Policy

Allow security intelligence updates from Microsoft Update

This policy setting allows you to enable download of security intelligence updates from Microsoft Update even if the Automatic Updates default server is configured to another download source such as Windows Update. If you enable this setting, security intelligence updates will be downloaded from Microsoft Update. If you disable or do not configure this setting, security intelligence updates will be downloaded from the configured download source.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category Windows Components / Microsoft Defender Antivirus / Security Intelligence Updates
Policy ID 29f9eccefb93
Internal name SignatureUpdate_ForceUpdateFromMU

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Signature Updates\ForceUpdateFromMU (enabled) = 1
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Signature Updates\ForceUpdateFromMU (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting allows you to enable download of security intelligence updates from Microsoft Update even if the Automatic Updates default server is configured to another download source such as Windows Update. If you enable this setting, security intelligence updates will be downloaded from Microsoft Update. If you disable or do not configure this setting, security intelligence updates will be downloaded from the configured download source.

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