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Jordan Krause
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Jordan Krause has been an IT professional for more than 20 years and has received 9 Microsoft MVP awards for his work with Microsoft server and networking technologies. One of the world's first experts on Microsoft DirectAccess, he has a passion for helping companies find the best ways to enable a remote workforce. Committed to continuous learning, Jordan holds certifications as an MCSE, MCSA, and MCITP Enterprise Administrator, and has authored numerous books on Microsoft technologies. Jordan lives in beautiful West Michigan (USA), but works daily with companies around the world.
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The term Windows Defender has been around for many years, but its terminology and capabilities have evolved numerous times with new OS releases. Defender existed even as far back as 2005, at the time providing very simple antimalware protection. The Windows 8 era introduced a fairly staggering change for Windows users, including Windows Defender in the operating system free out of the box. Although this sounds great on paper, Defender's capabilities were not taken too seriously by the IT population. Fast forward to today, however, and what is now known as Windows Defender Antivirus is a much improved antimalware/antivirus that is running on millions of Windows 10 client computers as well as, you guessed it, current versions of Windows Server. Defender Antivirus exists in the OS and is enabled by default, and as a result has a level of integration and responsiveness that is hard for third-party vendors to match. I can't tell you how many times I...

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Mastering Windows Server 2019, Third Edition - Third Edition
Published in: Jul 2021Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781801078313

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Jordan Krause

Jordan Krause has been an IT professional for more than 20 years and has received 9 Microsoft MVP awards for his work with Microsoft server and networking technologies. One of the world's first experts on Microsoft DirectAccess, he has a passion for helping companies find the best ways to enable a remote workforce. Committed to continuous learning, Jordan holds certifications as an MCSE, MCSA, and MCITP Enterprise Administrator, and has authored numerous books on Microsoft technologies. Jordan lives in beautiful West Michigan (USA), but works daily with companies around the world.
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