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You additionally may be prompted to restart the device to complete changes. The installation should be now be successful. If so, enter credentials to make changes. You may be prompted to enter credentials if User Account Control is configured. Another prompt may appear, in which case Uninstall can be selected again. Using the search bar, search for Symantec Endpoint Protection: On the Policies tab, under Location-independent Policies and Settings, click General Settings. You should now be redirected to the " Apps & features" settings in System Preferences. Under Clients, select the group for which you want to set up password protection. Search for the phrase " Add or remove programs" and select the System Settings option with a gear icon: Use the Windows key or icon to open the S tart Menu. Note: If your some reason you are unable to uninstall Symantec by following the instructions in this document, you may have to remove the program manually see Manually Uninstalling Symantec Products. Select Windows 10 and later and Endpoint detection and response (MDM) Enter in a Name. Go to Endpoint security followed by Endpoint detection and reporting. Switch back to the Microsoft Endpoint Manager Portal. Onboard your Windows Endpoints into Microsoft Defender via MEM. To learn more about Windows Defender, and to check that it is enabled, follow the instructions here. We now need to enroll our Windows endpoints into Defender. ![]() ![]() Note: Uninstalling Symantec should automatically enable Windows Defender, Windows’ built-in protection suite. Easy now.Symantec Endpoint Protection has been very decent, especially the last 2 major versions. Maybe theyve improved it, but no way would I trust that. If you have questions about Symantec on your UW owned device, please contact your local IT support, otherwise feel free to open a case with the DoIT Help Desk. Id disable it and just use Windows Defender before relying on SEP. Sources also indicate that Windows Defender Firewall component remains enabled despite Windows Defender being disabled. ![]() Microsoft docs recommend disabling Windows Defender if a third-party AV is being used. Regarding UW-owned devices, if you have IT support, they will likely coordinate the removal of Symantec from your device (do not remove yourself). My organisation has Windows Server 2016 OS and uses Symantec Endpoint Protection as the AV. Note: Please remove Symantec from any personally owned devices.
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