{"id":4069,"date":"2026-06-08T18:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T15:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/?post_type=support_article&#038;p=4069"},"modified":"2026-06-08T18:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T15:02:08","slug":"what-is-the-recommendation-for-windows-server-scanning-exclusions","status":"publish","type":"support_article","link":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fi\/support-articles\/what-is-the-recommendation-for-windows-server-scanning-exclusions\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the recommendation for Windows server scanning exclusions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Issue:<\/h3>\n<p>What is the recommendation for Windows\/Windows SQL server scanning settings?\u00a0Should the SQL databases and logs be excluded in the virus scanning settings?<\/p>\n<h3>Resolution:<\/h3>\n<p>As a general rule we always advise to follow Microsoft&#39;s official recommendations from their KB base about exclusions on Microsoft corporate software.<\/p>\n<p>You can read more about this subject here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-my\/help\/822158\/virus-scanning-recommendations-for-enterprise-computers-that-are-runni\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-my\/help\/822158\/virus-scanning-recommendations-for-enterprise-computers-that-are-runni.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More information for SQL Servers:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/help\/309422\/choosing-antivirus-software-for-computers-that-run-sql-server\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/help\/309422\/choosing-antivirus-software-for-computers-that-run-sql-server<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check our community article for details on how to exclude files and folders from Real Time Scanning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/community.withsecure.com\/en\/kb\/articles\/29411-how-to-exclude-a-file-or-folder-from-real-time-scanning-or-deepguard-for-elements-endpoint-protection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to exclude a file or folder from Real-Time Scanning or DeepGuard for Elements Endpoint Protection? &#8211; WithSecure Community<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the recommendation for Windows\/Windows SQL server scanning settings?<br \/>Should the SQL databases and logs be excluded in the virus scanning settings?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","support_article_product":[106],"class_list":["post-4069","support_article","type-support_article","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"source_foreign_id":"000005942","source_version":3,"source_system":"salesforce","source_date_updated":"2026-06-08 15:02:08","import_hash":"06865e480cdd9a1056bae47ec0176ad1fdafec37","vanilla_article_id":29545,"vanilla_url":"https:\/\/community.withsecure.com\/en\/kb\/articles\/29545-what-is-the-recommendation-for-windows-server-scanning-exclusions","vanilla_kb_id":30,"vanilla_category_id":103,"machine_translated":false,"reactions_helpful_yes":0,"reactions_helpful_no":1},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article\/4069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/support_article"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"support_article_product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article_product?post=4069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}