Microsoft announces Windows Defender Application Guard to make Microsoft Edge more secure for the enterprise

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At its annual Microsoft Ignite conference on Monday, Microsoft announced no.of new products and services for IT professionals. On the security front, they announced Windows Defender Application Guard. Windows Defender Application Guard is coming next year to Windows 10 Enterprise customers to make Microsoft Edge the most secure browser for the enterprise. It is powered by virtualization-based security technology and uses isolated containers built directly into the hardware to prevent malicious code from moving across employee devices and the corporate network. This new feature will insulate Windows 10 from untrusted browser sessions, protecting attacks on employee devices and across enterprise networks.

This will available in preview to Windows Insiders in early 2017.

More about the topics: Ignite 2016, Microsoft Edge, MSIgnite, security, windows 10, Windows Defender Application Guard

Pradeep Viswav

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Pradeep is a Computer Science and Engineering Graduate. He was also a Microsoft Student Partner. He is currently working in a leading IT company.