Policy
Allow Remote Shell Access
Windows 11 25H2
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista
This policy setting configures access to remote shells. If you enable or do not configure this policy setting, new remote shell connections are accepted by the server. If you set this policy to ‘disabled’, new remote shell connections are rejected by the server.
Internal name
AllowRemoteShellAccess
Policy ID
47b60b7846f4
Elements
0
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value |
|---|---|---|---|
| HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WinRM\Service\WinRS\AllowRemoteShellAccess | REG_DWORD | 1 | 0 |
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.
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