[New script]: Block WpnService connection to Microsoft servers

[garmendes]

Operating system

Windows

Name of the script

Disable notifications network usage

Documentation/References

Either:

• Enable the Group Policy: Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Start Menu and Taskbar > Notifications > Turn Off notifications network usage
• Create a REG_DWORD registry setting named NoCloudApplicationNotification in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\PushNotifications with a value of 1 (one)

References: https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windows-itpro-docs/blob/public/windows/privacy/manage-connections-from-windows-operating-system-components-to-microsoft-services.md#10-live-tiles https://admx.help/?Category=Windows_10_2016&Policy=Microsoft.Policies.Notifications::NoCloudNotification

Code

No response

Revert code

No response

Suggested category

UI for Privacy, can be grouped with "Disable Live Tiles push notifications".

Recommendation level

Standard

Additional information

This prevents the WpnService from connecting to Microsoft servers, and doesn't break anything. The "UI for Privacy > Disable Live Tiles push notifications" script does not prevent network connections, as tested in Windows 10 22H2.

[undergroundwires]

This will be added, thank you @garmendes