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Policy CSP - AboveLock

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Important

This CSP contains some settings that are under development and only applicable for Windows Insider Preview builds. These settings are subject to change and may have dependencies on other features or services in preview.

AllowActionCenterNotifications

Note

This policy is deprecated and may be removed in a future release.

Scope Editions Applicable OS
✅ Device
❌ User
Not applicable ✅ Windows 10, version 1507 [10.0.10240] and later
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/AboveLock/AllowActionCenterNotifications

This policy is deprecated.

Description framework properties:

Property name Property value
Format int
Access Type Add, Delete, Get, Replace
Default Value 1

Allowed values:

Value Description
0 Not allowed.
1 (Default) Allowed.

AllowCortanaAboveLock

Scope Editions Applicable OS
✅ Device
❌ User
✅ Pro
✅ Enterprise
✅ Education
✅ IoT Enterprise / IoT Enterprise LTSC
✅ Windows 10, version 1607 [10.0.14393] and later
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/AboveLock/AllowCortanaAboveLock

This policy setting determines whether or not the user can interact with Cortana using speech while the system is locked.

  • If you enable or don't configure this setting, the user can interact with Cortana using speech while the system is locked.

  • If you disable this setting, the system will need to be unlocked for the user to interact with Cortana using speech.

Description framework properties:

Property name Property value
Format int
Access Type Add, Delete, Get, Replace
Default Value 1

Allowed values:

Value Description
0 Not allowed.
1 (Default) Allowed.

Group policy mapping:

Name Value
Name AllowCortanaAboveLock
Friendly Name Allow Cortana above lock screen
Location Computer Configuration
Path Windows Components > Search
Registry Key Name SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search
Registry Value Name AllowCortanaAboveLock
ADMX File Name Search.admx

AllowToasts

Scope Editions Applicable OS
✅ Device
❌ User
✅ Pro
✅ Enterprise
✅ Education
✅ IoT Enterprise / IoT Enterprise LTSC
✅ Windows 10, version 1607 [10.0.14393] and later
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/AboveLock/AllowToasts

Specifies whether to allow toast notifications above the device lock screen. Most restricted value is 0.

Description framework properties:

Property name Property value
Format int
Access Type Add, Delete, Get, Replace
Default Value 1

Allowed values:

Value Description
0 Not allowed.
1 (Default) Allowed.

ConfigureAudioOnLockScreen

Scope Editions Applicable OS
✅ Device
❌ User
✅ Pro
✅ Enterprise
✅ Education
✅ IoT Enterprise / IoT Enterprise LTSC
✅ Windows Insider Preview
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/AboveLock/ConfigureAudioOnLockScreen

This policy will allow the audio above lock screen to be managed by IT admins and allow apps like digital signage to play audio above lock screen without having a user signed on.

Description framework properties:

Property name Property value
Format int
Access Type Add, Delete, Get, Replace
Default Value 0

Allowed values:

Value Description
0 (Default) No audio playback or recording on lock screen (aside from OS defined exceptions).
1 Audio playback allowed on lock screen. Audio recording isn't allowed.
2 Audio playback and recording allowed on lock screen.

Group policy mapping:

Name Value
Name ConfigureAudioOnLockScreen
Path Audio > AT > WindowsComponents > Audio
Element Name ConfigureAudioOnLockScreen_Enum

Policy configuration service provider