Security baselines
Security baselines are preconfigured groups of Windows settings that help you apply the security settings that are recommended by the relevant security teams. The baselines you deploy can be customized to enforce only the settings and values required by you. There are multiple security-related settings in Windows, as well as for Microsoft Edge for your endpoints. Another great asset is the option to do versioning and filtering based on different operating systems or scenarios that have to be stricter.
You no longer have to use Group Policy Objects (GPOs) to ensure the security settings on your endpoints—just create a security baseline profile and you’re all set. We highly recommend looking through the security baseline options and understanding what they each do; by default, the baseline will, for example, block the ability to upload/download files using the web client.
Windows 365 delivers its own branded set of security baselines that include...
