Policy CSP - ADMX_DeviceGuard

Tip

This CSP contains ADMX-backed policies which require a special SyncML format to enable or disable. You must specify the data type in the SyncML as <Format>chr</Format>. For details, see Understanding ADMX-backed policies.

The payload of the SyncML must be XML-encoded; for this XML encoding, there are a variety of online encoders that you can use. To avoid encoding the payload, you can use CDATA if your MDM supports it. For more information, see CDATA Sections.

Warning

Group Policy-based deployment of Windows Defender Application Control policies only supports single-policy format WDAC policies. To use WDAC on devices running Windows 10 1903 and greater, or Windows 11, we recommend using an alternative method for policy deployment.

ConfigCIPolicy

Scope	Editions	Applicable OS
✅ Device ❌ User	✅ Pro ✅ Enterprise ✅ Education ✅ Windows SE ✅ IoT Enterprise / IoT Enterprise LTSC	✅ Windows 10, version 2004 [10.0.19041.1202] and later ✅ Windows 10, version 2009 [10.0.19042.1202] and later ✅ Windows 10, version 21H1 [10.0.19043.1202] and later ✅ Windows 11, version 21H2 [10.0.22000] and later

./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ADMX_DeviceGuard/ConfigCIPolicy

Deploy Windows Defender Application Control.

This policy setting lets you deploy a Code Integrity Policy to a machine to control what's allowed to run on that machine.

If you deploy a Code Integrity Policy, Windows will restrict what can run in both kernel mode and on the Windows Desktop based on the policy. To enable this policy the machine must be rebooted.

The file path must be either a UNC path (for example, \ServerName\ShareName\SIPolicy.p7b), or a locally valid path (for example, C:\FolderName\SIPolicy.p7b). The local machine account (LOCAL SYSTEM) must have access permission to the policy file.

If using a signed and protected policy then disabling this policy setting doesn't remove the feature from the computer. Instead, you must either:

1. first update the policy to a non-protected policy and then disable the setting, or
2. disable the setting and then remove the policy from each computer, with a physically present user.

Description framework properties:

Property name	Property value
Format	chr (string)
Access Type	Add, Delete, Get, Replace

Tip

This is an ADMX-backed policy and requires SyncML format for configuration. For an example of SyncML format, refer to Enabling a policy.

ADMX mapping:

Name	Value
Name	ConfigCIPolicy
Friendly Name	Deploy Windows Defender Application Control
Location	Computer Configuration
Path	System > Device Guard
Registry Key Name	SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceGuard
Registry Value Name	DeployConfigCIPolicy
ADMX File Name	DeviceGuard.admx

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