Azure Local - How to disable WDAC policy

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0100

I was going to write a very comprehensive guide on how to disable Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) policy on Azure Local, but I found this article that does that already: Manage Application Control for Azure Local

I do want to highlight a few things though 😊

CAUTION

Make sure to only disable WDAC policy when absolutely necessary and re-enable it as soon as possible.

Azure Local - How to enable RDP

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0100

For quite a while now Azure Local ships with Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) disabled. Most of the operations are typically managed via PowerShell Remote (WinRM) sessions these days, but occasionally you still want to use RDP to connect to the Azure Local host.

There are plenty of ways to enable that in Windows Server, as it requires ports opening, registry changes, etc. All of which can be done via PowerShell and was already covered in many blogs and articles. The fun fact about Azure Local though is that it actually has a built-in way to enable RDP, which is what I am going to show you in this post.

Azure Local on The Black Cloud

Azure Local - How to disable WDAC policy

Azure Local - How to enable RDP