Manage Microsoft Defender Antivirus in your business

Applies to:

Platforms

  • Windows
  • Windows Server

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For the best experience, please choose 1 method for configuring the Microsoft Defender Antivirus policies.

Important

Group Policy (GPO) wins over Microsoft Configuration Manager wins over Microsoft Intune wins over Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Security Configuration Management or Powershell or WMI or MpCmdRun.exe. You can manage and configure Microsoft Defender Antivirus with the following tools:

The following articles provide further information, links, and resources for using these tools to manage and configure Microsoft Defender Antivirus.

Article Description
Manage Microsoft Defender Antivirus with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Security Configuration Management Information about using the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Security Configuration Management to configure, manage, and report, Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Manage Microsoft Defender Antivirus with Microsoft Intune and Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager Information about using Intune and Configuration Manager to deploy, manage, report, and configure Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Manage Microsoft Defender Antivirus with Group Policy settings List of all Group Policy settings located in ADMX templates
Manage Microsoft Defender Antivirus with PowerShell cmdlets Instructions for using PowerShell cmdlets to manage Microsoft Defender Antivirus, plus links to documentation for all cmdlets and allowed parameters
Manage Microsoft Defender Antivirus with Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Instructions for using WMI to manage Microsoft Defender Antivirus, plus links to documentation for the WMIv2 APIs (including all classes, methods, and properties)
Manage Microsoft Defender Antivirus with the MpCmdRun.exe command-line tool Instructions on using the dedicated command-line tool to manage and use Microsoft Defender Antivirus

If running high CPU in Antimalware Service Executable | Microsoft Defender Antivirus Service | MsMpEng.exe, please review:

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Do you want to learn more? Engage with the Microsoft Security community in our Tech Community: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Tech Community.