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      Defender for Office 365 Email Policy Attachment Scanning Exception

      This guide will show an administrator how to create an exemption for a specified user or domain for a Safe Attachments policy.

      Role Requirements

      Procedure Scope: Administrators

      Required Group Membership: Admin.Security

      Handbook Reference

      Package: TBD

      Domain: TBD

      Modifies: TBD

      Defender Email Policy Attachment Scanning Exclusion

      1. Navigate to the Safe Attachments – 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 box. 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.

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