AppLocker technical reference
This overview article for IT professionals provides links to the articles in the technical reference. AppLocker lets you create rules to allow or deny apps from running based on information about the apps' files. You can specify unique rules for different users or groups to control who can run those apps.
In this section
| Article | Description |
|---|---|
| What Is AppLocker? | This article for the IT professional describes what AppLocker is. |
| Requirements to use AppLocker | This article for the IT professional lists software requirements to use AppLocker on the supported Windows operating systems. |
| AppLocker policy use scenarios | This article for the IT professional lists the various application control scenarios in which AppLocker policies can be effectively implemented. |
| How AppLocker works | This article for the IT professional provides links to articles about AppLocker architecture and components, processes and interactions, rules and policies. |
| AppLocker architecture and components | This article for IT professional describes AppLocker's basic architecture and its major components. |
| AppLocker processes and interactions | This article for the IT professional describes the process dependencies and interactions when AppLocker evaluates and enforces rules. |
| AppLocker functions | This article for the IT professional lists the functions and security levels for AppLocker. |
| Security considerations for AppLocker | This article for the IT professional describes the security considerations you need to address when implementing AppLocker. |
| Tools to Use with AppLocker | This article for the IT professional describes the tools available to create and administer AppLocker policies. |
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