In the Sign in dialog box, copy, and paste in the tenant Email account for the admin username provided by your lab hosting provider and then select Next. In the Edge browser, navigate to the Azure portal at (). Open the Microsoft Edge browser or open a new tab if already open. Log in to WIN1 virtual machine as Admin with the password: Pa55w.rd.

In this task, you will set up an Azure Subscription required to complete this lab and future labs. Task 1: Access the Azure portal and set up a Subscription In this lab you will enable Microsoft Defender for Cloud. You are a Security Operations Analyst working at a company that is implementing cloud workload protection with Microsoft Defender for Cloud. You should now see that Windows 11 now recognizes AVG Antivirus (or your preferred antivirus app) protecting your computer.Learning Path 3 - Lab 1 - Exercise 1 - Enable Microsoft Defender for Cloud Lab scenario Once your software is installed, open the Windows Security app. This action will automatically disable Microsoft Defender.Ģ. Install your preferred antivirus software (in this case, AVG Antivirus Free). Although our example uses AVG Antivirus Free, installing any credible antivirus program will have the same effect in disabling Microsoft Defender.ġ. It’s a free, no-frills Microsoft Defender alternative that has been around for two decades.

Let’s use AVG Antivirus Free (opens in new tab) as an example.

Installing a third-party antivirus security suite will automatically put Microsoft Defender on the back burner. There's another way to disable Microsoft Defender once and for all, and not just the real-time antivirus function. Disable Microsoft Defender by Installing Another Antivirus Program However, scans already scheduled for your system will continue unabated. Microsoft warns that potentially harmful apps and files downloaded from the Internet are not scanned when real-time protection is disabled. Remember, this only temporarily disables real-time antivirus protection.

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