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[Preview]: Configure SSH security posture for Windows

Azure BuiltIn Policy definition

Source Azure Portal
Display name [Preview]: Configure SSH security posture for Windows
Id 42830b63-79aa-4ea5-85dc-6baa719d7d7c
Version 1.0.0-preview
Details on versioning
Versioning Versions supported for Versioning: 1
1.0.0-preview
Built-in Versioning [Preview]
Category Guest Configuration
Microsoft Learn
Description This policy configures SSH server security configuration on Windows Server 2025 machines (Azure VMs and Arc-enabled machines). For more information including pre-requisites, settings in scope, defaults, and customization, see https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/osconfig/overviewsshposture-control-windows.
Cloud environments AzureCloud = true
AzureUSGovernment = unknown
AzureChinaCloud = unknown
Available in AzUSGov Unknown, no evidence if Policy definition is/not available in AzureUSGovernment
Mode Indexed
Type BuiltIn
Preview True
Deprecated False
Effect Default
DeployIfNotExists
Allowed
DeployIfNotExists, Disabled
RBAC role(s)
Role Name Role Id
Guest Configuration Resource Contributor 088ab73d-1256-47ae-bea9-9de8e7131f31
Rule aliases IF (11)
Alias Namespace ResourceType Path PathIsDefault DefaultPath Modifiable
Microsoft.Compute/imageOffer Microsoft.Compute
Microsoft.Compute
Microsoft.Compute
virtualMachines
virtualMachineScaleSets
disks
properties.storageProfile.imageReference.offer
properties.virtualMachineProfile.storageProfile.imageReference.offer
properties.creationData.imageReference.id
True
True
True


False
False
False
Microsoft.Compute/imagePublisher Microsoft.Compute
Microsoft.Compute
Microsoft.Compute
virtualMachines
virtualMachineScaleSets
disks
properties.storageProfile.imageReference.publisher
properties.virtualMachineProfile.storageProfile.imageReference.publisher
properties.creationData.imageReference.id
True
True
True


False
False
False
Microsoft.Compute/imageSKU Microsoft.Compute
Microsoft.Compute
Microsoft.Compute
virtualMachines
virtualMachineScaleSets
disks
properties.storageProfile.imageReference.sku
properties.virtualMachineProfile.storageProfile.imageReference.sku
properties.creationData.imageReference.id
True
True
True


False
False
False
Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/osProfile.windowsConfiguration Microsoft.Compute virtualMachines properties.osProfile.windowsConfiguration True True
Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/storageProfile.osDisk.osType Microsoft.Compute virtualMachines properties.storageProfile.osDisk.osType True True
Microsoft.Compute/VirtualMachineScaleSets/osProfile.windowsConfiguration Microsoft.Compute virtualMachineScaleSets properties.virtualMachineProfile.osProfile.windowsConfiguration True False
Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/virtualMachineProfile.storageProfile.osDisk.osType Microsoft.Compute virtualMachineScaleSets properties.virtualMachineProfile.storageProfile.osDisk.osType True False
Microsoft.ConnectedVMwarevSphere/virtualMachines/osProfile.osType Microsoft.ConnectedVMwarevSphere virtualmachines properties.osProfile.osType True False
Microsoft.HybridCompute/imageOffer Microsoft.HybridCompute machines properties.osName True False
Microsoft.HybridCompute/machines/osSku Microsoft.HybridCompute machines properties.osSku True False
Microsoft.HybridCompute/machines/osVersion Microsoft.HybridCompute machines properties.osVersion True False
THEN-ExistenceCondition (2)
Alias Namespace ResourceType Path PathIsDefault DefaultPath Modifiable
Microsoft.GuestConfiguration/guestConfigurationAssignments/complianceStatus Microsoft.GuestConfiguration guestConfigurationAssignments properties.complianceStatus True False
Microsoft.GuestConfiguration/guestConfigurationAssignments/parameterHash Microsoft.GuestConfiguration guestConfigurationAssignments properties.parameterHash True False
Rule resource types IF (4)
THEN-Deployment (3)
Compliance Not a Compliance control
Initiatives usage none
History
Date/Time (UTC ymd) (i) Change type Change detail
2025-07-07 17:23:16 add 42830b63-79aa-4ea5-85dc-6baa719d7d7c
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