Microsoft to retire Defender Application Guard from Office by 2027, replacing it with Protected View for a unified, lighter ...

Microsoft is deprecating Defender Application Guard for Office and the Windows Security Isolation APIs, and it recommends Defender for Endpoint attack surface reduction rules, Protected View, and ...

All Windows PCs come with a built-in security feature called Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC), which helps prevent unauthorized software from running by allowing only trusted applications.

Microsoft plans to remove Defender Application Guard from Office by December 2027, starting with the February 2026 release of ...