Policy CSP - RemoteManagement

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.

AllowBasicAuthentication_Client

Scope Editions Applicable OS
✅ Device
❌ User
✅ Pro
✅ Enterprise
✅ Education
✅ Windows SE
✅ IoT Enterprise / IoT Enterprise LTSC
✅ Windows 10, version 1709 [10.0.16299] and later
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/RemoteManagement/AllowBasicAuthentication_Client

This policy setting allows you to manage whether the Windows Remote Management (WinRM) client uses Basic authentication.

  • If you enable this policy setting, the WinRM client uses Basic authentication. If WinRM is configured to use HTTP transport, the user name and password are sent over the network as clear text.

  • If you disable or don't configure this policy setting, the WinRM client doesn't use Basic authentication.

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 AllowBasic_2
Friendly Name Allow Basic authentication
Location Computer Configuration
Path Windows Components > Windows Remote Management (WinRM) > WinRM Client
Registry Key Name Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WinRM\Client
Registry Value Name AllowBasic
ADMX File Name WindowsRemoteManagement.admx

AllowBasicAuthentication_Service

Scope Editions Applicable OS
✅ Device
❌ User
✅ Pro
✅ Enterprise
✅ Education
✅ Windows SE
✅ IoT Enterprise / IoT Enterprise LTSC
✅ Windows 10, version 1709 [10.0.16299] and later
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/RemoteManagement/AllowBasicAuthentication_Service

This policy setting allows you to manage whether the Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service accepts Basic authentication from a remote client.

  • If you enable this policy setting, the WinRM service accepts Basic authentication from a remote client.

  • If you disable or don't configure this policy setting, the WinRM service doesn't accept Basic authentication from a remote client.

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 AllowBasic_1
Friendly Name Allow Basic authentication
Location Computer Configuration
Path Windows Components > Windows Remote Management (WinRM) > WinRM Service
Registry Key Name Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WinRM\Service
Registry Value Name AllowBasic
ADMX File Name WindowsRemoteManagement.admx

AllowCredSSPAuthenticationClient

Scope Editions Applicable OS
✅ Device
❌ User
✅ Pro
✅ Enterprise
✅ Education
✅ Windows SE
✅ IoT Enterprise / IoT Enterprise LTSC
✅ Windows 10, version 1709 [10.0.16299] and later
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/RemoteManagement/AllowCredSSPAuthenticationClient

This policy setting allows you to manage whether the Windows Remote Management (WinRM) client uses CredSSP authentication.

  • If you enable this policy setting, the WinRM client uses CredSSP authentication.

  • If you disable or don't configure this policy setting, the WinRM client doesn't use CredSSP authentication.

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 AllowCredSSP_2
Friendly Name Allow CredSSP authentication
Location Computer Configuration
Path Windows Components > Windows Remote Management (WinRM) > WinRM Client
Registry Key Name Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WinRM\Client
Registry Value Name AllowCredSSP
ADMX File Name WindowsRemoteManagement.admx

AllowCredSSPAuthenticationService

Scope Editions Applicable OS
✅ Device
❌ User
✅ Pro
✅ Enterprise
✅ Education
✅ Windows SE
✅ IoT Enterprise / IoT Enterprise LTSC
✅ Windows 10, version 1709 [10.0.16299] and later
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/RemoteManagement/AllowCredSSPAuthenticationService

This policy setting allows you to manage whether the Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service accepts CredSSP authentication from a remote client.

  • If you enable this policy setting, the WinRM service accepts CredSSP authentication from a remote client.

  • If you disable or don't configure this policy setting, the WinRM service doesn't accept CredSSP authentication from a remote client.

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 AllowCredSSP_1
Friendly Name Allow CredSSP authentication
Location Computer Configuration
Path Windows Components > Windows Remote Management (WinRM) > WinRM Service
Registry Key Name Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WinRM\Service
Registry Value Name AllowCredSSP
ADMX File Name WindowsRemoteManagement.admx

AllowRemoteServerManagement

Scope Editions Applicable OS
✅ Device
❌ User
✅ Pro
✅ Enterprise
✅ Education
✅ Windows SE
✅ IoT Enterprise / IoT Enterprise LTSC
✅ Windows 10, version 1709 [10.0.16299] and later
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/RemoteManagement/AllowRemoteServerManagement

This policy setting allows you to manage whether the Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service automatically listens on the network for requests on the HTTP transport over the default HTTP port.

