Update web-threat-protection.md

removed the paragraph covering the legacy web protection policy and added prerequisites for web protection in Edge on Windows devices

Author: gigicroitoru

defender-endpoint/web-threat-protection.md

@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ Web threat protection is part of [Web protection](web-protection-overview.md) in
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-Web protection uses network protection to provide web browsing security on Microsoft Edge and non-Microsoft web browsers.
+Web threat protection uses network protection to provide web browsing security in Edge (excepting Windows devices), non-Microsoft web browsers and nonbrowser processes. On Windows devices, web threat protection in Edge uses Microsoft Defender SmartScreen and network protection is not required to be enabled. 
+
+To turn on Microsoft Defender SmartScreen in Edge : [Configure Microsoft Defender SmartScreen](/edgeenterprise/microsoft-edge-browser-policies/SmartScreenEnabled.md).
 
 To turn on network protection on your devices:
 
@@ -46,28 +48,8 @@ To turn on network protection on your devices:
 
 ## Configure web threat protection
 
-The following procedure describes how to configure web threat protection using the Microsoft Intune admin center.
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-1. Go to the Microsoft Intune admin center ([https://intune.microsoft.com](https://intune.microsoft.com)), and sign in.
- 
-2. Choose **Endpoint security** \> **Attack surface reduction**, and then choose **+ Create policy**.
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-3. Select a platform, such as **Windows 10 and later**, select the **Web protection** profile, and then choose **Create**. 
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-4. On the **Basics** tab, specify a name and description, and then choose **Next**.
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-5. On the **Configuration settings** tab, expand **Web Protection**, specify your settings, and then choose **Next**.
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-   - Set **Enable network protection** to **Enabled** so web protection is turned on. Alternately, you can set network protection to **Audit mode** to see how it works in your environment. In audit mode, network protection doesn't prevent users from visiting sites or domains, but it does track detections as events. 
-   - To protect users from potential phishing scams and malicious software, turn **Require SmartScreen for Microsoft Edge Legacy** to **Yes**.
-   - To prevent users from bypassing warnings about potentially malicious sites, set **Block malicious site access** to **Yes**.
-   - To prevent users from bypassing the warnings and downloading unverified files, set **Block unverified file download** to **Yes**. 
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-6. On the **Scope tags** tab, if your organization is using scope tags, choose **+ Select scope tags**, and then choose **Next**. (If you aren't using scope tags, choose **Next**.) To learn more about scope tags, see [Use role-based access control (RBAC) and scope tags for distributed IT](/mem/intune/fundamentals/scope-tags).
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-7. On the **Assignments** tab, specify the users and devices to receive the web protection policy, and then choose **Next**.
+The legacy **Web protection** policy in Intune has been deprecated and web threat protection will be enabled if the prerequisites are met.
 
-8. On the **Review + create** tab, review your policy settings, and then choose **Create**.
 
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