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Bitdefender in Active Mode and Need to Enable MDE in Passive Mode
Hi We have Bitdefender in place active mode, and now we have a plan to use Defender for Endpoint in Passive Mode. Does anyone share experience or steps to achieve this how to configure MDE in passiv...
hi Saad_Farooq​ pl check below Steps to Configure MDE in Passive Mode
Confirm License
- You need Microsoft Defender for Endpoint P1/P2
- Not just Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Enable Passive Mode via Intune (Recommended)
Create configuration profile: yaml
- Platform: Windows 10 and later
- Type: Custom
- Add OMA-URI:
o OMA-URI:
o ./Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/Defender/PassiveMode
o
o Data type:
o Integer
o
o Value:
o 1
- Assign to devices
Alternative: Set via Registry (GPO/Script)
Key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender
Value: ForceDefenderPassiveMode (DWORD)
Data: 1
Ensure Defender Antivirus is Disabled
Since Bitdefender is active, Windows should auto-disable Defender AV.
Confirm using PowerShell:
Get-MpComputerStatus | select AMRunningMode
You should see:
Passive Mode