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Windows 10, version 1703 Diagnostic Data (Windows 10)	Use this article to learn about the types of that is collected the the Full telemetry level.	privacy,Windows 10	w10	manage	library	high	brianlic-msft

Windows 10, version 1703 Diagnostic Data

Microsoft collects Windows diagnostic data to keep Windows up-to-date, secure, and operating properly. It also helps us improve Windows and, for users who have turned on tailored experiences, can be used to provide relevant tips and recommendations to tailor Microsoft products to the user's needs. In keeping with our efforts to be transparent about diagnostic data Windows collects, as described in Terry Myerson's blog post in January 2017, this article includes descriptions of the diagnostic data that is collected by Windows at the Full telemetry level. A small subset of this data is collected at the Basic level.

The data covered in this article is grouped into the following categories:

• Device, Connectivity, and Configuration data
• Product and Service Usage data
• Product and Service Performance data
• Software Setup and Inventory data
• Content Consumption data
• Browsing History data
• Search Requests and Query data
• Inking, Typing, and Speech Utterance data
• Licensing and Purchase data

Note

The majority of diagnostic data falls into the first four categories.

Common data

Most diagnostic events contain a header of common data:

Category Name

Examples

Common Data

Information that is added to most diagnostic events, if relevant and available: OS name, version, build, and locale User ID -- a unique identifier associated with the user's Microsoft Account (if one is used) or local account. The user's Microsoft Account identifier is not collected from devices configured to send Basic Diagnostic data; Xbox UserID Environment from which the event was logged -- Application ID of app or component that logged the event, Session GUID. Used to track events over a given period of time such the period an app is running or between boots of the OS. The diagnostic event name, Event ID, ETW opcode, version, schema signature, keywords, and flags HTTP header information including IP address. This is not the IP address of the device but the source address in the network packet header received by the diagnostics ingestion service. Various IDs that are used to correlate and sequence related events together. Device ID. This is not the user provided device name, but an ID that is unique for that device. Device class -- Desktop, Server, or Mobile Event collection time Diagnostic level eg. Basic or Full, Sample level -- for sampled data, what sample level is this machine opted into

​Device, Connectivity, and Configuration data

This type of data includes details about the device, its configuration and connectivity capabilities, and status.

Category Name	Examples
Device properties	Information about the OS and device hardware, such as: OS - version name, Edition Installation type, subscription status, and genuine OS status Processor architecture, speed, number of cores, manufacturer, and model OEM details --manufacturer, model, and serial number Device identifier and Xbox serial number Firmware/BIOS -- type, manufacturer, model, and version Memory. total memory, video memory, speed, and how much memory is available after the device has reserved memory Storage -- total capacity and disk type Battery -- charge capacity and InstantOn support Hardware chassis type, color, and form factor Is this a virtual machine?
Device capabilities	Information about the specific device capabilities such as: Camera -- whether the device has a front facing, a rear facing camera, or both. Touch screen -- does the device include a touch screen? If so, how many hardware touch points are supported? Processor capabilities -- CompareExchange128, LahfSahf, NX, PrefetchW, and SSE2 Trusted Platform Module (TPM) – whether present and what version Virtualization hardware -- whether an IOMMU is present, SLAT support, is virtualization enabled in the firmware Voice – whether voice interaction is supported and the number of active microphones Number of displays, resolutions, DPI Wireless capabilities OEM or platform face detection OEM or platform video stabilization and quality level set Advanced Camera Capture mode (HDR vs. LowLight), OEM vs. platform implementation, HDR probability, and Low Light probability
Device preferences and settings	Information about the device settings and user preferences such as: User Settings – System, Device, Network & Internet, Personalization, Cortana, Apps, Accounts, Time & Language, Gaming, Ease of Access, Privacy, Update & Security Device Name Whether device is domain-joined, or cloud-domain joined (i.e. part of a company-managed network) Hashed representation of the domain name MDM (mobile device management) enrollment settings and status BitLocker, Secure Boot, encryption settings, and status Windows Update settings and status Developer Unlock settings and status Default app choices Default browser choice Default language settings for app, input, keyboard, speech, and display App store update settings Enterprise OrganizationID, Commercial ID
Device peripherals	Information about the device peripherals such as: Peripheral name, device model, class, manufacturer and description Peripheral device state, install state, and checksum name, package name, version, and manufacturer HWID - A hardware vendor defined ID to match a device to a driver INF file Driver state, problem code, and checksum Whether driver is kernel mode, signed, and image size
Device network info	Information about the device network configuration such as: Network system capabilities Local or Internet connectivity status Proxy, gateway, DHCP, DNS details and addresses Paid or free network Wireless driver is emulated or not Access point mode capable Access point manufacturer, model, and MAC address WDI Version Name of networking driver service Wi-Fi Direct details Wi-Fi device hardware ID and manufacturer Wi-Fi scan attempt counts and item counts Mac randomization is supported/enabled or not Number of spatial streams and channel frequencies supported Manual or Auto Connect enabled Time and result of each connection attempt Airplane mode status and attempts Interface description provided by the manufacturer Data transfer rates Cipher algorithm Mobile Equipment ID (IMEI) and Mobile Country Code (MCCO) Mobile operator and service provider name Available SSIDs and BSSIDs IP Address type -- IPv4 or IPv6 Signal Quality percentage and changes Hotspot presence detection and success rate TCP connection performance Miracast device names Hashed IP address

