TMA-INTUNE-DEFENDER-1.3.1
Ensure 'Configure local setting override for reporting to Microsoft MAPS' is set to 'Disabled'
Description
This policy setting configures a local override for the configuration to join Microsoft Active Protection Service (MAPS). The recommended state for this setting is: Disabled. Audit: reads the registry value(s) behind this Defender policy (HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender) and prints compliant only when each satisfies the benchmark value. Policy delivered by Intune only appears here once it has been applied to the device.
How it is checked
Audit method: Windows registry
$bad = @(); $v = (Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Spynet' -Name 'LocalSettingOverrideSpynetReporting' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).'LocalSettingOverrideSpynetReporting'; if (-not ($null -ne $v -and @(0) -contains [int64]$v)) { $bad += 'LocalSettingOverrideSpynetReporting=' + $v }; if ($bad.Count -eq 0) { 'compliant' } else { 'non-compliant: ' + ($bad -join ', ') }- Expected output
compliant
How it is fixed
Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch
To establish the recommended configuration via configuration profiles, set the following Settings Catalog path to Disabled. Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Microsoft Defender Antivirus\MAPS\Configure local setting override for reporting to Microsoft MAPS
Properties
- Operating systems
- Any
- Tags
- intune-defenderintuneregistry
- Reference
- CIS Microsoft Intune for Microsoft Defender Antivirus Benchmark v1.0.0 - 1.3.1 Ensure 'Configure local setting override for reporting to Microsoft MAPS' is set to 'Disabled'
Check this host
Run this on a machine you are allowed to audit. The scan is read-only.
tmaegis scan --target intune-defender