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Name: Profile – W10 – Applocker – AppX (in my demo)ĭescription: Windows 10 – Applocker Policy – AppXĬlick on Add at the OMA-URI settings and provide the following detailsĭescription: AppX configuration for Applocker Click on “+Ĭreate Profile” to create a new Configuration Profile Use the content of the XML files later when creating our Configuration profiles Create separate XML filesĬreate a Configuration Profile for Packaged Apps (AppX) by going to the Microsoft Endpoint ManagerĪdmin Center -> Devices -> Configuration Profiles. for each section (AppX, Exe, MSI and Script).

I suggest doing it like this and to store these XMLs near Thing we need to do in order to use the CSP is to modify the XML and split it

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Point forward you can open your XML file in your favorite XML editor Export opened in Visual Studio Code Distributing your Applocker policies using Configuration Profiles inĪ Configuration Profile in Microsoft Intune we can deploy our exportedĪpplocker policy to our Intune managed Modern workplaces.Ĭonfiguration Service Provider (CSP) Create the Intune Configuration Profile Provide a name and location for the XML file and click XML file which we need later on when creating our Configuration ProfileĮxport the configured Applocker policy by rightclicking on the Applocker node,Īnd by choosing export. Have a good working Applocker configuration you can export that configuration Open the Local Computer Policy by executing gpedit.msc and browse to ComputerĬonfiguration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> ApplicationĬontrol Policies, where you will find the Applocker node. With standard I mean a machine containing the default configuration when itĬomes to settings and applications installed. Way to setup your initial Applocker policies is by implementing the policies inĪ local group policy on a “standard” machine within your environment.

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Option is to revoke the administrator rights of your users, and implement someīasic Applocker policies to prevent unwanted software from executing on yourįirst let’s see how we can setup Applocker Setup and test your Applocker policies Solution providing services based on a “assume breach” approach onĪll your devices where the users are local admin, so that you have a way toĭetect and respond to a breach in a short period. Implement Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (MDATP) or a 3rd party Where each solutions has it’s pro’s and con’s. This mitigation can be done in several ways, In my opinion and based on my experience, this This default setup provided by Microsoft it’s quite normal nowadays that thereĪre some modern workplace implementation where the users are a localĪdministrator on their device. If you don’t want your users to become a localĪdministrator on the device, you need to leverage Windows Autopilot where youĬan define this behavior (whether or not the user gets added to the localĪdministrator group) in a deployment profile. If you do this, by default the account performing the join will be added to the (OOB) experience, you can choose to join the device to Azure Active Directory. Start Windows 10 business editions for the first time in the Out of the Box Current state of local admin rights on Windows 10 devices Simplistic way of enabling Applocker policies, in the real world there are someĬaveats which must be addressed when implementing Applocker. My own tenant, and how I started to use these principles myself whichĮventually led by removing my account from the local administrator group.ĭisclaimer: This blogpost provides a very Sami referred to a quote from Mikko Hyppönen (Chief Research Officer atį-Secure): “ Make your security better than yourīlogpost I will share my experience with implementing Applocker policy within In 2020 and forward”, Sami made us aware that by implementing some simpleĪpplocker policies on our Modern Workplace and by making sure that the userĪdmin rights, we can seriously improve our security. In his presentation titled: “Securing Windows Professionals in the Windows OS and Security flying over to the Netherlands and Management User Group Netherlands meeting, we had the honor to have Sami Laiho, one of the world’s leading

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