Policy
Allow Desktop Analytics Processing
Microsoft Windows
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, WindowsServer2016
This policy is deprecated and will only work on Windows 10 version 1809. Setting this policy will have no effect for other supported versions of Windows. This policy setting, in combination with the Allow Telemetry and Configure the Commercial ID, enables organizations to configure the device so that Microsoft is the processor for Windows diagnostic data collected from the device, subject to the Product Terms at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2185086. To enable this behavior: 1. Enable this policy setting 2. Join an Azure Active Directory account to the device 3. Set Allow Telemetry to value 1 - Required, or higher 4. Set the Configure the Commercial ID setting for your Desktop Analytics workspace When these policies are configured, Windows diagnostic data collected from the device will be subject to Microsoft processor commitments. This setting has no effect on devices unless they are properly enrolled in Desktop Analytics. If you disable this policy setting, devices will not appear in Desktop Analytics.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Scope | Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer | Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection Value name AllowDesktopAnalyticsProcessing | REG_DWORD | HKLM 2 | HKLM 0 |
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.