Policy

Allow network connectivity during connected-standby (on battery)

This policy setting allows you to control the network connectivity state in standby on modern standby-capable systems. If you enable this policy setting, network connectivity will be maintained in standby. If you disable this policy setting, network connectivity in standby is not guaranteed. This connectivity restriction currently applies to WLAN networks only, and is subject to change. If you do not configure this policy setting, users control this setting.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category System / Power Management / Sleep Settings
Policy ID 638b06945135
Internal name DCConnectivityInStandby_2

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Power\PowerSettings\f15576e8-98b7-4186-b944-eafa664402d9\DCSettingIndex (enabled) = 1
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Power\PowerSettings\f15576e8-98b7-4186-b944-eafa664402d9\DCSettingIndex (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting allows you to control the network connectivity state in standby on modern standby-capable systems. If you enable this policy setting, network connectivity will be maintained in standby. If you disable this policy setting, network connectivity in standby is not guaranteed. This connectivity restriction currently applies to WLAN networks only, and is subject to change. If you do not configure this policy setting, users control this setting.

Related policies

Allow applications to prevent automatic sleep (on battery)Allow applications to prevent automatic sleep (plugged in)Allow automatic sleep with Open Network Files (on battery)Allow automatic sleep with Open Network Files (plugged in)Allow network connectivity during connected-standby (plugged in)Allow standby states (S1-S3) when sleeping (on battery)Allow standby states (S1-S3) when sleeping (plugged in)