Prevent Administrators from adding Exclusions in Windows Defender

Carlo Du Plessis 0 Reputation points
2024-04-02T18:40:43.18+00:00

Prevent Administrators from adding Exclusions in Windows Defender. This will need to be implemented across all Windows Server Operating Systems (different versions.) Even an administrator should not be able to update the Windows Defender exclusions.

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  1. Olaf Helper 40,901 Reputation points
    2024-04-03T06:25:14.21+00:00

    You can not limit the permissions of a administrator in any way.

  2. Wesley Li 5,040 Reputation points
    2024-04-05T03:04:10.5866667+00:00

    Hello

    How about configuring the following gpo to hide the UI?

    1. On your Group Policy management machine, open the Group Policy Management Console, right-click the Group Policy Object you want to configure and select Edit.
    2. Using the Group Policy Management Editor go to Computer configuration.
    3. Select Administrative templates.
    4. Expand the tree to Windows components > Microsoft Defender Antivirus > Client interface.
    5. Double-click the Enable headless UI mode setting and set the option to Enabled. Select OK.
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