Policy

Enable App Installer Microsoft Store Source Certificate Validation Bypass

This policy controls whether the Windows Package Manager will validate the Microsoft Store certificate hash matches to a known Microsoft Store certificate when initiating a connection to the Microsoft Store Source. If you enable this policy, the Windows Package Manager will bypass the Microsoft Store certificate validation. If you disable this policy, the Windows Package Manager will validate the Microsoft Store certificate used is valid and belongs to the Microsoft Store before communicating with the Microsoft Store source. If you do not configure this policy, the Windows Package Manager administrator settings will be adhered to.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category Windows Components / Desktop App Installer
Policy ID 655058484432
Internal name EnableBypassCertificatePinningForMicrosoftStore

Registry

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HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\AppInstaller\EnableBypassCertificatePinningForMicrosoftStore (enabled) = 1
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\AppInstaller\EnableBypassCertificatePinningForMicrosoftStore (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy controls whether the Windows Package Manager will validate the Microsoft Store certificate hash matches to a known Microsoft Store certificate when initiating a connection to the Microsoft Store Source. If you enable this policy, the Windows Package Manager will bypass the Microsoft Store certificate validation. If you disable this policy, the Windows Package Manager will validate the Microsoft Store certificate used is valid and belongs to the Microsoft Store before communicating with the Microsoft Store source. If you do not configure this policy, the Windows Package Manager administrator settings will be adhered to.

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