In this quick episode of Defender Tactical, I walk you through how to manually kick off an antivirus scan on a device in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.
Whether you’re responding to an alert, checking a suspicious machine, or just want to keep things clean and compliant—I’ll show you:
✅ How to launch a Quick Scan from an incident or device page
🔍 Where to review scan results in the Device Timeline
🧠 How to verify last scan status and health
💡 Pro tips for managing endpoint scans during investigations
If you’re managing endpoints in Defender and want to keep your response playbook sharp, this one’s for you.
📺 Watch now and tighten up your AV response workflow!
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