Attempting to remove the Windows Defender component still fails:
Uninstall-WindowsFeature -Name Windows-Defender
Uninstall-WindowsFeature : The request to add or remove features on the
specified server failed.
Removal of one or more roles, role services, or features failed.
The referenced assembly could not be found. Error: 0x80073701
At line:1 char:1
+ Uninstall-WindowsFeature -Name Windows-Defender
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (@{Vhd=; Credent...Name=localh
ost}
SObject) [Uninstall-WindowsFeature], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DISMAPI_Error__Failed_Disabling_Updates,Microsof
t.Windows.ServerManager.Commands.RemoveWindowsFeatureCommand
Success Restart Needed Exit Code Feature Result
------- -------------- --------- --------------
False No Failed {}
Attached is the new fresh and clean CBS log