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Borisk49
Copper Contributor
Jul 31, 2023

How to turn off Defender for one divice in Microsoft 365 Defender.

Hello,   I work in a company as an IT specialist and occasionally have this problem. We manage our security from Microsoft 365 Defender portal and all devices are enrolled in Intune. So there's no ...
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jbmartin6
Iron Contributor
Jul 31, 2023
I don't think there is a way to turn off everything other than offboarding the device. There is a troubleshooting mode which will allow a local administrator to toggle off features, but only for 2 hours at a time (I think). For your issue, applying exclusions might be the way to go.
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    Borisk49
    Copper Contributor
    Jul 31, 2023

    jbmartin6 

    Thank you, but it didn't work either. Eventually, I had to create a new policy group in Intute and set the particular folder as an exception for Defender.