windows-itpro-docs/windows/security/application-security/application-control/windows-defender-application-control/index.yml

### YamlMime:Landing

title: Application Control for Windows
metadata:
  title: Application Control for Windows
  description: Landing page for Windows Defender Application Control
  ms.topic: landing-page
  author: vinaypamnani-msft
  ms.author: vinpa
  manager: aaroncz
  ms.date: 04/05/2023
# linkListType: overview | how-to-guide | tutorial | video
landingContent:
# Cards and links should be based on top customer tasks or top subjects
# Start card title with a verb
  # Card
  - title: Learn about Application Control
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: overview
        links:
          - text: What is Application Control?
            url: windows-defender-application-control.md
          - text: What is Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC)?
            url: wdac-and-applocker-overview.md
          - text: What is AppLocker?
            url: applocker\applocker-overview.md
          - text: WDAC and AppLocker feature availability
            url: feature-availability.md
  # Card
  - title: Learn about Policy Design
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: overview
        links:
          - text: Using code signing to simplify application control
            url: use-code-signing-to-simplify-application-control-for-classic-windows-applications.md
          - text: Microsoft's Recommended Blocklist
            url: microsoft-recommended-block-rules.md
          - text: Microsoft's Recommended Driver Blocklist
            url: microsoft-recommended-driver-block-rules.md
          - text: Example WDAC policies
            url: example-wdac-base-policies.md
          - text: LOB Win32 apps on S Mode
            url: LOB-win32-apps-on-s.md
          - text: Managing multiple policies
            url: deploy-multiple-windows-defender-application-control-policies.md
      - linkListType: how-to-guide
        links:
          - text: Create a WDAC policy for a lightly managed device
            url: create-wdac-policy-for-lightly-managed-devices.md
          - text: Create a WDAC policy for a fully managed device
            url: create-wdac-policy-for-fully-managed-devices.md
          - text: Create a WDAC policy for a fixed-workload
            url: create-initial-default-policy.md
          - text: Create a WDAC deny list policy
            url: create-wdac-deny-policy.md
          - text: Deploying catalog files for WDAC management
            url: deploy-catalog-files-to-support-windows-defender-application-control.md
          - text: Using the WDAC Wizard
            url: wdac-wizard.md
      #- linkListType: Tutorial (videos)
      #  links:
      #    - text: Using the WDAC Wizard
      #      url:  video md
      #    - text: Specifying custom values
      #      url:  video md
  # Card
  - title: Learn about Policy Configuration
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: overview
        links:
          - text: Understanding policy and file rules
            url: select-types-of-rules-to-create.md
          - text: Understanding WDAC secure settings
            url: understanding-wdac-policy-settings.md
      - linkListType: how-to-guide
        links:
          - text: Allow managed installer and configure managed installer rules
            url: configure-authorized-apps-deployed-with-a-managed-installer.md
          - text: Allow reputable apps with ISG
            url: use-windows-defender-application-control-with-intelligent-security-graph.md
          - text: Managed MSIX and Appx Packaged Apps
            url: manage-packaged-apps-with-windows-defender-application-control.md
          - text: Allow com object registration
            url: allow-com-object-registration-in-windows-defender-application-control-policy.md
          - text: Manage plug-ins, add-ins and modules
            url: use-windows-defender-application-control-policy-to-control-specific-plug-ins-add-ins-and-modules.md
  # Card
  - title: Learn how to deploy WDAC Policies
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: overview
        links:
          - text: Using signed policies to protect against tampering
            url: use-signed-policies-to-protect-windows-defender-application-control-against-tampering.md
          - text: Audit mode policies
            url: audit-windows-defender-application-control-policies.md
          - text: Enforcement mode policies
            url: enforce-windows-defender-application-control-policies.md
          - text: Disabling WDAC policies
            url: disable-windows-defender-application-control-policies.md
      - linkListType: tutorial
        links:
          - text: Deployment with MDM
            url: deployment/deploy-windows-defender-application-control-policies-using-intune.md
          - text: Deployment with Configuration Manager
            url: deployment/deploy-wdac-policies-with-memcm.md
          - text: Deployment with script and refresh policy
            url: deployment/deploy-wdac-policies-with-script.md
          - text: Deployment with group policy
            url: deployment/deploy-windows-defender-application-control-policies-using-group-policy.md
  # Card
  - title: Learn how to troubleshoot and debug WDAC events
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: overview
        links:
          - text: Debugging and troubleshooting
            url: operations/wdac-debugging-and-troubleshooting.md
          - text: Understanding event IDs
            url: event-id-explanations.md
          - text: Understanding event Tags
            url: event-tag-explanations.md
      - linkListType: how-to-guide
        links:
          - text: Querying events using advanced hunting
            url: querying-application-control-events-centrally-using-advanced-hunting.md