Specify the day of the week to check for security intelligence updates
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Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Windows Components > Microsoft Defender Antivirus > Security Intelligence Updates
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT

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

This policy setting allows you to specify the day of the week on which to check for security intelligence updates. The check can also be configured to run every day or to never run at all. This setting can be configured with the following ordinal number values: (0x0) Every Day (default) (0x1) Sunday (0x2) Monday (0x3) Tuesday (0x4) Wednesday (0x5) Thursday (0x6) Friday (0x7) Saturday (0x8) Never If you enable this setting, the check for security intelligence updates will occur at the frequency specified. If you disable or do not configure this setting, the check for security intelligence updates will occur at a default frequency.

Internal name
SignatureUpdate_ScheduleDay
Policy ID
43b9a0e976fd
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
Specify the day of the week to check for security intelligence updates
ID SignatureUpdate_ScheduleDay
enum
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Signature Updates
Value name
ScheduleDay
Type
REG_DWORD
Options: Never (8), Every Day (0), Sunday (1), Monday (2), Tuesday (3), Wednesday (4), Thursday (5), Friday (6) … +1 more
Specify the day of the week to check for security intelligence updates
Computer · Type enum
Registry mapping
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Signature Updates
Value name
ScheduleDay
Type
REG_DWORD
Details
Options: Never (8), Every Day (0), Sunday (1), Monday (2), Tuesday (3), Wednesday (4), Thursday (5), Friday (6) … +1 more