Disable diagnostics data processing for Business cloud
- Windows onlyThis script improves your privacy on Windows
- Single actionThis page belongs to a script, containing basic changes to achieve a task.
- Impact: Medium
System Functionality / Data Loss Risk: Moderate
This action improves privacy with minimal impact when you run the recommended script.
This action improves privacy with some impact when you run the recommended script. - Batch (batchfile)These changes use Windows system commands to update your settings.
- Administrator rights requiredThis script requires privilege access to do the system changes
- Fully reversible
You can fully restore this action (revert back to the original behavior) using this website.
The restore/revert methods provided here can help you fix issues.
Overview
This script controls whether diagnostic data from your device is processed by Windows Update for Business cloud 1 2.
If enabled, the script can enhance privacy by ensuring that diagnostic data from your device is not processed by the Windows Update for Business cloud (WufB) 1, an update management service provided by Microsoft 3. This service typically helps businesses manage updates on their devices efficiently. But if privacy is a concern, you can opt to disable it 3.
The policy is applicable to devices joined to Azure Active Directory 1. Azure Active Directory is a Microsoft cloud service that provides identity and access capabilities.
Disabling this policy means that some features of the Windows Update for Business deployment service might not be available. However, your device will gain an added layer of privacy as diagnostic data will not be processed by the business cloud 1.
This script is only recommended if you understand its implications.
Some non-critical or features may no longer function correctly after running this script.
This script can be fully reversed to restore changes if something goes wrong.
Sources
- Policy CSP - System - Windows Client Management. Microsoft Docs. (2022).
Original: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-system
Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20220903042236/https://docs.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-system#system-allowwufbcloudprocessing - Allow WUfB Cloud Processing. admx.help. (2021).
Original: https://admx.help
Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20210307173837/https://admx.help/?Category=Windows_10_2016&Policy=Microsoft.Policies.DataCollection::AllowWUfBCloudProcessing - Update Management for Windows on a Windows 365 Cloud PC. Microsoft Community Hub. techcommunity.microsoft.com. (2024).
Original: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/coreinfrastructureandsecurityblog/update-management-for-windows-on-a-windows-365-cloud-pc/3452703
Archived: https://archive.ph/2024.12.02-094527/https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/coreinfrastructureandsecurityblog/update-management-for-windows-on-a-windows-365-cloud-pc/3452703
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:: Set the registry value: "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection!AllowWUfBCloudProcessing"
PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "$registryPath = 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection'; $data = '0'; reg add 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection' /v 'AllowWUfBCloudProcessing' /t 'REG_DWORD' /d "^""$data"^"" /f"
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Paste the commands into Command Prompt and press Enter to run.Some changes require a system restart to take effect
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