Gpo to block download files 2016

Steve May 4, at UTC. What worked: Setup a new Group Policy Object. Put all of your settings under Computer Configuration. Make sure your extension is listed in Designated File Types.

For scope, make sure you include the computers or the general group they are in. Things I'm not sure about: It will probably work if you did this in User Configuration instead of Computer Configuration. Tell me how it goes here. Osserc May 5, at UTC. With that would i need to change the default security level to restricted. Steve May 5, at UTC. Osserc May 9, at UTC.

Hi LarryG i tired the blocking the file by name and it did not work Hi Steve yes i have tried the set up you advised that that did not work. Have you confirmed that the GPO is being applied? Steve May 9, at UTC. Visit the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint demo website at demo. PUA protection in audit mode is useful if your company is conducting an internal software security compliance check and you'd like to avoid any false positives. See Configure device restriction settings in Microsoft Intune and Microsoft Defender Antivirus device restriction settings for Windows 10 in Intune for more details.

See How to create and deploy antimalware policies: Scheduled scans settings for details on configuring Microsoft Endpoint Manager Current Branch. Download and install Administrative Templates. In Options , select Block to block potentially unwanted applications, or select Audit Mode to test how the setting works in your environment. Select OK. Setting the value for this cmdlet to Enabled turns on the feature if it has been disabled.

We recommend keeping PUA protection turned on. However, you can turn it off by using the following cmdlet:. Setting the value for this cmdlet to Disabled turns off the feature if it has been enabled. Here's an example:. It does not prevent users from running programs, such as Task Manager, which are started by the system process or by other processes. Also, if users have access to the command prompt Cmd. Today you can block programs from running by: Path — which can just be a file name!

Tags: GPO. Questions or Comments? Cancel reply. If you disable or do not configure this setting, users can choose to redirect their known folders back to their PC. The B2B Sync feature of the OneDrive sync app lets users at an organization to sync OneDrive and SharePoint libraries and folders shared with them from another organization.

For more info, see B2B Sync. Enabling this setting prevents users at your organization from being able to use B2B Sync. After the setting is enabled value 1 on a computer, the sync app does not sync libraries and folders shared from other organizations. Modify the setting to the disabled state value 0 to restore B2B Sync capability for your users. This setting shows the following window that prompts users to move their Documents, Pictures, and Desktop folders to OneDrive.

If you enable this setting and provide your tenant ID, users who are syncing their OneDrive see the previous window when they're signed in. If they close the window, a reminder notification appears in the Activity Center until they move all their known folders. If a user has already redirected their known folders to a different OneDrive account, they are prompted to direct the folders to the account for your organization leaving existing files behind.

If you disable or do not configure this setting, the window that prompts users to protect their important folders doesn't appear. For info and recommendations, see Redirect and move Windows known folders to OneDrive. This policy sets the threshold for how many files a user can delete from a local OneDrive folder before the user is notified that the files will also be deleted from the cloud.

If you enable this policy, users will see a notification if they delete more than the specified number of files from OneDrive on their local computer. The user will be given the option to continue to remove the cloud files, or restore the local files. Even if you enable this policy, users won't receive notifications if they've selected the "Always remove files" check box on a previous notification, or if they've cleared the "Notify me when many files are deleted in the cloud" check box in OneDrive sync app settings.

If you disable this policy, users will not receive a notification when they delete numerous OneDrive files on their local computer.

If you do not configure this policy, users will see a notification when they delete more than files within a short period of time.

This setting makes users confirm that they want to delete files in the cloud when they delete a large number of synced files. If you enable this setting, a warning always appears when users delete a large number of synced files. If a user doesn't confirm a delete operation within seven days, the files are not deleted. If you disable or do not configure this setting, users can choose to hide the warning, and always delete files in the cloud. Any user who has a OneDrive that's larger than the specified threshold in MB is prompted to choose the folders they want to sync before the OneDrive sync app OneDrive.

The default value is We release OneDrive sync app OneDrive. This setting lets you specify the ring for users in your organization. When you enable this setting and select a ring, users aren't able to change it. Production ring users get the latest features as they become available. This ring is the default. Deferred ring users get new features, bug fixes, and performance improvements last.

This ring lets you deploy updates from an internal network location, and control the timing of the deployment within a day window. We recommend selecting several people in your IT department as early adopters to join the Insiders ring and receive features early.

We recommend leaving everyone else in the organization in the default Production ring to ensure they receive bug fixes and new features in a timely fashion. See all our recommendations for configuring the sync app. If you disable or do not configure this setting, users can join the Windows Insider program or the Office Insider program to get updates on the Insiders ring.

Set the value 4 for Insider, 5 for Production, or 0 for Deferred. For more info on the builds currently available in each ring, see the release notes.

For more info about the update rings and how the sync app checks for updates, see The OneDrive sync app update process. We recommend deploying the silent policy for existing devices and new devices while limiting the deployment of existing devices to 1, devices a day and not exceeding 4, devices a week.

We also recommend using this setting together with Prompt users to move Windows known folders to OneDrive. If moving the known folders silently does not succeed, users will be prompted to correct the error and continue. You can move all folders at once or select the folders you want to move. After a folder is moved, this policy will not affect that folder again, even if you clear the check box for the folder. If you enable this setting and provide your tenant ID, you can choose whether to display a notification to users after their folders have been redirected.

If you disable or do not configure this setting, your users' known folders are not silently redirected to OneDrive. If you don't set any of the following policies then the default policy will move all the folders Desktop, Documents and Pictures into OneDrive. If you want to specify which folder s to move then you can set any combination of the following policies:.

For more info, see Redirect and move Windows known folders to OneDrive. If you enable this setting, users who are signed in on a PC that's joined to Azure AD can set up the sync app without entering their account credentials. Users will still be shown OneDrive Setup so they can select folders to sync and change the location of their OneDrive folder. If a user is using the previous OneDrive for Business sync app Groove.

This setting is frequently used together with Set the maximum size of a user's OneDrive that can download automatically on PCs that don't have Files On-Demand and with Set the default location for the OneDrive folder.

We recommend enabling silent account configuration when you configure the sync app. For more info about this feature, including troubleshooting steps, see Silently configure user accounts. Let us know if you have feedback on this feature or encounter any issues. Right-click the OneDrive icon in the notification area and select Report a problem.

Tag any feedback with "SilentConfig" so that your feedback is sent directly to engineers working on this feature. Files On-Demand helps you save storage space on your users' computers, and minimize the network impact of sync. The feature is available to users running Windows 10 Fall Creators update version or later.

We recommend keeping Files On-Demand enabled. If you enable this setting, new users who set up the sync app see online-only files in File Explorer, by default. File contents don't download until a file is opened. If you disable this setting, Windows 10 users have the same sync behavior as users of previous versions of Windows, and aren't able to turn on Files On-Demand.

If you do not configure this setting, users can turn Files On-Demand on or off. Enabling this feature sets the following registry key value to