Allow hardware-accelerated rendering for Microsoft Defender Application Guard
Verified with Windows 11 25H2 — updated on July 16, 2026
Supported on: Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 Enterprise or Windows 10 Education with Microsoft Defender Application Guard in Enterprise mode
Path in the GPO console
Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Microsoft Defender Application Guard Description
This policy setting determines whether Microsoft Defender Application Guard renders graphics using hardware or software acceleration. If you enable this setting, Microsoft Defender Application Guard uses Hyper-V to access supported, high-security rendering graphics hardware (GPUs). These GPUs improve rendering performance and battery life while using Microsoft Defender Application Guard, particularly for video playback and other graphics-intensive use cases. If you enable this setting without connecting any high-security rendering graphics hardware, Microsoft Defender Application Guard will automatically revert to software-based (CPU) rendering. Note: Be aware that enabling this setting with potentially compromised graphics devices or drivers might pose a risk to the host device. If you disable or don’t configure this setting, Microsoft Defender Application Guard uses software-based (CPU) rendering and won’t load any third-party graphics drivers or interact with any connected graphics hardware.
Registry
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\AppHVSI Value name: AllowVirtualGPU
Enabled: AllowVirtualGPU = 1
Disabled: AllowVirtualGPU = 0
Export Builder
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.reg file
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
; Exported from gporais.com
; Policy: Allow hardware-accelerated rendering for Microsoft Defender Application Guard
; State: Enabled
; Supported on: Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 Enterprise or Windows 10 Education with Microsoft Defender Application Guard in Enterprise mode
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\AppHVSI]
"AllowVirtualGPU"=dword:00000001More formats (PowerShell, Intune, SCCM)
PowerShell
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Allow hardware-accelerated rendering for Microsoft Defender Application Guard
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 Enterprise or Windows 10 Education with Microsoft Defender Application Guard in Enterprise mode
$path = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\AppHVSI'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'AllowVirtualGPU' -Value 1 -Type DWordIntune XML
No direct Policy CSP / OMA-URI mapping for this policy. Use the Intune Remediation tab, or ingest the ADMX in Intune.Intune Remediation
# === Detection script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Allow hardware-accelerated rendering for Microsoft Defender Application Guard
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 Enterprise or Windows 10 Education with Microsoft Defender Application Guard in Enterprise mode
function Test-RegistryValue {
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Path,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Name,
[object]$Expected,
[ValidateSet('String', 'DWord', 'MultiString')][string]$Kind = 'String',
[switch]$Absent
)
try {
$item = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction Stop
} catch {
return $Absent.IsPresent
}
if ($Absent.IsPresent) { return $false }
$actual = $item.$Name
if ($Kind -eq 'DWord') { return ([int64]$actual) -eq ([int64]$Expected) }
if ($Kind -eq 'MultiString') {
$actualValues = @($actual)
$expectedValues = @($Expected)
if ($actualValues.Count -ne $expectedValues.Count) { return $false }
for ($i = 0; $i -lt $expectedValues.Count; $i++) {
if ([string]$actualValues[$i] -ne [string]$expectedValues[$i]) { return $false }
}
return $true
}
return [string]$actual -eq [string]$Expected
}
$checks = @(
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\AppHVSI' -Name 'AllowVirtualGPU' -Expected 1 -Kind DWord)
)
if ($checks -notcontains $false) {
Write-Output 'Compliant'
exit 0
}
Write-Output 'Non-compliant'
exit 1
# === Remediation script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Allow hardware-accelerated rendering for Microsoft Defender Application Guard
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 Enterprise or Windows 10 Education with Microsoft Defender Application Guard in Enterprise mode
$path = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\AppHVSI'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'AllowVirtualGPU' -Value 1 -Type DWordSCCM scripts
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Allow hardware-accelerated rendering for Microsoft Defender Application Guard
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 Enterprise or Windows 10 Education with Microsoft Defender Application Guard in Enterprise mode
# SCCM Configuration Item guidance:
# Create a Configuration Item of type "Setting: Script".
# Discovery script: use the Detection script below.
# Remediation script: use the Remediation script below.
# Compliance rule: the Discovery script output equals 'Compliant'.
# === Detection script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Allow hardware-accelerated rendering for Microsoft Defender Application Guard
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 Enterprise or Windows 10 Education with Microsoft Defender Application Guard in Enterprise mode
function Test-RegistryValue {
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Path,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Name,
[object]$Expected,
[ValidateSet('String', 'DWord', 'MultiString')][string]$Kind = 'String',
[switch]$Absent
)
try {
$item = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction Stop
} catch {
return $Absent.IsPresent
}
if ($Absent.IsPresent) { return $false }
$actual = $item.$Name
if ($Kind -eq 'DWord') { return ([int64]$actual) -eq ([int64]$Expected) }
if ($Kind -eq 'MultiString') {
$actualValues = @($actual)
$expectedValues = @($Expected)
if ($actualValues.Count -ne $expectedValues.Count) { return $false }
for ($i = 0; $i -lt $expectedValues.Count; $i++) {
if ([string]$actualValues[$i] -ne [string]$expectedValues[$i]) { return $false }
}
return $true
}
return [string]$actual -eq [string]$Expected
}
$checks = @(
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\AppHVSI' -Name 'AllowVirtualGPU' -Expected 1 -Kind DWord)
)
if ($checks -notcontains $false) {
Write-Output 'Compliant'
exit 0
}
Write-Output 'Non-compliant'
exit 1
# === Remediation script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Allow hardware-accelerated rendering for Microsoft Defender Application Guard
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 Enterprise or Windows 10 Education with Microsoft Defender Application Guard in Enterprise mode
$path = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\AppHVSI'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'AllowVirtualGPU' -Value 1 -Type DWordBuilding a multi-setting collection? Add this setting and generate combined .reg / PowerShell / GPO scripts.