Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

Code in text: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: “Download the mde_installer.sh installation and onboarding script from GitHub for execution on your Linux server. One way of doing this might be using wget or curl.”

A block of code is set as follows:

{
	"antivirusEngine":{
		"enforcementLevel":"real_time",
		"behaviorMonitoring":"enabled",
		"scanArchives":true,
		"maximumOnDemandScanThreads":1,
		"exclusionsMergePolicy":"admin_only",
		"threatTypeSettingsMergePolicy":"admin_only",
		"threatTypeSettings":[{
			"key":"potentially_unwanted_application",

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

{
	"antivirusEngine":{
		"allowedThreats":[
			"PUA:MacOS/Adload.L!MTB"
			]
	}
}

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For instance, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in bold. Here is an example: “Visit the Microsoft 365 Defender portal and navigate to Settings | Endpoints | Onboarding.”

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