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nsojitra
Oct 15, 2025Copper Contributor
High CPU Usage by Microsoft Defender Antivirus on Windows Server 2019 Azure VMs
Hello, I’m running into a recurring issue on Windows Server 2019 Datacenter VMs running in Azure where MsMpEng.exe (Antimalware Service Executable) consistently spikes CPU usage every day. Here’s w...
DavRodHerr
Oct 15, 2025MCT
In azure a good option is use defender for cloud with a light agent based and disable the internal high workload in the virtual machine, but the cost for defender for cloud should be have a calculator estimate.