Policy
Specify the day of the week to check for security intelligence updates
Microsoft Windows
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
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.
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.
| Scope | Element | Type | Registry mapping | Constraints & behavior | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |