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Brass Contributor

Jun 23, 2026

Secure Score does not reflect settings in ASR rule

Hi, Our secure score ist pretty low, so I followed recommendations from M365 Security Center. The setting reside in one ASR rule, but Secure Score still does not reflect my settings still stating 0...

Steel Contributor

Jun 25, 2026

Hi heinzelrumpel

It could be related to ASR reporting, which is only available when Defender runs in active (normal) mode or just a metter of time.

Take a look hier also :

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-endpoint/defender-endpoint-demonstration-attack-surface-reduction-rules#:~:text=Microsoft%20Defender%20Antivirus%20enabled%20and%20in%20active%20mode

Good luck!

heinzelrumpel
Brass Contributor
Jun 29, 2026
Hi,

we provide support for several M365 Tenants and none of them have Defender as primary AV, but all others reflect the settings made, e.g in ASR in the Secure Score.