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Windows Defender Management
Let's say a company wanted to make full use of defender and get rid of its anti virus software. Do you advice against getting rid of antivirus in favor of defender? Is there a trial on the horizo...
There are several methods of managing Windows Defender in the enterprise, depending on the technologies you have currently and what you plan to invest in.
This 4 minute article summaries it all: Deploy, manage, and report on Windows Defender Antivirus https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/threat-protection/windows-defender-antivirus/deploy-manage-report-windows-defender-antivirus
For example, with Group Policies, you have no method of reporting, but if you had WSUS would could at least manage the updates.
If you want full control, it's a toss between Intune and SCCM.
Dune Desormeaux
Microsoft
MicrosoftDeployment monitoring and reporting live in SCCM and Intune, and then if you have E5 there is also detailed data in the Advanced Threat Protection portal.
