Windows Defender is not in any 2012 product not sure how you are seeing that especially on Core. But this article explains it a bit. Windows defender is a consumer product and 2012 is not.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/clientsecurity/archive/2012/11/05/more-information-on-microsoft-antimalware-protection-on-windows-8-and-windows-server-2012.aspx
- Edited by Lotusisrael Thursday, May 08, 2014 9:07 PM
Hi,
Thanks for your posting.
As Globalrmunyan mentioned, Windows Defender is not supported in Windows server 2012 or r2.
Please refer to the following article:
Secure Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2012
http://technet.microsoft.com/library/hh831360
Regards.
Vivian, that is really not true.
See http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/library/hh831778 "What changed in Windows Server 2012 R2" -> "Windows Defender" on the bottom and you will see:
"Available and enabled by default on Server Core installation options and Core System Server (without the user interface).
For more information, see Windows Defender."
So on Core installation, it really IS present.
Did you get any answer on this?
All my findings are the same so far, that it is enabled and install as default on 2012 R2Core, but no information regarding Full GUI.
And that it was not supported on 2012.
Hi,
Thanks for your posting.
As Globalrmunyan mentioned, Windows Defender is not supported in Windows server 2012 or r2.
Please refer to the following article:
Secure Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2012
http://technet.microsoft.com/library/hh831360
Regards.