Specify the day of the week to check for security intelligence updates

Policy ID
SignatureUpdate_ScheduleDay
Scope
Computer Configuration
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT
Source
Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category
Windows Components › Microsoft Defender Antivirus › Security Intelligence Updates

Description

This policy setting allows you to specify the day of the week on which to check for security intelligence updates. The check can also be configured to run every day or to never run at all.

This setting can be configured with the following ordinal number values:
(0x0) Every Day (default)
(0x1) Sunday
(0x2) Monday
(0x3) Tuesday
(0x4) Wednesday
(0x5) Thursday
(0x6) Friday
(0x7) Saturday
(0x8) Never

If you enable this setting, the check for security intelligence updates will occur at the frequency specified.

If you disable or do not configure this setting, the check for security intelligence updates will occur at a default frequency.

Options

  • Specify the day of the week to check for security intelligence updates
    • Never
    • Every Day
    • Sunday
    • Monday
    • Tuesday
    • Wednesday
    • Thursday
    • Friday
    • Saturday

Registry

ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
  • ScheduleDay-
  • ScheduleDayREG_DWORD

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