Policy

Define security intelligence location for VDI clients.

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Define security intelligence location for VDI clients.
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Windows Components > Microsoft Defender Antivirus > Security Intelligence Updates
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 Version 1903

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, WindowsServer2016

This policy setting allows you to define the security intelligence location for VDI-configured computers. If you disable or do not configure this setting, security intelligence will be referred from the default local source.

Internal name
SignatureUpdate_SharedSignaturesLocation
Policy ID
eea958eb736d
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 file share for downloading security intelligence updates in virtual environments
ID SignatureUpdate_SharedSignaturesLocation
text
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Signature Updates
Value name
SharedSignatureRoot
Type
REG_SZ
None
Define file share for downloading security intelligence updates in virtual environments
Computer · Type text
Registry mapping
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Signature Updates
Value name
SharedSignatureRoot
Type
REG_SZ
DetailsNone