  • If you enable this policy setting, the WinRM service automatically listens on the network for requests on the HTTP transport over the default HTTP port.

To allow WinRM service to receive requests over the network, configure the Windows Firewall policy setting with exceptions for Port 5985 (default port for HTTP).

  • If you disable or don't configure this policy setting, the WinRM service won't respond to requests from a remote computer, regardless of whether or not any WinRM listeners are configured.

The service listens on the addresses specified by the IPv4 and IPv6 filters. The IPv4 filter specifies one or more ranges of IPv4 addresses, and the IPv6 filter specifies one or more ranges of IPv6addresses. If specified, the service enumerates the available IP addresses on the computer and uses only addresses that fall within one of the filter ranges.

You should use an asterisk (*) to indicate that the service listens on all available IP addresses on the computer. When * is used, other ranges in the filter are ignored. If the filter is left blank, the service doesn't listen on any addresses.

For example, if you want the service to listen only on IPv4 addresses, leave the IPv6 filter empty.

Ranges are specified using the syntax IP1-IP2. Multiple ranges are separated using "," (comma) as the delimiter.

Example IPv4 filters:\n2.0.0.1-2.0.0.20, 24.0.0.1-24.0.0.22 Example IPv6 filters:\n3FFE:FFFF:7654:FEDA:1245:BA98:0000:0000-3. FFE:FFFF:7654:FEDA:1245:BA98:3210:4562.

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 AllowAutoConfig
Friendly Name Allow remote server management through WinRM
Location Computer Configuration
Path Windows Components > Windows Remote Management (WinRM) > WinRM Service
Registry Key Name Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WinRM\Service
Registry Value Name AllowAutoConfig
ADMX File Name WindowsRemoteManagement.admx

AllowUnencryptedTraffic_Client

Scope Editions Applicable OS
✅ Device
❌ User
✅ Pro
✅ Enterprise
✅ Education
✅ Windows SE
✅ IoT Enterprise / IoT Enterprise LTSC
✅ Windows 10, version 1709 [10.0.16299] and later
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/RemoteManagement/AllowUnencryptedTraffic_Client

This policy setting allows you to manage whether the Windows Remote Management (WinRM) client sends and receives unencrypted messages over the network.

  • If you enable this policy setting, the WinRM client sends and receives unencrypted messages over the network.

  • If you disable or don't configure this policy setting, the WinRM client sends or receives only encrypted messages over the network.

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 AllowUnencrypted_2
Friendly Name Allow unencrypted traffic
Location Computer Configuration
Path Windows Components > Windows Remote Management (WinRM) > WinRM Client
Registry Key Name Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WinRM\Client
Registry Value Name AllowUnencryptedTraffic
ADMX File Name WindowsRemoteManagement.admx

AllowUnencryptedTraffic_Service

Scope Editions Applicable OS
✅ Device
❌ User
✅ Pro
✅ Enterprise
✅ Education
✅ Windows SE
✅ IoT Enterprise / IoT Enterprise LTSC
✅ Windows 10, version 1709 [10.0.16299] and later
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/RemoteManagement/AllowUnencryptedTraffic_Service

This policy setting allows you to manage whether the Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service sends and receives unencrypted messages over the network.

  • If you enable this policy setting, the WinRM client sends and receives unencrypted messages over the network.

  • If you disable or don't configure this policy setting, the WinRM client sends or receives only encrypted messages over the network.

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 AllowUnencrypted_1
Friendly Name Allow unencrypted traffic
Location Computer Configuration
Path Windows Components > Windows Remote Management (WinRM) > WinRM Service
Registry Key Name Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WinRM\Service
Registry Value Name AllowUnencryptedTraffic
ADMX File Name WindowsRemoteManagement.admx

DisallowDigestAuthentication

Scope Editions Applicable OS
✅ Device
❌ User
✅ Pro
✅ Enterprise
✅ Education
✅ Windows SE
✅ IoT Enterprise / IoT Enterprise LTSC
✅ Windows 10, version 1709 [10.0.16299] and later
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/RemoteManagement/DisallowDigestAuthentication

This policy setting allows you to manage whether the Windows Remote Management (WinRM) client uses Digest authentication.

