Checking for viruses in Windows Server 2016

Monitoring and scanning for viruses on a Windows Server historically isn't a task that would have shown up in a book about the operating system, because in the past this functionality was always provided by third-party software. Starting with Windows 8, we got something called Windows Defender built into the operating system; this provided some semblance of free, built-in antivirus protection. Well, I'm excited to say that Windows Defender has continually improved over the past few years, and starting with Windows Server 2016, we finally have it available to us inside a Microsoft Server operating system! Installing third-party antivirus programs on servers has always been dangerous territory because they love to consume memory and cause random reboots. I've dealt with many different kinds of issues with antivirus programs on Windows Servers. Thankfully, Defender is baked right into the operating system, so we should never have to worry about those...