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Comprehensive protection for your credentials with Credential Guard and HVCI

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Steve_Syfuhs
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Jul 22, 2019
In this post, my colleague Derek Granito and I will share how you can use Windows Defender Credential Guard in conjunction with Windows technologies like protected processes and Hypervisor-protected ...
Updated Jul 22, 2019
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niceguyarild
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Jul 24, 2019
Very important to NOT enable HVCI on computers that not have CPU that supports MBEC. The performance reduction with HVCI enabled, on those computers without MBEC support, is significant. I have tested (PCMark + manual testing) with a lot of HP models.. both with MBEC and without. Computers with MBEC support does not suffer the same. Intel Core processors 7.gen or newer support MBEC. AMD Ryzen also support MBEC (only been told.. not verified).