Product and Service Performance data

This type of data includes details about the health of the device, operating system, apps and drivers.

Product and Service Performance

Category Name	Description and Examples
Device health and crash data	Information about the device and software health such as: Error codes and error messages, name and ID of the app, and process reporting the error DLL library predicted to be the source of the error e.g. xyz.dll System generated files -- app or product logs and trace files to help diagnose a crash or hang System settings such as registry keys User generated files – .doc, .ppt, .csv files where they are indicated as a potential cause for a crash or hang Details and counts of abnormal shutdowns, hangs, and crashes Crash failure data – OS, OS component, driver, device, 1st and 3rd party app data Crash and Hang dumps The recorded state of the working memory at the point of the crash. Memory in use by the kernel at the point of the crash. Memory in use by the application at the point of the crash. All the physical memory used by Windows at the point of the crash. Class and function name within the module that failed.
Device performance and reliability data	Information about the device and software performance such as: User Interface interaction durations -- Start Menu display times, browser tab switch times, app launch and switch times, and Cortana and search performance and reliability. Device on/off performance -- Device boot, shutdown, power on/off, lock/unlock times, and user authentication times (fingerprint and face recognition durations). In-app responsiveness -- time to set alarm, time to fully render in-app navigation menus, time to sync reading list, time to start GPS navigation, time to attach picture MMS, and time to complete a Windows Store transaction. User input responsiveness – onscreen keyboard invocation times for different languages, time to show auto-complete words, pen or touch latencies, latency for handwriting recognition to words, Narrator screen reader responsiveness, and CPU score. UI and media performance and glitches/smoothness -- video playback frame rate, audio glitches, animation glitches (stutter when bringing up Start), graphics score, time to first frame, play/pause/stop/seek responsiveness, time to render PDF, dynamic streaming of video from OneDrive performance Disk footprint -- Free disk space, out of memory conditions, and disk score. Excessive resource utilization – components impacting performance or battery life through high CPU usage during different screen and power states Background task performance -- download times, Windows Update scan duration, Windows Defender Antivirus scan times, disk defrag times, mail fetch times, service startup and state transition times, and time to index on-device files for search results Peripheral and devices -- USB device connection times, time to connect to a wireless display, printing times, network availability and connection times (time to connect to Wi-Fi, time to get an IP address from DHCP etc.), smart card authentication times, automatic brightness environmental response times Device setup -- first setup experience times (time to install updates, install apps, connect to network etc.), time to recognize connected devices (printer and monitor), and time to setup Microsoft Account. Power and Battery life – power draw by component (Process/CPU/GPU/Display), hours of screen off time, sleep state transition details, temperature and thermal throttling, battery drain in a power state (screen off or screen on), processes and components requesting power use during screen off, auto-brightness details, time device is plugged into AC vs. battery, battery state transitions Service responsiveness - Service URI, operation, latency, service success/error codes, and protocol. Diagnostic heartbeat – regular signal to validate the health of the diagnostics system

Software Setup and Inventory data

Category Name	Data Examples
Installed Applications and Install History	Information about apps, drivers, update packages, or OS components installed on the device such as: App, driver, update package, or component’s Name, ID, or Package Family Name Product, SKU, availability, catalog, content, and Bundle IDs OS component, app or driver publisher, language, version and type (Win32 or UWP) Install date, method, and install directory, count of install attempts MSI package code and product code Original OS version at install time User or administrator or mandatory installation/update Installation type – clean install, repair, restore, OEM, retail, upgrade, and update
Device update information	Information about Windows Update such as: Update Readiness analysis of device hardware, OS components, apps, and drivers (progress, status, and results) Number of applicable updates, importance, type Update download size and source -- CDN or LAN peers Delay upgrade status and configuration OS uninstall and rollback status and count Windows Update server and service URL Windows Update machine ID Windows Insider build details

Content Consumption data

This type of data includes diagnostic details about the applications and services that provide media consumption functionality, not the details of content consumed by users.

