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Expand Up @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ There can be various reasons why the server process may be taking longer than th

### Antivirus is blocking the server process executables

Some customers have reported that the connection timeouts were caused by configurations of their antivirus services. In such cases it is recommended to add exclusion rules for `devevn.exe` and `DesignToolsServer.exe`, and this can unblock these executables and can increase the I/O of the shadow cache. For example, to add an exception to the Windows Defender so that it is not slowed down by the system call hooks Defender uses to provide real-time protection can be done with the following PowerShell command:
Some customers have reported that the connection timeouts were caused by configurations of their antivirus services. In such cases it is recommended to add exclusion rules for `devenv.exe` and `DesignToolsServer.exe`, and this can unblock these executables and can increase the I/O of the shadow cache. For example, to add an exception to the Windows Defender so that it is not slowed down by the system call hooks Defender uses to provide real-time protection can be done with the following PowerShell command:

```powershell
Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'devenv.exe'
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