Commandline Install

[Guest]

Hey,

Can anyone here give me any command line options so I can remotely install
Windows Defender on machines in the network? I need things like basic
installing, and a way to pass arguements for file exclusions (if possible).

I'll settle for just a command line to install.

Thanks,

Nick

 

[Bill Sanderson MVP]

As a general recommendation, Windows Defender is not suited to such
deployment. You'd likely be much happier in the long run with Microsoft
Forefront Client Protection, which is designed for such managed
environments, and is presently available in public beta.

Windows Defender's install package is a .MSI, and should install with the
standard switches in msiexec. As I recall, it is difficult to do this
absolutely silently, but you can come close. I know of no way to pass
arguments or specific setup choices.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Bill.

As a general recommendation, Windows Defender is not suited to such
deployment. You'd likely be much happier in the long run with Microsoft
Forefront Client Protection, which is designed for such managed
environments, and is presently available in public beta.

Windows Defender's install package is a .MSI, and should install with the
standard switches in msiexec. As I recall, it is difficult to do this
absolutely silently, but you can come close. I know of no way to pass
arguments or specific setup choices.