diff --git a/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-personaldataencryption.md b/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-personaldataencryption.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c0b8925da7 --- /dev/null +++ b/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-personaldataencryption.md @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +--- +title: Policy CSP - PersonalDataEncryption +description: Learn how the PersonalDataEncryption configuration service provider (CSP) is used by the enterprise to manage encryption of PCs and devices. +ms.author: dansimp +ms.topic: article +ms.prod: w10 +ms.technology: windows +author: nimishasatapathy +ms.localizationpriority: medium +ms.date: 09/09/2022 +ms.reviewer: +manager: dansimp +--- + +# Policy CSP - PersonalDataEncryption + +The PersonalDataEncryption configuration service provider (CSP) is used by the enterprise to protect data confidentiality of PCs and devices. This CSP is supported in Windows 11. + +The following shows the PersonalDataEncryption configuration service provider in tree format. + +```./User/Vendor/MSFT/PDE +-- EnablePersonalDataEncryption +-- Status +-------- PersonalDataEncryptionStatus + +``` + +**EnablePersonalDataEncryption**: 0 is default (disabled). 1 (enabled) will make Personal Data Encryption (PDE) public API available to applications for the user: [UserDataProtectionManager Class (Windows.Security.DataProtection) - Windows UWP applications | Microsoft Docs](https://docs.microsoft.com/uwp/api/windows.security.dataprotection.userdataprotectionmanager?view=winrt-22621). The public API allows apps running as the user to encrypt data as soon as this policy is enabled. This doesn't mean PDE is enabled as prerequisites must be met for this to happen. + +**Status/PersonalDataEncryptionStatus**: Reports the current status of Personal Data Encryption (PDE) for the user. If prerequisites of PDE are not met, then this will report 0. If all prerequisites are met for PDE, PDE will be enabled and this will report 1. + + + + + +|Edition|Windows 10|Windows 11| +|--- |--- |--- | +|Home|No|No| +|Pro|No|No| +|Business|No|No| +|Enterprise|No|Yes| +|Education|No|Yes| \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/windows/client-management/mdm/toc.yml b/windows/client-management/mdm/toc.yml index 1b85a93de4..0c303be5b8 100644 --- a/windows/client-management/mdm/toc.yml +++ b/windows/client-management/mdm/toc.yml @@ -761,6 +761,8 @@ items: href: policy-csp-newsandinterests.md - name: Notifications href: policy-csp-notifications.md + - name: PersonalDataEncryption + href: policy-csp-personaldataencryption.md - name: Power href: policy-csp-power.md - name: Printers