How can I tell if a Windows Defender offline scan ran successfully?

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I am running MS Win 11 Pro Version 24H2 (OS Build 26.100.2894)This should be up to date.I set up a Microsoft Defender Offline Scan. It logged me out, rebooted, showed a progress screen of the percentage of files that had been scanned and then.....went to the login screen.Did the offline scan work? Was it successful? Did it find any problems? I have no idea. I've done multiple searches to try to determine whether the scan found anything amiss and have come up empty. The offline scan doesn't seem to leave any trace.For Scan options I see "Last Scan: Not Available"For Protection History it says "

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