microsoft/configmgrepxmltemplates

New and updated XML templates for MECM Endpoint Protection imports

Project

The goal of this project is to update the archived Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) Endpoint Protection (EP) templates that are delivered with the ConfigMgr console upon install.

UserVoice

There have been numerous requests by customers to update these templates. The work related this project is a result of the following UserVoice for ConfigMgr. ConfigMgr UserVoice - Endpoint Protection Templates

Sample Files Included

Technology	Sample File	Resources
ConfigMgr	CMEP_Default_MECM.xml	Microsoft Docs: ConfigMgr ConfigMgr Blog: Antivirus Exclusions
Domain Controllers	CMEP_Default_DC.xml	Microsoft Support Article: Enterprise Computers Microsoft Docs: Defender - Active Directory
DHCP	CMEP_Default_DHCP.xml	Microsoft Support Article: Enterprise Computers Microsoft Docs: Defender - DHCP
DNS	CMEP_Default_DNS.xml	Microsoft Support Article: Enterprise Computers Microsoft Docs: Defender - DNS
Exchange	CMEP_Default_Exchange2013.xml CMEP_Default_Exchange2016-2019.xml	Microsoft Docs: Exchange Microsoft Docs: Exchange 2013
File	CMEP_Default_File.xml	Microsoft Support Article: Enterprise Computers Microsoft Docs: Defender - File
High Performance	CMEP_Performance_Optimized.xml	Microsoft Support Article: Enterprise Computers
High Security	CMEP_High_Security.xml	Microsoft Support Article: Enterprise Computers
Hyper-V	CMEP_Default_Hyper-V.xml	Microsoft Docs: Hyper-V Microsoft Docs: Defender - Hyper-V
IIS	CMEP_Default_IIS.xml	Microsoft Docs: IIS Microsoft Docs: Defender - Web Server
Print	CMEP_Default_Print.xml	Microsoft Docs: Defender - Print
SCOM	CMEP_Default_SCOM2012.xml CMEP_Default_SCOM2016.xml CMEP_Default_SCOM2019.xml	Microsoft Docs Article: SCOM
Member Server	CMEP_Default_MemberServer.xml	Microsoft Support Article: Enterprise Computers
PowerBI Report Server	CMEP_Default_PowerBIReportServer.xml	Microsoft Support Article: SQL
SharePoint 2013	CMEP_Default_SharePoint2013.xml	Microsoft Office Support: SharePoint
SharePoint 2016-2019	CMEP_Default_SharePoint2016-2019.xml	Microsoft Office Support: SharePoint
SQL 2012	CMEP_Default_SQL2012.xml	Microsoft Support Article: SQL
SQL 2014	CMEP_Default_SQL2014.xml	Microsoft Support Article: SQL
SQL 2016	CMEP_Default_SQL2016.xml	Microsoft Support Article: SQL
SQL 2017	CMEP_Default_SQL2017.xml	Microsoft Support Article: SQL
SQL 2019	CMEP_Default_SQL2019.xml	Microsoft Support Article: SQL
WSUS	CMEP_Default_WSUS.xml	Microsoft Docs: Defender - WSUS
Desktop: Standard	CMEP_Standard_Desktop.xml	Microsoft Support Article: Enterprise Computers

Editing

Prior to importing into MECM, modify paths below this line:

<AddKey Name="SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Microsoft Antimalware\Exclusions\Paths">

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