Windows Defender Exclusions for Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V
- By g2
- March 2, 2018
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The following are the recommended Windows Defender exclusions from Microsoft for Hyper-V running on Windows Server 2016
#exclusions for Hyper-V
Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath (Get-VMHost).VirtualHardDiskPath
Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath (Get-VMHost).VirtualMachinePath
Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess “vmms.exe”
Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess “smwp.exe”
Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess “vmsp.exe”
Add-MpPreference -ExclusionExtension “.vhd”
Add-MpPreference -ExclusionExtension “.vhdx”
Add-MpPreference -ExclusionExtension “.avhd”
Add-MpPreference -ExclusionExtension “.avhdx”
Add-MpPreference -ExclusionExtension “.vsv”
Add-MpPreference -ExclusionExtension “.iso”
Ref Links:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3105657/recommended-antivirus-exclusions-for-hyper-v-hosts
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