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Define device control policy groups

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Define device control policy groups
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Windows Components > Microsoft Defender Antivirus > Device Control
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 Version 1607

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, WindowsServer2016

Please follow the device control policy groups xml schema to fill out the policy groups data. Alternatively you could use a file path containing the XML groups data.

Internal name
DeviceControl_PolicyGroups
Policy ID
86d9051fce07
Elements
1

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

ScopeElementTypeRegistry mappingConstraints & behaviorCopy
Computer
Define the policy groups here
ID DeviceControl_PolicyGroups
text
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Device Control\Policy Groups
Value name
PolicyGroups
Type
REG_SZ
None
Define the policy groups here
Computer · Type text
Registry mapping
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Device Control\Policy Groups
Value name
PolicyGroups
Type
REG_SZ
DetailsNone