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mike412
Copper Contributor
Feb 16, 2024

Defender for Servers 2016

Im working with a team of Server Admins who are unable to install the Windows Defender on Win Server 2016 machines, as the image they were built upon was customized and the Windows Defender role is not available for install via the server roles.

 

Is there a stand alone installer available for this, or documented series of steps for install.

 

Thank You

  • MatejKlemencic's avatar
    MatejKlemencic
    Brass Contributor
    Feb 18, 2024

    Hi mike412 

    What do you mean by "role is not available for install via the server roles"? Did you try to install it via PowerShell?

     

    Install-WindowsFeature -Name Windows-Defender

     

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      mike412
      Copper Contributor
      Feb 22, 2024

      No, MatejKlemencic that was not tried, or aleast as far as I know.  Im not certain this would work as the servers were built, on a custom image that excluded win defender

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        MatejKlemencic
        Brass Contributor
        Feb 25, 2024

        mike412Could you specify the error message you're getting during installation? To my knowledge, these two options (GUI or PowerShell) are the only available methods for installing Windows Defender on Windows Server 2016 and later versions.

         

         

         

         

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