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Windows Defender cannot be started on Windows Server 2012/2016 - must be manually started
Hi all, Replacing Sophos AV with Defender ATP. Have a problem with defender service (via GPO or services mmc) is not automatically starting after uninstalling Sophos. I must go into Defender GUI...
SOLUTION FOUND: Remove Defender AV role on server. Add it again and the service starts.
I ended up with in-place upgrading all 2016 core with this issue to Windows Server 2019 core.
That enabled the service properly.
That enabled the service properly.
SOLUTION FOUND: Remove Defender AV role on server. Add it again and the service starts.