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Expand Up @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ ms.collection:
ms.topic: conceptual
ms.subservice: linux
search.appverid: met150
ms.date: 12/16/2024
ms.date: 01/24/2025
---

# Schedule an update for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Linux
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```

> [!NOTE]
> Where 201118 == YYMMDD
> In our example, `201118` == `YYMMDD`.

> [!TIP]
> Do this before you edit or remove.
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> ```

> [!NOTE]
> In the examples above, we are setting it to 00 minutes, 6 a.m.(hour in 24 hour format), any day of the month, any month, on Sundays.[$(date +\%d) -le 15] == Won't run unless it's equal or less than the 15th day (3rd week). Meaning it will run every 3rd Sundays(7) of the month at 6:00 a.m. Pacific (UTC -8).
> In the previous examples, we specified `00` minutes, 6 a.m. (hour using the 24-hour format), any day of the month, any month, on Sundays.
> `[$(date +\%d) -le 15]` won't run unless it's equal or less than the 15th day (third week).
> This means the job runs at 6 a.m. every Sunday, but only if the day of the month is the 15th or earlier.

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