For supplemental policies, applications that are allowed by either the base policy or its supplemental policy/policies are allowed to run Supplemental Policies, users can deploy one or more supplemental policies to expand a base policy.If two base policies exist on a device, an application has to be allowed by both to run.Multiple Base Policies, users can enforce two or more base policies simultaneously in order to allow simpler policy targeting for policies with different scope/intent.Multiple Policies and Supplemental Policy.īeginning with Windows 10 version 1903, Windows server 2022, WDAC supports up to 32 active policies on a device at once. The process that launched the app or binary.The Folder or File path from which the app or file is launched (beginning with Windows 10 version 1903).The identity of the process that initiated the installation of the app and its binaries ( managed installer).The reputation of the app as determined by Microsoft's Intelligent Security Graph.Attributes of the app's binaries that come from the signed metadata for the files, such as Original Filename and version, or the hash of the file.Attributes of the codesigning certificate(s) used to sign an app and its binaries.WDAC policies apply to the managed computer as a whole and affects all users of the device. Windows Server Core edition does support WDAC but some components that depends on AppLocker won’t work.Windows Server 2016/2019 or anything before version 1903 only support legacy policies (aka 1 policy in place).

WDAC allows organizations to control which drivers and applications are allowed to run on devices. WDAC was introduced with Windows 10 and could be applied to Windows server 2016 and later, its older name is Configurable Code Integrity (CCI). Today we discuss about All things about WDAC – Windows Defender Application Control.

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