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MsSenseS.exe high CPU usage
Good Afternoon - We have a few servers in Azure that have extremely high CPU usage due to the "MsSenseS.exe" process. Is there anything that can be done to alleviate this? Seems like this process is ...
jham01
This process is part of Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection service.
In case of high CPU Utilization, you can alleviate this by setting up a maximum CPU limit for the process.
Open Task Manager
1. Go to the Details tab
2. Right-click on the process name MsSense.exe and select Set affinity
3. Choose the CPU limit that you allow the process to use
AnuragSrivastavaCPU affinity limits a process to a single core, and is not persistent across reboots. This isn't an effective mitigation
