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title: Manage Windows Defender  in your business
description: Learn how to use Group Policy, Configuration Manager, PowerShell, WMI, Intune, and the comman line to manage Windows Defender AV
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# Manage Windows Defender Antivirus in your business

**Applies to:**

- [Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (Microsoft Defender ATP)](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2069559)

You can manage and configure Windows Defender Antivirus with the following tools:

- Microsoft Intune
- System Center Configuration Manager
- Group Policy
- PowerShell cmdlets
- Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
- The mpcmdrun.exe utility

The topics in this section provide further information, links, and resources for using these tools to manage and configure Windows Defender Antivirus.

## In this section

Topic | Description
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[Manage Windows Defender Antivirus with Microsoft Intune and System Center Configuration Manager](use-intune-config-manager-windows-defender-antivirus.md)|Information about using Intune and System Center Configuration Manager to deploy, manage, report, and configure Windows Defender Antivirus
[Manage Windows Defender Antivirus with Group Policy settings](use-group-policy-windows-defender-antivirus.md)|List of all Group Policy settings located in ADMX templates
[Manage Windows Defender Antivirus with PowerShell cmdlets](use-powershell-cmdlets-windows-defender-antivirus.md)|Instructions for using PowerShell cmdlets to manage Windows Defender Antivirus, plus links to documentation for all cmdlets and allowed parameters
[Manage Windows Defender Antivirus with Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)](use-wmi-windows-defender-antivirus.md)| Instructions for using WMI to manage Windows Defender Antivirus, plus links to documentation for the WMIv2 APIs (including all classes, methods, and properties)
[Manage Windows Defender Antivirus with the mpcmdrun.exe command-line tool](command-line-arguments-windows-defender-antivirus.md)|Instructions on using the dedicated command-line tool to manage and use Windows Defender Antivirus