diff --git a/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-defender-system-guard/system-guard-secure-launch-and-smm-protection.md b/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-defender-system-guard/system-guard-secure-launch-and-smm-protection.md index f261ef363b..0a5094e748 100644 --- a/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-defender-system-guard/system-guard-secure-launch-and-smm-protection.md +++ b/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-defender-system-guard/system-guard-secure-launch-and-smm-protection.md @@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ To verify that Secure Launch is running, use System Information (MSInfo32). Clic >[!NOTE] >To enable System Guard Secure launch, the platform must meet all the baseline requirements for [Device Guard](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/device-guard/introduction-to-device-guard-virtualization-based-security-and-windows-defender-application-control), [Credential Guard](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/identity-protection/credential-guard/credential-guard-requirements), and [Virtualization Based Security](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-defender-exploit-guard/enable-virtualization-based-protection-of-code-integrity). -## Requirements -Your environment needs the following hardware to run System Guard Secure Launch. +## Requirements Met by System Guard Enabled Machines +Any machine with System Guard enabled will automatically meet the following low-level hardware requirements: -|For Intel® vPro™ processors starting with Intel® Coffeelake, Whiskeylake, or later silicon requirements|Description| +|For Intel® vPro™ processors starting with Intel® Coffeelake, Whiskeylake, or later silicon|Description| |--------|-----------| |64-bit CPU|A 64-bit computer with minimum 4 cores (logical processors) is required for hypervisor and virtualization-based security (VBS). For more info about Hyper-V, see [Hyper-V on Windows Server 2016](https://docs.microsoft.com/windows-server/virtualization/hyper-v/hyper-v-on-windows-server) or [Introduction to Hyper-V on Windows 10](https://docs.microsoft.com/virtualization/hyper-v-on-windows/about/). For more info about hypervisor, see [Hypervisor Specifications](https://docs.microsoft.com/virtualization/hyper-v-on-windows/reference/tlfs).| |Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0|Platforms must support a discrete TPM 2.0. Integrated/firmware TPMs are not supported.|