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Troubleshooting System Center Endpoint Protection (SCEP) Client

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Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection provides an antimalware and security solution for the Microsoft platform. This can be integrated with System Center Configuration Manager. I have consolidated the information which are useful for SCEP client side troubleshooting. 1. Managing Endpoint Protection client with Command Line Interface – MpCmdRun.exe The MpCmdRun.exe (Microsoft Antimalware service command line utility) is very useful tool to manage local Endpoint protection client with command line.  The MpCmdRun.exe is located in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client folder. On Windows 10 machines, the MpCmdRun.exe is available in C:\Program Files\Windows Defender folder. When executed, this command automatically creates a log file named as MpCmdRun.log in C:\Users\ username\AppData\Local\Temp folder. This log file records the commands that are executed using MpCmdRun.exe. Few of most commonly used command lines are listed below. For a complete l list of av...