Windows Defender Application Guard
Microsoft Defender Application Guard protects your network and data from malicious applications running in your web browser. It opens untrusted documents in an isolated environment through hardware virtualization. It protects your system from malware in an isolated container in standalone and automated mode.
Microsoft Defender Application Guard works with Group Policy to help you manage your organization’s computer settings. By using Group Policy, you can configure settings once and then replicate them on multiple computers.
Tip: VM and VDI environments do not support Microsoft Defender Application Guard.
Windows Defender Application Guard is available on the following operating systems:
- Windows 10 Enterprise edition, version 1709 and later
- Windows 10 Pro edition, version 1803 and later
- Windows 11 and later
How to Enable Windows Defender Application Guard
Before using Windows Defender Application Guard, you need to enable it from your Windows. Here are 5 ways for you.
Way 1: Via Windows Features
Step 1: Type Windows Features in the Search box to open the Turn Windows Features on or off window.
Step 2: Find the Microsoft Defender Application Guard box and check it. Then, click OK to save the changes.
Way 2: Via Windows Security
Step 1: Press the Windows + I keys together to open the Settings application.
Step 2: Click Update & Security > Windows Security > Open Windows Security.
Step 3: Go to the App & browser control part. Under the Isolated browsing part, click the Install Microsoft Defender Application Guard link.
Way 3: Via PowerShell
Step 1: Type PowerShell in the Search box. Then, choose Run as administrator.
Step 2: Type the following command and press the Enter key.
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Windows-Defender-ApplicationGuard
Way 4: Via Local Group Policy Editor
Step 1: Type group policy in the Search box and then select Edit group policy from the start menu list.
Step 2: Go to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Microsoft Defender Application Guard.
Step 3: Find the Turn on Microsoft Defender Application Guard in Managed Mode option. Then, double-click it to choose Enabled.
Step 4: You can now go to Options and change it to 2 or 3.
Way 5: Via Command Prompt
Step 1: Type PowerShell in the Search box. Then, choose Run as administrator.
Step 2: Type the following command and press the Enter key.
Dism /online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:”Windows-Defender-ApplicationGuard”
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Final Words
How to enable or disable Microsoft Defender Application Guard? This post provides 5 ways and you can choose one of them based on your needs. I hope that this post can be useful to you.
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