Securing web browsing in Windows 10 with Windows Defender Application Guard
Windows Defender Application Guard is designed for Windows 10 and Microsoft Edge to isolate enterprise-defined untrusted sites to help you protect your system from malicious attacks. Using this hardware isolation approach, you can destroy the loophole that attackers use. Which devices can be configured to use Application Guard? How to install Windows Defender Application Guard? How to configure the Windows Defender Application Guard?- Article by Kunal Chowdhury on
Where security is key concern, you should enable the Windows Defender Application Guard on your Windows 10 system and safely browse the internet using Microsoft Edge browser.
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Which devices can be configured to use Application Guard?
You can protect all your Windows 10 devices by turning ON the Windows Defender Application Guard. Be it your personal or enterprise grade desktops, laptops or a mobile device having Microsoft Edge as your internet browser. For an optimal performance, Microsoft recommends 64-bit system with a minimum 4 cores logical processor, 8 GB RAM and at least 5 GB hard drive free space on your desktop or laptop to enable Application Guard.
If you are using any VM or VDI environment, the Windows Defender Application Guard is not supported in those virtual systems.
How to install Windows Defender Application Guard?
Windows Defender Application Guard feature doesn't come installed by default. If you are using Windows 10 Professional or Windows 10 Enterprise Edition, you can manually install this optional component from the Windows 10 Option Feature settings page.
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How to configure Windows Defender Application Guard?
Once you install the Windows Defender Application Guard from the Windows 10 optional features page, you can configure it to open the Microsoft Edge to open the internet sites in an isolated environment. To do this, open your
By default, the Application Guard for Microsoft Edge browser stays activated. Thus, limits few browser functionalities due to this isolation. This includes the features like data saving, copy-paste feature, file printing from Microsoft Edge, access to camera and microphone etc. turned OFF by default. This settings page allows you to bring back those features to your Microsoft Edge browser, making it vulnerable to the attackers.