Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassComputer
CategoryWindows Components > Microsoft Defender Antivirus > Features
Supported onAt least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 Version 1607

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, WindowsServer2016

Enable or Disable Defender Device Control on this machine. Note: You must be enrolled as E3 or E5 in order for Device Control to be enabled.

Internal name
DeviceControlEnabled
Policy ID
04e42e8bef0f
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Features\DeviceControlEnabledREG_DWORD
1
0

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