Recorded 18 Oct 2026 at 23:19 UTC. This is what ChangeIntel recorded, including the title, summary, facts and links. It is not a statement of the source's current position. See the latest record.
Guidance timelinesupport.microsoft.com
Windows hardening guidance and key dates
Microsoft's guidance publishes 12 dates, from 9 May 2023 to January 2026 (Hardening changes by month).
What it said
- Hardening changes by month
- 9 May 2023 or later
- Hardening changes by month (2)
- 11 Jul 2023 or later · Enforced
- Latest Windows hardening guidance and key dates
- February 2024
- Latest Windows hardening guidance and key dates (2)
- 10 Mar 2024
- Hardening changes by month (3)
- 9 Apr 2024 or later · Audit / monitor, conditional
- Hardening changes by month (4)
- January 2025 or later · Enforced by default
- Latest Windows hardening guidance and key dates (3)
- 19 Feb 2025
- Hardening changes by month (5)
- April 2025 or later · Retired / removed
- Hardening changes by month (6)
- 8 Apr 2025 · Audit / monitor
- Hardening changes by month (7)
- July 2025 or later · Enforced by default, conditional
- Hardening changes by month (8)
- October 2025 or later · Enforced
- Hardening changes by month (9)
- January 2026 or later · Enforced, conditional
- Settings named
- AllowNtAuthPolicyBypass, CrossDomainFilteringLevel, PacSignatureValidationLevel, RequireSeal
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