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author: denisebmsft
ms.author: deniseb
ms.custom: nextgen
ms.date: 09/03/2018
ms.date: 03/04/2020
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manager: dansimp
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- [Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (Microsoft Defender ATP)](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2069559)
There are two types of updates related to keeping Windows Defender Antivirus up to date:
1. Protection updates
1. Protection updates
2. Product updates
You can also apply [Windows security baselines](https://technet.microsoft.com/itpro/windows/keep-secure/windows-security-baselines) to quickly bring your endpoints up to a uniform level of protection.
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The cloud-delivered protection is always on and requires an active connection to the Internet to function, while the protection updates generally occur once a day (although this can be configured). See the [Utilize Microsoft cloud-provided protection in Windows Defender Antivirus](utilize-microsoft-cloud-protection-windows-defender-antivirus.md) topic for more details about enabling and configuring cloud-provided protection.
Engine updates are included with the Security intelligence updates and are released on a monthly cadense.
## Product updates
Windows Defender Antivirus requires [monthly updates](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4052623/update-for-windows-defender-antimalware-platform) (known as "engine updates" and "platform updates"), and will receive major feature updates alongside Windows 10 releases.
Windows Defender Antivirus requires [monthly updates](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4052623/update-for-windows-defender-antimalware-platform) (known as "platform updates"), and will receive major feature updates alongside Windows 10 releases.
You can manage the distribution of updates through Windows Server Update Service (WSUS), with [Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager](https://docs.microsoft.com/configmgr/sum/understand/software-updates-introduction), or in the normal manner that you deploy Microsoft and Windows updates to endpoints in your network.
## Released platform and engine versions
Only the main version is listed in the following table as reference information:
Month | Platform/Client | Engine
---|---|---
Feb-2020 | - | 1.1.16800.x
Jan-2020 | 4.18.2001.x | 1.1.16700.x
Dec-2019 | - | - |
Nov-2019 | 4.18.1911.x | 1.1.16600.x
Oct-2019 | 4.18.1910.x | 1.1.16500.x
Sep-2019 | 4.18.1909.x | 1.1.16400.x
Aug-2019 | 4.18.1908.x | 1.1.16300.x
Jul-2019 | 4.18.1907.x | 1.1.16200.x
Jun-2019 | 4.18.1906.x | 1.1.16100.x
May-2019 | 4.18.1905.x | 1.1.16000.x
Apr-2019 | 4.18.1904.x | 1.1.15900.x
Mar-2019 | 4.18.1903.x | 1.1.15800.x
Feb-2019 | 4.18.1902.x | 1.1.15700.x
Jan-2019 | 4.18.1901.x | 1.1.15600.x
Dec-18 | 4.18.1812.X | 1.1.15500.x
## In this section
Topic | Description
Article | Description
---|---
[Manage how protection updates are downloaded and applied](manage-protection-updates-windows-defender-antivirus.md) | Protection updates can be delivered through a number of sources.
[Manage when protection updates should be downloaded and applied](manage-protection-update-schedule-windows-defender-antivirus.md) | You can schedule when protection updates should be downloaded.