Turn on asynchronous inspection
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Computer
Category
Windows Components > Microsoft Defender Antivirus > Network Inspection System
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 Version 1709

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, WindowsServer2016

Control whether network protection can improve performance by switching from real-time inspection to asynchronous inspection. Disabled (Default): If Not Configured or Disabled, asynchronous inspection will not be enabled for network protection. Enabled: If Enabled, switching to asynchronous inspection will be allowed for network protection.

Internal name
AllowSwitchToAsyncInspection
Policy ID
72b6ac71c1d0
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\NIS
Value name
AllowSwitchToAsyncInspection
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\NIS
Value name
AllowSwitchToAsyncInspection
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

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