[ { "Id": "diagnostics", "Title": "Minimum supported Windows diagnostic data", "Path": "SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\DataCollection", "Name": "AllowTelemetry", "Standard": 1, "Strict": 1, "EnterpriseValue": 0, "Source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-system#allowtelemetry", "Impact": "Pro retains required diagnostics. Enterprise/Education use 0. Required service data is separate; this does not silence Microsoft connections.", "Exceptions": [] }, { "Id": "advertising-id", "Title": "Disable Windows advertising ID", "Path": "SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\AdvertisingInfo", "Name": "DisabledByGroupPolicy", "Standard": 1, "Strict": 1, "EnterpriseValue": null, "Source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-privacy#disableadvertisingid", "Impact": "Affects the Windows advertising ID only, not GDID, browser fingerprints or account identifiers.", "Exceptions": [] }, { "Id": "location", "Title": "Turn off Windows location feature", "Path": "SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\LocationAndSensors", "Name": "DisableLocation", "Standard": 1, "Strict": 1, "EnterpriseValue": null, "Source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-admx-sensors#disablelocation_2", "Impact": "Location-dependent features stop working. IP-based and other independent location inference remain possible.", "Exceptions": [] }, { "Id": "camera", "Title": "Disallow camera devices by policy", "Path": "SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Camera", "Name": "AllowCamera", "Standard": 0, "Strict": 0, "EnterpriseValue": null, "Source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-camera#allowcamera", "Impact": "Can break camera-dependent workflows. Not a physical disconnection; test Windows Hello and desktop applications after reboot.", "Exceptions": [] }, { "Id": "microphone-apps", "Title": "Deny Windows app microphone access by default", "Path": "SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\AppPrivacy", "Name": "LetAppsAccessMicrophone", "Standard": 2, "Strict": 2, "EnterpriseValue": null, "Source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-privacy#letappsaccessmicrophone", "Impact": "Does not guarantee blocking all desktop applications. Existing per-app exceptions cause a conflict; use the device-wide Settings toggle or hardware disconnect for stronger restriction.", "Exceptions": [ "LetAppsAccessMicrophone_ForceAllowTheseApps", "LetAppsAccessMicrophone_UserInControlOfTheseApps" ] }, { "Id": "cloud-speech", "Title": "Disallow online speech recognition", "Path": "SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\InputPersonalization", "Name": "AllowInputPersonalization", "Standard": 0, "Strict": 0, "EnterpriseValue": null, "Source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-privacy#allowinputpersonalization", "Impact": "Cloud speech functionality is unavailable. Does not govern every application's speech service.", "Exceptions": [] }, { "Id": "clipboard-sync", "Title": "Disallow cross-device clipboard synchronization", "Path": "SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\System", "Name": "AllowCrossDeviceClipboard", "Standard": 0, "Strict": 0, "EnterpriseValue": null, "Source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-privacy#allowcrossdeviceclipboard", "Impact": "Stops Windows clipboard synchronization. Does not delete clipboard contents or copies already sent elsewhere.", "Exceptions": [] }, { "Id": "clipboard-history", "Title": "Disallow Windows clipboard history", "Path": "SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\System", "Name": "AllowClipboardHistory", "Standard": 1, "Strict": 0, "EnterpriseValue": null, "Source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-experience#allowclipboardhistory", "Impact": "Standard permits clipboard history; Strict disables it. Switching profiles does not recover previously cleared contents.", "Exceptions": [] }, { "Id": "find-my-device", "Title": "Disable Find My Device", "Path": "SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\FindMyDevice", "Name": "AllowFindMyDevice", "Standard": 0, "Strict": 0, "EnterpriseValue": null, "Source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-experience#allowfindmydevice", "Impact": "Loses Microsoft's device-location recovery feature. Does not erase cloud records already collected.", "Exceptions": [] }, { "Id": "cloud-search", "Title": "Disable cloud sources in Windows Search", "Path": "SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Windows Search", "Name": "AllowCloudSearch", "Standard": 0, "Strict": 0, "EnterpriseValue": null, "Source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-search#allowcloudsearch", "Impact": "Stops searching cloud sources such as OneDrive and SharePoint. Does not establish that all Start web queries are disabled.", "Exceptions": [] }, { "Id": "delivery-optimization", "Title": "Restrict Delivery Optimization", "Path": "SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\DeliveryOptimization", "Name": "DODownloadMode", "Standard": 0, "Strict": 99, "EnterpriseValue": null, "Source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-deliveryoptimization#dodownloadmode", "Impact": "Standard: HTTP without peering. Strict: HTTP without peering or DO cloud service. Neither blocks all update traffic or guarantees suppression of GDID reporting.", "Exceptions": [] }, { "Id": "updates-auto", "Title": "Automatic Windows Update choice", "Path": "SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\WindowsUpdate\\AU", "Name": "NoAutoUpdate", "Standard": null, "Strict": null, "EnterpriseValue": null, "Source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/update/waas-wu-settings", "Impact": "Manual requires the user to install security updates. Preserves update components; other update policies and products remain separate.", "Exceptions": [] }, { "Id": "updates-options", "Title": "Windows Update download/install behavior", "Path": "SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\WindowsUpdate\\AU", "Name": "AUOptions", "Standard": null, "Strict": null, "EnterpriseValue": null, "Source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/update/waas-wu-settings", "Impact": "Notify requests download/install notification; Automatic requests scheduled automatic installation. Effective behavior needs Windows validation.", "Exceptions": [] } ]