In the face of ever increasing threats, servers with built-in protection is of great help.

That’s how, Windows 2019 which focus on security has an upper edge. One of the top built-in security feature in 2019 version is Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP).

At Bobcares, we receive requests from customers to secure their Windows servers as part of Server Management Services.

Today, we’ll take a close look at Windows 2019 Defender ATP service and how it helps in raising server security.

What is Windows 2019 Defender ATP service?

Firstly, let’s check on what exactly is Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection.

In simple words, Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection is a platform that helps server owners to detect, prevent and even respond to cyber threats.

Considering the fact that it can quickly act on threats, it ensures best possible security of your servers as such. It can prevent attacks against systems, networks, or even users in the organization.

Additionally, it gives visibility to memory and kernel level attacker activities and helps to take actions on compromised machines.

Main features of Defender ATP service

Now, let’s discuss on the top features of Defender ATP service in detail.

1. Agent-less service

One of the major benefits of Windows 2019 Defender ATP is that it comes agent-less. It takes all data from the cloud services. As a result, there is no need for any additional agent installation. Again, it is free from update delays or compatibility problems.

2. Live Updates

Similarly, this threat protection service comes as a built-in option in Windows 2019. It supports live updates. Windows ATP exchange signals with the Microsoft Intelligent Security Graph. As a result, it always has access to real time data. To make things more easy, it supports Windows Defender Antivirus without any additional license too.

3. Support Automation

Last and not the least, it supports automation. Thus, our Support Engineers make use of Windows 2019 Defender ATP service to find malicious files, terminate malicious processes, etc. automatically.

Luckily, Windows Server 2019 box by default comes with Defender ATP functionality.

How we configure Windows Defender ATP for security?

Now, let’s see how we secure services using Windows 2019 defender service.

Windows defender ATP comes with a Dashboard. After on-boarding the server, all alerts about the server will be readily available on the dashboard. Luckily, the on-boarding process allows to add Linux servers or your USB device too. That’s why, our Support Engineers often recommend Windows defender ATP to our customers who own servers in Windows and Linux.

In Windows Defender ATP, we configure it to send email notifications when new threat or infection happens. A screenshot showing 0 threats in Windows Defender ATP of a Windows 2019 server looks as below.

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Conclusion

In short, Windows 2019 Defender Advanced Threat Protection service is a great help for server owners. It helps in real time threat protection, finding malicious files, tracking attackers and more. Today, we saw how our Support Engineers make use of Windows Defender ATP for ensuring server security.