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title: Windows Defender Application Control Wizard
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description: Microsoft Defender Application Control Wizard (WDAC) Wizard allows users to create, edit, and merge application control policies in a simple to use Windows application.
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keywords: allowlisting, blocklisting, security, malware
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ms.assetid: 8d6e0474-c475-411b-b095-1c61adb2bdbb
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ms.prod: m365-security
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ms.mktglfcycl: deploy
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ms.sitesec: library
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ms.pagetype: security
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ms.localizationpriority: medium
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audience: ITPro
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ms.collection: M365-security-compliance
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author: jgeurten
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ms.reviewer: isbrahm
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ms.author: dansimp
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manager: dansimp
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ms.topic: conceptual
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ms.date: 10/14/2020
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ms.technology: mde
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---
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# Windows Defender Application Control Wizard
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**Applies to:**
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- Windows 10
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- Windows 11
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- Windows Server 2016 and above
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> [!NOTE]
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> Some capabilities of Windows Defender Application Control are only available on specific Windows versions. Learn more about the [Windows Defender Application Control feature availability](feature-availability.md).
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The Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) policy Wizard is an open-source Windows desktop application written in C# and bundled as an MSIX package. The Wizard was built to provide security architects with security, and system administrators with a more user-friendly means to create, edit, and merge WDAC policies. The Wizard desktop application uses the [ConfigCI PowerShell Cmdlets](/powershell/module/configci) in the backend so the output policy of the Wizard and PowerShell cmdlets is identical.
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## Downloading the application
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The WDAC Wizard can be downloaded from the official [Wizard installer website](https://bit.ly/3koHwYs) as an MSIX packaged application. The Wizard's source code is available as part of Microsoft's Open Source Software offerings on GitHub at the [WDAC Wizard Repo](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/WDAC-Toolkit).
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**Supported Clients**
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As the WDAC Wizard uses the cmdlets in the background, the Wizard is functional on clients only where the cmdlets are supported as outlined in [WDAC feature availability](feature-availability.md). Specifically, the tool will verify that the client meets one of the following requirements:
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- Windows builds 1909+
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- For pre-1909 builds, the Enterprise SKU of Windows is installed
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If neither requirement is satisfied, the Wizard will throw an error as the cmdlets are not available.
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## In this section
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| Topic | Description |
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| [Creating a new base policy](wdac-wizard-create-base-policy.md) | This article describes how to create a new base policy using one of the supplied policy templates. |
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| [Creating a new supplemental policy](wdac-wizard-create-supplemental-policy.md) | This article describes the steps necessary to create a supplemental policy, from one of the supplied templates, for an existing base policy. |
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| [Editing a base or supplemental policy](wdac-wizard-editing-policy.md) | This article demonstrates how to modify an existing policy and the Wizard's editing capabilities. |
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| [Merging policies](wdac-wizard-merging-policies.md) | This article describes how to merge policies into a single application control policy. | |