Defender for Office 365 Email Anti-Malware Policy Exception

This guide will show an administrator how to exempt a specified internal user from having Anti-Malware policy applied to their incoming mail.

Role Requirements

Procedure Scope: Administrators

Required Group Membership: Admin.Security

Handbook Reference

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Defender Email Policy Anti-Malware Exclusion

1. Navigate to the Anti-Malware – Microsoft Defender portal, locate the applicable Security Essentials Policy; this is the policy that holds all of the configuration settings, and select Edit Users and Domains.
   
2. Check the Exclude These Users, Groups, and Domains Input the desired type of exclusion you wish to make, which will exempt those items from having the policy applied to them, followed by clicking Save.