Allow WUfB Cloud Processing
Verified with Windows 11 25H2 — updated on July 30, 2026
Supported on: At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 Version 1809
Path in the GPO console
Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Data Collection and Preview Builds Description
This policy is deprecated and will only work on Windows 10 version 1809. Setting this policy will have no effect for other supported versions of Windows. This policy setting configures an Azure Active Directory joined device so that Microsoft is the processor of the Windows diagnostic data collected from the device, subject to the Product Terms at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2185086. To enable this behavior: 1. Enable this policy setting 2. Join an Azure Active Directory account to the device 3. Set Allow Telemetry to value 1 - Required, or higher When these policies are configured, Windows diagnostic data collected from the device will be subject to Microsoft processor commitments. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, devices enrolled to the Windows Update for Business deployment service will not be able to take advantage of some deployment service features.
Registry
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection Value name: AllowWUfBCloudProcessing
Enabled: AllowWUfBCloudProcessing = 8
Disabled: AllowWUfBCloudProcessing = 0
MDM / Intune (CSP)
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/System/AllowWUfBCloudProcessing Microsoft Learn documentation Mapping data: Microsoft Learn (CC BY 4.0)
CSP values
-
0 (Default)- Disabled. -
8- Enabled.
Export Builder
BETAConfigure the state, scope and options, then generate .reg, PowerShell, Intune and SCCM outputs — or add the setting to a multi-setting collection.
These exports write the registry — this is not a managed GPO. ⓘ
.reg file
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
; Exported from gporais.com
; Policy: Allow WUfB Cloud Processing
; State: Enabled
; Supported on: At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 Version 1809
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection]
"AllowWUfBCloudProcessing"=dword:00000008More formats (PowerShell, Intune, SCCM)
PowerShell
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Allow WUfB Cloud Processing
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 Version 1809
$path = 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'AllowWUfBCloudProcessing' -Value 8 -Type DWordIntune XML
OMA-URI: ./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/System/AllowWUfBCloudProcessing
Data type: String
Value:
<enabled/>Intune Remediation
# === Detection script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Allow WUfB Cloud Processing
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 Version 1809
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
}
$checks = @(
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection' -Name 'AllowWUfBCloudProcessing' -Expected 8 -Kind DWord)
)
if ($checks -notcontains $false) {
Write-Output 'Compliant'
exit 0
}
Write-Output 'Non-compliant'
exit 1
# === Remediation script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Allow WUfB Cloud Processing
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 Version 1809
$path = 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'AllowWUfBCloudProcessing' -Value 8 -Type DWordSCCM scripts
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Allow WUfB Cloud Processing
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 Version 1809
# 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 WUfB Cloud Processing
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 Version 1809
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
}
$checks = @(
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection' -Name 'AllowWUfBCloudProcessing' -Expected 8 -Kind DWord)
)
if ($checks -notcontains $false) {
Write-Output 'Compliant'
exit 0
}
Write-Output 'Non-compliant'
exit 1
# === Remediation script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Allow WUfB Cloud Processing
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 Version 1809
$path = 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'AllowWUfBCloudProcessing' -Value 8 -Type DWordBuilding a multi-setting collection? Add this setting and generate combined .reg / PowerShell / GPO scripts.