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title: Evaluate the impact of Windows Defender Exploit Guard
description: Use our evaluation guides to quickly enable and configure features, and test them against common attack scenarios
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# Evaluate Windows Defender Exploit Guard


**Applies to:**

- Windows 10, version 1709 and later



**Audience**

- Enterprise security administrators

Windows Defender Exploit Guard is a new collection of tools and features that help you keep your network safe from exploits. Exploits are infection vectors for malware that rely on vulnerabilities in software.

Windows Defender Exploit Guard is comprised of four features. We've developed evaluation guides for each of the features so you can easily and quickly see how they work and determine if they are suitable for your organization.

>[!TIP]
>You can also visit the Windows Defender Testground website at [demo.wd.microsoft.com](https://demo.wd.microsoft.com?ocid=cx-wddocs-testground) to confirm the features are working and see how they work.


Before you begin, you should read the main [Windows Defender Exploit Guard](windows-defender-exploit-guard.md) topic to get an understanding of each of the features and what their prerequisites are.


- [Evaluate Attack surface reduction](evaluate-attack-surface-reduction.md)
- [Evaluate Controlled folder access](evaluate-controlled-folder-access.md)
- [Evaluate Exploit protection](evaluate-exploit-protection.md)
- [Evaluate Network protection](evaluate-network-protection.md)

You might also be interested in enabling the features in audit mode - which allows you to see how the features work in the real world without impacting your organization or employee's work habits:

- [Use audit mode to evaluate Windows Defender Exploit Guard features](audit-windows-defender-exploit-guard.md)



## Related topics

Topic | Description 
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- [Protect devices from exploits with Windows Defender Exploit Guard](exploit-protection-exploit-guard.md)
- [Reduce attack surfaces with Windows Defender Exploit Guard](attack-surface-reduction-exploit-guard.md) 
- [Protect your network with Windows Defender Exploit Guard](network-protection-exploit-guard.md) 
- [Protect important folders with Controlled folder access](controlled-folders-exploit-guard.md)