Glad to hear that the update corrected itself. There are some posts here or
install about some registry options--for example, if you turn off all the
real-time protection agents and save that choice, and then turn them back on,
you can see keys that control their use--and could selectively disable one
that was causing problems in your environment, for example.
"Ben [MCSE]" wrote:
> Hi Bill,
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> Just found that out after looking into writing my own ADM templates:
>
> "It is not possible to configure Windows Defender (Beta 2) through Group
> Policy settings. The final version of Windows Defender will include
> administrator (.adm) files so that you can configure Windows Defender
> through Group Policy."
>
> Damn! Hope MS release this as a proper version soon, it feels like it's been
> in beta for years!
>
> After rebooting my laptop, the update seemed to work properly, connecting to
> our WSUS server, and downloading the new definitions.
>
> Ben
>
> "Bill Sanderson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > There are other messages in this group, or perhaps in .networking, which
> > address some of your questions. Microsoft states that an ADM document
> > allowing group policy management will be available by release time. No
> > time for that has been set that I've seen.
> >
> > The internal update mechanism of Windows Defender should user autoupdate,
> > which should be reaching your WSUS server--I'd double check things there.
> > You can trigger a check for updates via Help, about, check for updates.
> >
> > --
> >
> > "Ben [MCSE]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I've just downloaded Windows Defender (Beta2), and would like to deploy
> >> it to some of our clients via GPO. I have created a Test GPO, and added
> >> the package, after rebooting the test machine the install works. However,
> >> I was wondering if it would be possible to configure Defender via the
> >> GPO, i.e. scan time, type of scan, allowed programs etc. If not, I could
> >> write my own admin template to add to the GPO, but not sure if this would
> >> be 100% reliable, it's always been a bit fiddly in the past.
> >> Is it possible to 'slipstream' the latest definitions into the install
> >> MSI, before it gets installed on the client workstations? It would be
> >> nice to be able to roll out an updated package, so users do not have to
> >> immediately update it after it's installed.
> >> Also we have a WSUS server on our network, I have added the new Defender
> >> category, and approved the latest definitions for install, however when I
> >> set Defender to check for updates, it says it couldn't find any new
> >> definitions or scan engines. Is it not communicating with the WSUS
> >> server? Or is something else wrong?
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >>
> >> Ben
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>
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