Policy

DirectAccess Passive Mode

Microsoft Windows

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DirectAccess Passive Mode
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Network > DirectAccess Client Experience Settings
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016

Specifies whether NCA service runs in Passive Mode or not. Set this to Disabled to keep NCA probing actively all the time. If this setting is not configured, NCA probing is in active mode by default.

Internal name
PassiveMode
Policy ID
ea4e4ffbdf49
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\NetworkConnectivityAssistant
Value name
PassiveMode
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\NetworkConnectivityAssistant
Value name
PassiveMode
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

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