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nsojitra
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Oct 15, 2025

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...

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