  • If you enable this policy setting, the WinRM client doesn't use Digest authentication.

  • If you disable or don't configure this policy setting, the WinRM client uses Digest authentication.

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 DisallowDigest
Friendly Name Disallow Digest authentication
Location Computer Configuration
Path Windows Components > Windows Remote Management (WinRM) > WinRM Client
Registry Key Name Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WinRM\Client
Registry Value Name AllowDigest
ADMX File Name WindowsRemoteManagement.admx

DisallowNegotiateAuthenticationClient

Scope Editions Applicable OS
✅ Device
❌ User
✅ Pro
✅ Enterprise
✅ Education
✅ Windows SE
✅ IoT Enterprise / IoT Enterprise LTSC
✅ Windows 10, version 1709 [10.0.16299] and later
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/RemoteManagement/DisallowNegotiateAuthenticationClient

This policy setting allows you to manage whether the Windows Remote Management (WinRM) client uses Negotiate authentication.

  • If you enable this policy setting, the WinRM client doesn't use Negotiate authentication.

  • If you disable or don't configure this policy setting, the WinRM client uses Negotiate authentication.

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 DisallowNegotiate_2
Friendly Name Disallow Negotiate authentication
Location Computer Configuration
Path Windows Components > Windows Remote Management (WinRM) > WinRM Client
Registry Key Name Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WinRM\Client
Registry Value Name AllowNegotiate
ADMX File Name WindowsRemoteManagement.admx

DisallowNegotiateAuthenticationService

Scope Editions Applicable OS
✅ Device
❌ User
✅ Pro
✅ Enterprise
✅ Education
✅ Windows SE
✅ IoT Enterprise / IoT Enterprise LTSC
✅ Windows 10, version 1709 [10.0.16299] and later
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/RemoteManagement/DisallowNegotiateAuthenticationService

This policy setting allows you to manage whether the Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service accepts Negotiate authentication from a remote client.

  • If you enable this policy setting, the WinRM service doesn't accept Negotiate authentication from a remote client.

  • If you disable or don't configure this policy setting, the WinRM service accepts Negotiate authentication from a remote client.

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 DisallowNegotiate_1
Friendly Name Disallow Negotiate authentication
Location Computer Configuration
Path Windows Components > Windows Remote Management (WinRM) > WinRM Service
Registry Key Name Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WinRM\Service
Registry Value Name AllowNegotiate
ADMX File Name WindowsRemoteManagement.admx

DisallowStoringOfRunAsCredentials

Scope Editions Applicable OS
✅ Device
❌ User
✅ Pro
✅ Enterprise
✅ Education
✅ Windows SE
✅ IoT Enterprise / IoT Enterprise LTSC
✅ Windows 10, version 1709 [10.0.16299] and later
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/RemoteManagement/DisallowStoringOfRunAsCredentials

This policy setting allows you to manage whether the Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service won't allow RunAs credentials to be stored for any plug-ins.

  • If you enable this policy setting, the WinRM service won't allow the RunAsUser or RunAsPassword configuration values to be set for any plug-ins. If a plug-in has already set the RunAsUser and RunAsPassword configuration values, the RunAsPassword configuration value will be erased from the credential store on this computer.

  • If you disable or don't configure this policy setting, the WinRM service will allow the RunAsUser and RunAsPassword configuration values to be set for plug-ins and the RunAsPassword value will be stored securely.

If you enable and then disable this policy setting,any values that were previously configured for RunAsPassword will need to be reset.

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 DisableRunAs
Friendly Name Disallow WinRM from storing RunAs credentials
Location Computer Configuration
Path Windows Components > Windows Remote Management (WinRM) > WinRM Service
Registry Key Name Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WinRM\Service
Registry Value Name DisableRunAs
ADMX File Name WindowsRemoteManagement.admx

SpecifyChannelBindingTokenHardeningLevel

Scope Editions Applicable OS
✅ Device
❌ User
✅ Pro
✅ Enterprise
✅ Education
✅ Windows SE
✅ IoT Enterprise / IoT Enterprise LTSC
✅ Windows 10, version 1709 [10.0.16299] and later
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/RemoteManagement/SpecifyChannelBindingTokenHardeningLevel

This policy setting allows you to set the hardening level of the Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service with regard to channel binding tokens.

  • If you enable this policy setting, the WinRM service uses the level specified in HardeningLevel to determine whether or not to accept a received request, based on a supplied channel binding token.

  • If you disable or don't configure this policy setting, you can configure the hardening level locally on each computer.

If HardeningLevel is set to Strict, any request not containing a valid channel binding token is rejected.

If HardeningLevel is set to Relaxed (default value), any request containing an invalid channel binding token is rejected. However, a request that doesn't contain a channel binding token is accepted (though it isn't protected from credential-forwarding attacks).

If HardeningLevel is set to None, all requests are accepted (though they aren't protected from credential-forwarding attacks).

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 CBTHardeningLevel_1
Friendly Name Specify channel binding token hardening level
Location Computer Configuration
Path Windows Components > Windows Remote Management (WinRM) > WinRM Service
Registry Key Name Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WinRM\Service
Registry Value Name CBTHardeningLevelStatus
ADMX File Name WindowsRemoteManagement.admx

TrustedHosts

Scope Editions Applicable OS
✅ Device
❌ User
✅ Pro
✅ Enterprise
✅ Education
✅ Windows SE
✅ IoT Enterprise / IoT Enterprise LTSC
✅ Windows 10, version 1709 [10.0.16299] and later
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/RemoteManagement/TrustedHosts

This policy setting allows you to manage whether the Windows Remote Management (WinRM) client uses the list specified in TrustedHostsList to determine if the destination host is a trusted entity.

  • If you enable this policy setting, the WinRM client uses the list specified in TrustedHostsList to determine if the destination host is a trusted entity. The WinRM client uses this list when neither HTTPS nor Kerberos are used to authenticate the identity of the host.

  • If you disable or don't configure this policy setting and the WinRM client needs to use the list of trusted hosts, you must configure the list of trusted hosts locally on each computer.

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 TrustedHosts
Friendly Name Trusted Hosts
Location Computer Configuration
Path Windows Components > Windows Remote Management (WinRM) > WinRM Client
Registry Key Name Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WinRM\Client
Registry Value Name TrustedHosts
ADMX File Name WindowsRemoteManagement.admx

TurnOnCompatibilityHTTPListener

Scope Editions Applicable OS
✅ Device
❌ User
✅ Pro
✅ Enterprise
✅ Education
✅ Windows SE
✅ IoT Enterprise / IoT Enterprise LTSC
✅ Windows 10, version 1709 [10.0.16299] and later
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/RemoteManagement/TurnOnCompatibilityHTTPListener

This policy setting turns on or turns off an HTTP listener created for backward compatibility purposes in the Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service.

  • If you enable this policy setting, the HTTP listener always appears.

  • If you disable or don't configure this policy setting, the HTTP listener never appears.

When certain port 80 listeners are migrated to WinRM 2.0, the listener port number changes to 5985.

A listener might be automatically created on port 80 to ensure backward compatibility.

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 HttpCompatibilityListener
Friendly Name Turn On Compatibility HTTP Listener
Location Computer Configuration
Path Windows Components > Windows Remote Management (WinRM) > WinRM Service
Registry Key Name Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WinRM\Service
Registry Value Name HttpCompatibilityListener
ADMX File Name WindowsRemoteManagement.admx

TurnOnCompatibilityHTTPSListener

Scope Editions Applicable OS
✅ Device
❌ User
✅ Pro
✅ Enterprise
✅ Education
✅ Windows SE
✅ IoT Enterprise / IoT Enterprise LTSC
✅ Windows 10, version 1709 [10.0.16299] and later
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/RemoteManagement/TurnOnCompatibilityHTTPSListener

This policy setting turns on or turns off an HTTPS listener created for backward compatibility purposes in the Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service.

  • If you enable this policy setting, the HTTPS listener always appears.

  • If you disable or don't configure this policy setting, the HTTPS listener never appears.

When certain port 443 listeners are migrated to WinRM 2.0, the listener port number changes to 5986.

A listener might be automatically created on port 443 to ensure backward compatibility.

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 HttpsCompatibilityListener
Friendly Name Turn On Compatibility HTTPS Listener
Location Computer Configuration
Path Windows Components > Windows Remote Management (WinRM) > WinRM Service
Registry Key Name Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WinRM\Service
Registry Value Name HttpsCompatibilityListener
ADMX File Name WindowsRemoteManagement.admx

Policy configuration service provider