Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassComputer
CategoryNetwork > DirectAccess Client Experience Settings
Supported onAt least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016

Specifies whether an entry for DirectAccess connectivity appears when the user clicks the Networking notification area icon. Set this to Disabled to prevent user confusion when you are just using DirectAccess to remotely manage DirectAccess client computers from your intranet and not providing seamless intranet access. If this setting is not configured, the entry for DirectAccess connectivity appears.

Internal name
ShowUI
Policy ID
d298165340af
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\NetworkConnectivityAssistant\ShowUIREG_DWORD
1
0

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