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siyuan_yin
Aug 29, 2025Copper Contributor
how to disable Defender on Windows Server with tamper protection enabled
As a third-party security vendor, when our users enabled tampering protection on Windows Server 2022, we were unable to disable Defender through group policy as before, which resulted in conflicts be...
cyb3rmik3
Aug 29, 2025MVP
Hello siyuan_yin,
I think MDE documentation is super clear with the issue you are facing. It seems you need to disable tamper protection temporarily and then make sure you edit the following registry key as described and then switch tamper protection back on.
Microsoft Defender Antivirus passive mode registry key
And yes, what you are facing is depicted here:
Microsoft Defender Antivirus tamper protection in passive mode conflict
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