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AnalystGuy
Sep 28, 2020Copper Contributor
What is the Defender ATP equivalent to "gpupdate /force" (force an update of policies on a host)
Hi there, When troubleshooting, how does one tell Windows "Go check with Defender ATP headquarters and update your policy right now?". I'm looking for the equivalent of gpupdate /force to force a...
Joe Stern
Sep 28, 2020Iron Contributor
AnalystGuy If you're setting your Defender ATP configuration with Group Policy (Computer | Policies | Administrative Templates | Windows Components | Windows Components | Microsoft Defender Antivirus) then you've already said the answer, which is gpupdate /target:computer /force.
If you're using Intune, then this page might be of interest: https://oofhours.com/2019/09/28/forcing-an-mdm-sync-from-a-windows-10-client/