How is XDR for Server different from MDR for Server?

XDR for Server is self-managed by your team. MDR for Server is fully managed, with the Sophos 24/7 team detecting and responding on your behalf.

Sophos XDR · Server

XDR for your servers, on your terms.

Sophos XDR for Server adds extended detection and response to server protection, so your team can investigate, hunt for threats, and see how an attack reached across servers, endpoints, firewall, and email. It builds on Intercept X for Server, is self-managed from Sophos Focus, and is licensed by server count.

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EDR + XDRInvestigate & hunt

Server-builtOn Intercept X

Cross-productServers to email

Per server1, 2, or 3 years

What XDR adds on your servers.

Detection and response on top of server prevention.

Extended detection and response

Correlate detections across servers, endpoints, firewall, and email to see the full attack, not one isolated alert.

Threat hunting

Query your estate to proactively hunt for suspicious activity on servers before it becomes an incident.

Root cause analysis

Understand exactly how an attack started, what it touched, and how far it reached, so you can close the gap.

Live Response

Reach into a server remotely to investigate and take action during an incident.

Built on Intercept X for Server

Keeps CryptoGuard, Server Lockdown, exploit prevention, and file integrity monitoring underneath.

One console

Runs from Sophos Focus alongside your endpoints, firewall, and email, self-managed by your team.

Self-managed, on your servers.

Your team runs the detection and response.

Built for server workloads

Licensed and tuned for servers, separate from user endpoints, across physical, virtual, and cloud.

Cross-product visibility

XDR pulls in signals from firewall, email, and endpoints so server threats are seen in context.

Upgrade to MDR anytime

Prefer it fully managed? Move to Sophos MDR for Server and hand response to the 24/7 team.

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Tell us your server count and we will size Sophos XDR for Server, quote it, and reply in two to three business days.

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XDR for Server questions.

What is Sophos XDR for Server?

It is Intercept X Advanced for Server with extended detection and response added. It gives your team investigation, threat hunting, root cause analysis, and Live Response across servers and the wider estate, self-managed from Sophos Focus.

How is it different from MDR for Server?

XDR for Server is self-managed: your team uses the tools. MDR for Server is fully managed: the Sophos 24/7 team detects and responds on your behalf.

Is it licensed per server?

Yes, by server count in volume tiers on 1, 2, or 3 year terms.