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Defender Antivirus (AV) Passive Mode
Hi,
While researching how to set Defender AV to passive mode I stumbled upon two registry keys:
- ForceDefenderPassiveMode
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/defender-endpoint/microsoft-defender-antivirus-compatibility?view=o365-worldwide#microsoft-defender-antivirus-and-non-microsoft-antivirusantimalware-solutions
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/defender-endpoint/microsoft-defender-antivirus-on-windows-server?view=o365-worldwide#set-microsoft-defender-antivirus-to-passive-mode-using-a-registry-key
- ForcePassiveMode
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/defender-endpoint/switch-to-microsoft-defender-onboard?view=o365-worldwide#set-microsoft-defender-antivirus-on-windows-server-to-passive-mode-manually
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/defender-endpoint/switch-to-microsoft-defender-setup?view=o365-worldwide#set-microsoft-defender-antivirus-to-passive-mode-on-windows-server
Does either of you know which one is the correct one?
Thanks,
Andre
- It looks like this has been resolved and all four links above now show that "ForceDefenderPassiveMode" puts Defender AV in passive mode.
- Good catch! Haven't been utilizing the passive mode yet, but this sure needs some clear statement from MS.
This article describes it as ForceDefenderPassiveMode: https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windows-itpro-docs/issues/7929
However, i don't get my Defender to passive mode with the entry (most likely because of Tamper Protection).- It looks like this has been resolved and all four links above now show that "ForceDefenderPassiveMode" puts Defender AV in passive mode.
amueller-tf This registry key does not work for us.
