Allow Desktop Analytics Processing
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Computer
Category
Windows Components > Data Collection and Preview Builds
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 Version 1809

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.

Internal name
AllowDesktopAnalyticsProcessing
Policy ID
e603e9de2b6a
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection
Value name
AllowDesktopAnalyticsProcessing
REG_DWORD
HKLM
2
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection
Value name
AllowDesktopAnalyticsProcessing
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
2
Disabled value
0

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