Windows Defender Feature / Windows Defender ANtivirus

Question

Hello,

I have in Windows Server 2016:

Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName "Windows-Defender*" | Format-Table

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName "Windows-Defender-Features" -NoRestart
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName "Windows-Defender" -NoRestart
Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName "Windows-Defender*" | Format-Table

what is the equivalent in Windows Server 2019:

Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName "Windows-Defender*" | Format-Table

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName "Windows-Defender-Antivirus" -NoRestart
Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName "Windows-Defender*" | Format-Table

Is this correct? I am getting an error...

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature : Feature name Windows-Defender-Antivirus is unknown.
At line:2 char:1

• Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName "Windows-Defender- ...
• ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
• CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature], COMExcept
  ion
• FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Dism.Commands.EnableWindowsOptionalFeatureCommand

Thanks,
Dom

Answer 1

@Duchemin, Dominique

Can you run the below command in Powershell & share output with us.

Get-Service Windefend, SecurityHealthService, wscsvc| Select Name,DisplayName, Status

_AmolShelar

Answer 2

Hello,

May be this is the version Server 2019:

Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName "Windows-Defender*" | Format-Table
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName "Windows-Defender" -NoRestart
Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName "Windows-Defender*" | Format-Table

Let me know

Thanks,
Dom

Answer 3

Hello,

This is the result:

PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-Service Windefend, SecurityHealthService, wscsvc| Select Name,DisplayName, Status
Get-Service : Cannot find any service with service name 'SecurityHealthService'.
At line:1 char:1

• Get-Service Windefend, SecurityHealthService, wscsvc| Select Name,Dis ...
• ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
• CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (SecurityHealthService:String) [Get-Service]
  , ServiceCommandException
• FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoServiceFoundForGivenName,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Get
  ServiceCommand

Get-Service : Cannot find any service with service name 'wscsvc'.
At line:1 char:1

• Get-Service Windefend, SecurityHealthService, wscsvc| Select Name,Dis ...
• ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
• CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (wscsvc:String) [Get-Service], ServiceComman
  dException
• FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoServiceFoundForGivenName,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Get
  ServiceCommand

Name DisplayName Status

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Windefend Windows Defender Service Running

PS C:\Windows\system32>

Thanks,
Dom