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David_Smith040
Copper Contributor
Jul 20, 2022

MDE conflicting with Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager Distribution points

Hi All,

I have a strange issue with MDE and Configuration Manager, ever since I onboarded my Site server (Server 2012 R2) and Distribution points(Server 2016) I have been having very strange issues with distributing content especially driver and windows update packages, if I offboard these servers from MDE everything works fine (with Microsoft Defender AV still working) as soon as I onboard them again the issue begins again. Any ideas on this one?

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      David_Smith040
      Copper Contributor
      Jul 20, 2022
      Very sorry I was in a rush and looks like I missed out detail!
      When MDE is monitoring the servers and I try distribute content (mainly Driver packages and Software Update packages) the content constantly fails to distribute it's not unusual to have 5-8 retries, sometimes it wont even begin and I will need to restart the site server or the distribution points. If MDE is not monitoring the configuration manager servers then all is fine.
      • rahuljindal-MVP's avatar
        rahuljindal-MVP
        Bronze Contributor
        Jul 20, 2022
        Not a problem and thank you for elaborating on the issue. It could be MDE related and will also depend on the kind of policies applied. Are you using additional features like ASR, Controlled Folder Access? You may have to look at excluding the DP content locations.

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