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Configuring Microsoft Defender SmartScreen with Group Policy

You are working on securing your Windows Servers, and as part of the effort, you want to add protections against phishing and malware from websites, applications, and downloaded files. In this hands-on lab, you are going to create a Group Policy for a domain-joined virtual machine. The policy will enforce enabling SmartScreen on any domain-joined machine.

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Path Info

Level

Intermediate

Duration

1h 0m

Published

Jan 26, 2023

Challenge

Configure the Active Directory Domain Services Environment
- Confirm that the private IP address of the domain controller VM is set to Static
- Install Active Directory Domain Services
  - Download the installadds PowerShell script from the GitHub repository
- Create the Domain Admin user
  - Download the domainadmin PowerShell script from the GitHub repository
- Confirm that the DNS for the VM that will be joining the domain is set to the private IP of the domain controller VM
- Join the VM to the domain
  - Download the domainjoin PowerShell script from the GitHub repository
Challenge

Configure Group Policy for SmartScreen
- Create a Group Policy Object (GPO)
- Set the Windows Defender SmartScreen policy to Enabled
Challenge

Confirm SmartScreen Policy Has Been Applied
- Update the Group Policy on the VM
- Navigate to the SmartScreen settings in Windows Security
- Confirm that the settings have been applied by the GPO

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A Cloud Guru

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