Prerequisites for the Endpoint Protection Client Installation

• The SCCM client must be installed first on the computer **before the client can be managed. **
• The SCCM client is installed for central management purposes
• This step was covered in the Client Push Installation lecture, so we will not be repeating those steps here.
• After the client installation step has been completed, the Endpoint Protection client can be deployed to the computer.

Installation of Endpoint Protection on Windows 8.1 and earlier

• On Windows 8.1 and earlier the EP client is installed in addition to the SCCM client

Windows 10

• If you have a Windows 10 client, then you have the Windows 10 Defender antimalware client already installed, so you don’t need to install the EP client.
• You can configure and manage EP settings on windows 10 clients with the System Center Endpoint Antimalware Policy.
• You can install EP using Configuration Manager’s Client settings.
• Windows 10 Defender updates must be kept up to date. This can be accomplished by creating and deploying an Automatic Deployment Role.

Pre-Windows 8.1 EP Client Installation

**For this lecture, we will be configuring Endpoint Protection Windows 10 clients. **I have included a written manual installation for Windows 8.1 and below in case you still have earlier versions of Windows in your organization. Check out the manual that accompanies this lecture for details.

Manual Installation of Endpoint Protection Windows 7

• From your SCCM server open C:\Program Files\Microsoft Configuration

Manager\Client. Copy the scepinstall.exe and the ep_defaultpolicy.xml file to your installation folder on your Windows 7 client.

• Double click scepinstall.exe file and go through the installation wizard.

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