Tuesday, 11 August 2026

Troubleshoot Network Extension (NetExt) issues in Defender for Endpoint on Mac leads 5 Defender updates

11 August 2026 recorded 5 updated Microsoft Defender documentation changes. The most active areas were Endpoint.

• Endpoint · Troubleshooting

  Troubleshoot Network Extension (NetExt) issues in Defender for Endpoint on Mac

  Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/mac-troubleshoot-netext-mde.md.

• Endpoint · Troubleshooting

  Troubleshoot performance issues for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on macOS

  Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/mac-support-perf.md.

• Endpoint · Endpoint protection

  Configure and validate exclusions for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on macOS

  Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/mac-exclusions.md.

• Endpoint · Troubleshooting

  Overview for how to troubleshoot performance issues for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on macOS

  Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/mac-support-perf-overview.md.

• Endpoint · Troubleshooting

  Troubleshoot system extension issues in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on macOS

  Updated Microsoft Defender documentation in defender-endpoint/mac-support-sys-ext.md.

This period briefing was assembled from the tracked Microsoft Learn and Message Center changes.