Does Microsoft Windows Defender System Guard Secure Launch work with Dell Latitude Laptops?

Summary: The following article provides information about which Latitude laptops are compatible with running the Microsoft Windows Defender System Guard Secure Launch Software.

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What is Microsoft Windows Defender System Guard Secure Launch?

 

Windows Defender System Guard: A group of technologies that ensure that the system cannot be compromised or that you are notified if it is.

 Microsoft advises System Guard has three goals:

  • To protect and maintain the integrity of the system as it starts up.
  • To protect and maintain the integrity of the system after it is running.
  • To validate that system integrity has truly been maintained through local and remote attestation.

Secure Launch was first introduced in Windows 10 (v.1809). It leverages a technology known as the Dynamic Root of Trust for Measurement (DRTM).

DRTM lets the system initially freely boot into untrusted code. However, shortly after that it launches the system into a trusted state by taking control of all the Central Processing Units (CPUs) and forcing them down a well-known and measured code path. This allows the early Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) code to boot the system, but then it securely transitions into a trusted and measured state.

Microsoft advises that System Guard Secure Launch simplifies the management of Static Root of Trust for Measurement (SRTM) measurements because the launch code is now unrelated to a specific hardware configuration. This means that the number of valid code measurements are small, and updates can be deployed quicker.


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Is it compatible with Dell Latitude laptops?

As a rule:

  • Any of the latest generations of Latitude laptops launched since the start of 2019 with the launch of the Latitude 3300 should support this application.
  • Any generation of Latitude laptop shipped before the end of 2018 will not support this application.


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Affected Products

9000 Series, Latitude 3120, Latitude 3300, Latitude 3310 2-in-1, Latitude 3310, Latitude 5300 2-in-1, Latitude 5300, Latitude 5310 2-in-1, Latitude 5310, Latitude 5320, Latitude 3400, Latitude 3410, Latitude 5400, Latitude 5410, Latitude 3500 , Latitude 3510, Latitude 5500, Latitude 5420 ...

Products

Latitude 7200 2-in-1, Latitude 7210 2-in-1, Latitude 7300, Latitude 7310, Latitude 7320, Latitude 7400 2-in-1, Latitude 7400, Latitude 7410, Latitude 7420, Latitude 5510, Latitude 5520, Latitude 7520
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Article Number: 000183906
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 19 Apr 2025
Version:  3
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