Applications which have reached their end-of-life are labeled as such so you are aware that they will no longer be supported, and can take action to either uninstall or replace. Doing so will help lessen the risks related to various vulnerability exposures due to unpatched applications.
 
 ## October 2019