Running bedrock server blocked by Windows defender

Make sure to disable your Anti-Virus while playing the game OR put the game as whitelisted on your Anti-Virus software. Windows Defender is connected with anti-virus programs.

I 'manually' unblocked it like below. This is in IMHO not a proper way. A professional SW development organization like Mojang should sign their deliverables to avoid this kind of pop-ups. Especially since they're part of Microsoft, the just should have these Extended Validation certificates for signing.

Have you tried whitelisting the bedrock_server.exe into your Windows Firewall?
These are the instructions:

1. Select the “Start” button, then type “firewall“.
2. Select the “Windows Defender Firewall” option.
3. Choose the “Allow an app or feature through Windows Defender Firewall” option in the left pane.
4. Unchecking the box to the left of the application name disallows it from accessing network resources, while checking it allows access. You can also check the boxes to the right of the name labeled “Private” or “Public” to allow and disallow the app on private or public networks respectively.
5. If the program you wish to block or unblock is not listed, you can click the “Allow another app…” button to add it. Choose the application in the list and select “Add“. If the program is not in this list, use the “Browse…” button to select the program file manually.

I also recommend making a post what you have said on the correct channel here: feedback.minecraft.net so that Mojang can notice it as this site is mainly for tracking bugs only.

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Does this issue still occur after updating to 1.18.2?

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Issue still occurs in 1.18.2

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Does this issue still occur after updating BDS to 1.18.11? 

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Works fine. Problem solved.

Closing as per comment above.