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- [Windows Sandbox](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Windows-Kernel-Internals/Windows-Sandbox/ba-p/301849): Isolated desktop environment where you can run untrusted software without the fear of lasting impact to your device.
- [Microphone privacy settings](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4468232/windows-10-camera-microphone-and-privacy-microsoft-privacy): A microphone icon appears in the notification area letting you see which apps are using your microphone.
#### Windows Defender Application Guard (WDAG)
#### Microsoft Defender Application Guard
- [Windows Defender Application Guard](/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-defender-application-guard/wd-app-guard-overview) enhancements:
- [Microsoft Defender Application Guard](/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-defender-application-guard/wd-app-guard-overview) enhancements:
- Standalone users can install and configure their Windows Defender Application Guard settings without needing to change Registry key settings. Enterprise users can check their settings to see what their administrators have configured for their machines to better understand the behavior.
- WDAG is now an extension in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Many users are in a hybrid browser environment, and would like to extend WDAGs browser isolation technology beyond Microsoft Edge. In the latest release, users can install the WDAG extension in their Chrome or Firefox browsers. This extension will redirect untrusted navigations to the WDAG Edge browser. There is also a companion app to enable this feature in the Microsoft Store. Users can quickly launch WDAG from their desktop using this app. This feature is also available in Windows 10, version 1803 or later with the latest updates.
- Application Guard is now an extension in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Many users are in a hybrid browser environment, and would like to extend Application Guards browser isolation technology beyond Microsoft Edge. In the latest release, users can install the Application Guard extension in their Chrome or Firefox browsers. This extension will redirect untrusted navigations to the Application Guard Edge browser. There is also a companion app to enable this feature in the Microsoft Store. Users can quickly launch Application Guard from their desktop using this app. This feature is also available in Windows 10, version 1803 or later with the latest updates.
To try this extension:
1. Configure WDAG policies on your device.
1. Configure Application Guard policies on your device.
2. Go to the Chrome Web Store or Firefox Add-ons and search for Application Guard. Install the extension.
3. Follow any additional configuration steps on the extension setup page.
4. Reboot the device.
5. Navigate to an untrusted site in Chrome and Firefox.
- WDAG allows dynamic navigation: Application Guard now allows users to navigate back to their default host browser from the WDAG Microsoft Edge. Previously, users browsing in WDAG Edge would see an error page when they try to go to a trusted site within the container browser. With this new feature, users will automatically be redirected to their host default browser when they enter or click on a trusted site in WDAG Edge. This feature is also available in Windows 10, version 1803 or later with the latest updates.
- Application Guard allows dynamic navigation: Application Guard now allows users to navigate back to their default host browser from the Application Guard Microsoft Edge. Previously, users browsing in Application Guard Edge would see an error page when they try to go to a trusted site within the container browser. With this new feature, users will automatically be redirected to their host default browser when they enter or click on a trusted site in Application Guard Edge. This feature is also available in Windows 10, version 1803 or later with the latest updates.
WDAG performance is improved with optimized document opening times:
- An issue is fixed that could cause a one minute or more delay when you open a Microsoft Defender Application Guard (WDAG) Office document. This can occur when you try to open a file using a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path or Server Message Block (SMB) share link.
- A memory issue is fixed that could cause a WDAG container to use almost 1 GB of working set memory when the container is idle.
Application Guard performance is improved with optimized document opening times:
- An issue is fixed that could cause a one minute or more delay when you open a Microsoft Defender Application Guard (Application Guard) Office document. This can occur when you try to open a file using a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path or Server Message Block (SMB) share link.
- A memory issue is fixed that could cause a Application Guard container to use almost 1 GB of working set memory when the container is idle.
- The performance of Robocopy is improved when copying files over 400 MB in size.
[Windows Defender Application Guard](/deployedge/microsoft-edge-security-windows-defender-application-guard) has been available for Chromium-based Edge since early 2020.
[Edge support for Microsoft Defender Application Guard](/deployedge/microsoft-edge-security-windows-defender-application-guard) has been available for Chromium-based Edge since early 2020.
Microsoft Defender Application Guard now supports Office: With [Microsoft Defender Application Guard for Office](/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/install-app-guard), you can launch untrusted Office documents (from outside the Enterprise) in an isolated container to prevent potentially malicious content from compromising your device.
- [Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC)](/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-defender-application-control/windows-defender-application-control): In Windows 10, version 1903 WDAC added a number of new features that light up key scenarios and provide feature parity with AppLocker.
- [Application Control for Windows](/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-defender-application-control/windows-defender-application-control): In Windows 10, version 1903 WDAC added a number of new features that light up key scenarios and provide feature parity with AppLocker.
- [Multiple Policies](/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-defender-application-control/deploy-multiple-windows-defender-application-control-policies): WDAC now supports multiple simultaneous code integrity policies for one device in order to enable the following scenarios: 1) enforce and audit side-by-side, 2) simpler targeting for policies with different scope/intent, 3) expanding a policy using a new supplemental policy.
- [Path-Based Rules](/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-defender-application-control/create-path-based-rules): The path condition identifies an app by its location in the file system of the computer or on the network instead of a signer or hash identifier. Additionally, WDAC has an option that allows admins to enforce at runtime that only code from paths that are not user-writeable is executed. When code tries to execute at runtime, the directory is scanned and files will be checked for write permissions for non-known admins. If a file is found to be user writeable, the executable is blocked from running unless it is authorized by something other than a path rule like a signer or hash rule.<br>
This brings WDAC to functionality parity with AppLocker in terms of support for file path rules. WDAC improves upon the security of policies based on file path rules with the availability of the user-writability permission checks at runtime time, which is a capability that is not available with AppLocker.