How to Allow Security Intelligence Updates From Microsoft Update

Prioritize security updates with a Group Policy

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Published onJuly 16, 2024

published onJuly 16, 2024

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Turing on your Windows Defender is not enough to counter all threats. You need to allow security intelligent updates from Microsoft Update to continually update on emerging threats and cover a wider surface area.

Although Windows Updates occur automatically on most devices, sometimes they fail. Intelligence updates being high-priority security updates need to be installed. Not only do they update the protection for newly discovered and potential security threats, but they also minimize the risk surface area.

With these improvements, your devices, especially those on a domain are optimized for enhanced efficiency safeguarding essential services from avoidable downtime.

How do I install Security Intelligence Updates for Microsoft Defender Antivirus?

1. By using the Group Policy Setting

In case theGroup Policy fails to apply, you can achieve the same result by tweaking your Registry.

2. By changing the Registry value

3. Manually install Security Intelligence updates

The manual option should only suffice if the first two methods fail. It may not be an automatic method but you’ll still get to install your security updates in case there areproblems installing Windows Updateor system-related issues preventing the installation.

Best practices for managing Security Intelligence Updates

Also regularly check for issues with Windows Updates to preventinstall issuesas this could corrupt an entire update.

Hopefully, you have now equipped your device with security intelligence updates but athird-party antiviruscan also come in handy to detect risks that may not be visible to Microsoft Defender.

That’s all for this article but let us know if there are any other security measures you have taken to minimize threats. Let us know in the comment section below.

How to Allow Security Intelligence Updates From Microsoft Update#

How do I install Security Intelligence Updates for Microsoft Defender Antivirus?#

1. By using the Group Policy Setting#

2. By changing the Registry value#

3. Manually install Security Intelligence updates#

Best practices for managing Security Intelligence Updates#