# Guidance for running Elastic Defend on ECE hosts

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/guidance-for-running-elastic-defend-on-ece-hosts/385617>\
**Category:** Endpoint Security\
**Created:** [March 25, 2026, 8:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/guidance-for-running-elastic-defend-on-ece-hosts/385617 "2026-03-25T20:48:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![willemdh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/willemdh/32/16922_2.png) [@willemdh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/willemdh)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 8:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/guidance-for-running-elastic-defend-on-ece-hosts/385617/1 "2026-03-25T20:48:11Z")

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Hello,

Is it supported to run Elastic Agent with the Defend integration (ofc first in detect mode initially) on ECE hosts? Should we configure Trusted Applications? If so, which ones?

Best regards,

Willem

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 8:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/guidance-for-running-elastic-defend-on-ece-hosts/385617/2 "2026-04-22T20:48:54Z")

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