Microsoft for Defender endpoint best practices

We are working on deploying Windows Defender for Endpoint on our servers and VMware (Broadcom) VDI. This is a step towards enhancing our security posture and ensuring robust protection across our infrastructure.

As part of this process, I am collecting best practices documents and blog posts to guide our deployment.

Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit Guide | Microsoft Learn

Download Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit 1.0 from Official Microsoft Download Center

Not directly for defender but starting windows from a strong baseline is always a good plan.

Settings list for the Microsoft Intune security baseline for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint – Microsoft Intune | Microsoft Learn

Configure Microsoft Defender Antivirus on a remote desktop or virtual desktop infrastructure environment – Microsoft Defender for Endpoint | Microsoft Learn

Performance analyzer for Microsoft Defender Antivirus – Microsoft Defender for Endpoint | Microsoft Learn

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