Policy

Specify the day of the week to check for security intelligence updates

This policy setting allows you to specify the day of the week on which to check for security intelligence updates. The check can also be configured to run every day or to never run at all. This setting can be configured with the following ordinal number values: (0x0) Every Day (default) (0x1) Sunday (0x2) Monday (0x3) Tuesday (0x4) Wednesday (0x5) Thursday (0x6) Friday (0x7) Saturday (0x8) Never If you enable this setting, the check for security intelligence updates will occur at the frequency specified. If you disable or do not configure this setting, the check for security intelligence updates will occur at a default frequency.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category Windows Components / Microsoft Defender Antivirus / Security Intelligence Updates
Policy ID 43b9a0e976fd
Internal name SignatureUpdate_ScheduleDay

Registry

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HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Signature Updates\ScheduleDay

Policy notes

This policy setting allows you to specify the day of the week on which to check for security intelligence updates. The check can also be configured to run every day or to never run at all. This setting can be configured with the following ordinal number values: (0x0) Every Day (default) (0x1) Sunday (0x2) Monday (0x3) Tuesday (0x4) Wednesday (0x5) Thursday (0x6) Friday (0x7) Saturday (0x8) Never If you enable this setting, the check for security intelligence updates will occur at the frequency specified. If you disable or do not configure this setting, the check for security intelligence updates will occur at a default frequency.

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