Policy
Disallow network as backup target
Windows 11 25H2
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
This policy setting allows you to manage whether backups of a machine can run to a network share or not. If you enable this policy setting, machine administrator/backup operator cannot use Windows Server Backup to run backups to a network share. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, there is no restriction on network share being backup target.
Internal name
DisallowNetworkAsBackupTarget
Policy ID
3c30b8056240
Elements
0
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value |
|---|---|---|---|
| HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Backup\Server\NoBackupToNetwork | REG_DWORD | 1 | 0 |
Policy elements
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