Tamper protection

Timelines and exceptions · All guidance changes

Defender · Official Microsoft guidance

No content change seen yet. Watched since 8 Oct 23:13 UTC, last read 19 Oct 23:56 UTC, next check today 23:56 UTC.

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Timeline

From the capture of 8 Oct 23:13 UTC · an earlier observation

Legacy capture: table structure or oversized sections are unavailable for extraction

2 recorded changes

Microsoft's revision log on this page · 16 entries

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Tamper protection overviewRequirement1 condition
Tamper protection overviewRequirement1 condition
Tamper protection overviewScope
Tamper protection overviewScope
Tamper protection modes on Windows devicesScope
March 2023 · February 2019Tamper protection modes on Windows devicesMilestoneRequirementScope2 conditions
Tamper protection mode on Linux devicesException2 conditions
Supported operating systemsScope
Required permissionsRequirement
Required permissionsRequirement
Required permissionsRequirement
Required permissionsRequirement
Required permissionsRequirementException1 condition
Device onboarding requirementRequirementException1 condition
October 2020 · November 2021Requirements for Windows management methodsMilestone1 condition
Query tampering attempts with advanced huntingRequirement

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How this timeline changed

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1 Mar 2023
Microsoft logged an update Tamper protection modes on Windows devicesMicrosoft's change log
1 Oct 2020
Microsoft logged an update Requirements for Windows management methodsMicrosoft's change log

Observed history and review priority

Captured 8 Oct 23:13 UTC; extracted 16 Oct 16:10 UTC. Extractor: microsoft-1/9/fc65ebeb286710c0a830833db8a7e5de7e266b79981fe9c7c34479be9369ad3c/legacy.

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Retained observations · 2

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12 Oct 23:53 UTC · 18 candidates
8 Oct 23:13 UTC · 20 candidates

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Retained observations

12 Oct 23:53 UTC
9 removed passages (about 70 words). The changed wording mentions prerequisites, network endpoints. Review the source to confirm the effect.
8 Oct 23:13 UTC · shown above

What changed

First observed 18 Oct 2026

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