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Correct Set-MpPreference syntax
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Update Set-MpPreference.md
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description: The Set-MpPreference cmdlet configures preferences for Windows Defender scans and updates.
external help file: MSFT_MpPreference.cdxml-help.xml
Module Name: Defender
ms.date: 04/14/2025
ms.date: 09/29/2025
online version: https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/defender/set-mppreference?view=windowsserver2025-ps&wt.mc_id=ps-gethelp
schema: 2.0.0
title: Set-MpPreference
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### -SignatureDefinitionUpdateFileSharesSources
Specifies file-share sources for definition updates.
Specify sources as a bracketed sequence of Universal Naming Convention (UNC) locations, separated by the pipeline symbol; for example, { \\\\Server01\Share01 | \\\\Server02\Share02 | \\\\Server03\Share03}.
Specify sources as a sequence of Universal Naming Convention (UNC) locations, separated by the pipeline symbol; for example, `"\\Server01\Share01 | \\Server02\Share02 | \\Server03\Share03"`.
If you specify a value for this parameter, Windows Defender attempts to connect to the shares in the order that you specify.
After Windows Defender updates a definition, it stops attempting to connect to shares on the list.
If you do not specify a value for this parameter, the list is empty.
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### -SignatureFallbackOrder
Specifies the order in which to contact different definition update sources.
Specify the types of update sources in the order in which you want Windows Defender to contact them, enclosed in braces and separated by the pipeline symbol; for example, { InternalDefinitionUpdateServer | MicrosoftUpdateServer | MMPC }.
Specify the types of update sources in the order in which you want Windows Defender to contact them, separated by the pipeline symbol; for example, `"InternalDefinitionUpdateServer | MicrosoftUpdateServer | MMPC"`.
The values that you can specify in the string are:

- InternalDefinitionUpdateServer
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If you specify a value for this parameter, Windows Defender contacts the definition update sources in the specified order.
After Windows Defender downloads definition updates from a source, it stops attempting to connect to other sources.
If you do not specify a value for this parameter, Windows Defender contacts sources in the default order of { MicrosoftUpdateServer | MMPC }.
If you do not specify a value for this parameter, Windows Defender contacts sources in the default order of `"MicrosoftUpdateServer | MMPC"`.

```yaml
Type: String
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