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Configure Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management - Failure on Authenticated Scans

Anonymous
2024-01-08T15:16:15+00:00

Greetings everyone

I am busy setting up the Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management Authenticated scan for Windows scanner. I successfully:

The challenge begins when I start to create authenticated scan definition:

  • I select Windows Authenticated Scan on Choose Authenticated Scan Type
  • Enter a scan name
  • Select the scanning device
  • Enter hostnames of the target computers
  • Select Kerberos as authentication method
  • Complete domain information and supply the gMSA account

On the next page (scan and add devices), I select run test scan, and unfortunately receive a message stating that it has failed to connect to the remote computer(s) - error: failed to create a connection to <computer names> (2147749988).

Has anyone seen this? Please share some tips on how I can go about resolving the issue. I've also tested in my lab environment with full access to all endpoints (firewalls have also been disable just to test).

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-01-10T13:42:53+00:00

    Dear Beystor Makoala，

    Good day!!

    I understand your concern, considering that it's related to configure Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management for Windows scanner, I would like to suggest you post your concern in the dedicated channel Microsoft Q&A Community with Windows Server tag to get the detailed help from the experts.

    The reason I ask you to post a new thread is that in Microsoft Community, we have limited resources and very little knowledge about Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management Authenticated scans, and in Microsoft Q&A Community you will get the most qualified pool of respondents, we are sure that our experts from that team can address your query effectively and accurately, and other partners who read the forums regularly can either share their knowledge or learn from your interaction.

    Thanks for your patience and understanding. I hope that you are keeping safe and well!

    Sincerely,

    Tina | Microsoft Community Moderator

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-01-12T08:21:10+00:00

    Hi respected Beystor Makoala,

    Thanks for your valuable feedback and I really appreciate your effort and your precious time doing.

    And I appreciate your kind words.

    If you can understand my explanation and correct direction information about this entire scenario, I would like to request you to provide a valuable vote in above mentioned reply by using the feedback tool (pictured below) so that other users can understand the whole situation because other users will also search information in this community.

    From your valuable votes, other users can easily find this topic, you bring the thread to the forefront, providing better visibility and aiding other users in finding valuable guidance. Your feedback really means a lot to our dedicated community members..

    Your understanding and patience will be highly appreciated. I hope that you are keeping safe and well!

    Sincerely,

    Tina

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-01-12T08:10:15+00:00

    Thank you Tina - will do.

    Regards

    Beystor Makoala

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