Content Consumption

Category Name	Examples
Movie Media Consumption	Information about movie consumption on the device such as: Video Width, height, color pallet, encoding (compression) type, and encryption type Instructions for how to stream content for the user eg the smooth streaming manifest of chunks of content files that must be pieced together to stream the content based on screen resolution and bandwidth URL for a specific two-second chunk of content if there is an error Full screen viewing mode details
Music & TV Media Consumption	Information about music and TV consumption on the device such as: Service URL for song being downloaded from the music service – collected when an error occurs to facilitate restoration of service Content type (video, audio, surround audio) Local media library collection statistics -- number of purchased tracks, number of playlists Region mismatch -- User OS Region, and Xbox Live region
Reading Media Consumption	Information about reading material consumption on the device such as: App accessing content and status and options used to open a Windows Store book Language of the book Time spent reading content Content type and size details
Photos App Media Consumption	Information about photos usage on the device such as: File source data -- local, SD card, network device, and OneDrive Image & video resolution, video length, file sizes types and encoding Collection view or full screen viewer use and duration of view Data about item tags that are analyzed to identify subjects in them -- dog or outdoors

Browsing History data

This type of data includes details about web browsing activity in Microsoft browsers on the device.

Browse History

Category Name	Description and Examples
Browse history	Information about browsing on the device such as: BrowserId - an anonymous random unique number collected in addition to the identifiers in Common Data. Allows us to only use BrowserID when other identifiers are not necessary for troubleshooting and product improvement purposes. URLs visited Page title

​​​Search Requests and Query data

This type of data includes diagnostic details about the web search activity in Edge and Cortana, and local file searches on the device.

Search performance diagnostics

Category Name	Description and Examples
Microsoft Edge queries	Information about Address bar and search box performance on the device such as: Text typed in address bar and search box Text selected for Ask Cortana search Service response time Auto-completed text if there was an auto-complete Navigation suggestions provided based on local history and favorites
On-device file Query	Information about local search activity on the device such as: Kind of query issued and index type (ConstraintIndex, SystemIndex) Number of items requested and retrieved File extension of search result user interacted with Launched item kind, file extension, index of origin, and the App ID of the opening app. Name of process calling the indexer and time to service the query. A hash of the search scope (file, Outlook, OneNote, IE history ) The state of the indices (fully optimized, partially optimized, being built)

Inking Typing and Speech Utterance data

This type of data gathers details about the voice, inking, and typing input features on the device.

Category Name

Description and Examples

Voice, inking, and typing

Information about voice, inking and typing features such as: Type of pen used (highlighter, ball point, pencil), pen color, stroke height and width, and how long it is used Pen gestures (click, double click, pan, zoom, rotate) Palm Touch x,y coordinates Input latency, missed pen signals, number of frames, strokes, first frame commit time, sample rate Ink strokes written, text before and after the ink insertion point, recognized text entered, Input language - processed to remove identifiers, sequencing information, and other data (such as names, email addresses, and numeric values) which could be used to reconstruct the original content or associate the input to the user. Text of the Cortana recognition results and the text of what Cortana says to the user. This is critical diagnostics to improve service Speech recognition results, result codes, and recognized text Language and model of the recognizer, System Speech language App ID using speech features Whether user is known to be a child Confidence and Success/Failure of speech recognition

​​​​​​​Licensing and Purchase data

This type of data includes diagnostic details about the purchase and entitlement activity on the device.

Category Name	Data Examples
Purchase history	Information about purchases made on the device such as: Product ID, edition ID and product URI Offer details -- price Device location settings and IP address based location of purchase Order placed date/time and the charge date/time Store client type -- web or native client App ID and version for in-app purchases Purchaser ID and beneficiary ID Purchase quantity and price Paid amount before and after tax, in local currency Payment type -- credit card type and PayPal
Entitlements	Information about entitlements on the device such as: Service subscription status and errors DRM and license rights details --Groove subscription or OS volume license Entitlement ID, lease ID, and package ID of the install package Entitlement revocation License type (trial, offline vs online) and duration License usage session