Unhandled error triggered by Get-MpPreference

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In some (undetermined) cases, Get-MpPreference throws errors, such as the one below. Such errors should be handled by the script. This cmdlet has an -ErrorAction parameter which could be useful here, but try/catch blocks might also be necessary. This issue could not be reproduced in a lab.

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┃ CATEGORY ┃ TA0005 - Defense Evasion                          ┃
┃ NAME     ┃ Configuration - MDE State and Settings            ┃
┃ TYPE     ┃ Extended                                          ┃
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┃ Get information about Microsoft Defender for Endpoint state  ┃
┃ and configuration.                                           ┃
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Get-MpPreference : Operation failed with the following error: 0x800106ba
At line:544 char:25
+         $MpPreference = Get-MpPreference
+                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (MSFT_MpPreference:root\Microsoft\...FT_MpPreference) [Get-MpPreference], CimException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : HRESULT 0x800106ba,Get-MpPreference