Allow Remote Shell Access
- Policy ID
- AllowRemoteShellAccess
- Scope
- Computer Configuration
- Supported on
- At least Windows Vista
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- Windows Components › Windows Remote Shell
Description
This policy setting configures access to remote shells.
If you enable or do not configure this policy setting, new remote shell connections are accepted by the server.
If you set this policy to ‘disabled’, new remote shell connections are rejected by the server.
Registry
ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- AllowRemoteShellAccessREG_DWORD