Defender

Nathan McNulty
Defender AutoConfig
A tool to assess and automate configuration in the Defender portal
Nathan McNulty
One Full Scan
Improve Defender performance by performing one full scan
Nathan McNulty
MDE Analyzer²
Automate analysis of MDE Client Analyzer output for common issues
Intune - Discover Defender AV exclusions using Proactive Remediation
Intune - Discover Defender AV exclusions using Proactive Remediation
Note This article was last updated on 01/30/2025 for readability and updated URLs. I am working on updating this for the UI changes that have been made to Intune :)
Defender for Endpoint - Implementing ASR Rules
Defender for Endpoint - Implementing ASR Rules
Note This article was last updated on 01/27/2025 for readability and updated URLs, but content review is in process. New guidance is to enable the credential theft rule out of the box, and there are new rules to put in audit mode and add to the queries.
Defender AV - Improving Windows Defender Update Efficacy
Defender AV - Improving Windows Defender Update Efficacy
Note This article was last updated on 01/26/2025 for readability and updated URLs. Unfortunately, images were not able to be restored from a previous hosting provider :(
Defender for Endpoint - Removable Storage Access Control
Defender for Endpoint - Removable Storage Access Control
Note This article was last updated on 01/26/2025 for readability and new images due to UI changes made in Intune. I tried to keep the original style and flow, and the original post content can be found in the Twitter link at the end. A new article will revisit this and add new capabilities.