Microsoft Security Baselines (SCT)

Every "Security Baseline" zip in the Security Compliance Toolkit, diffed setting by setting from its .PolicyRules file (registry values, security template lines, audit subcategories). Licence: Microsoft; snapshots stay local. Source · Microsoft; no redistribution.

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Published by Microsoft. The vendor's own recommended settings for each Windows and Office release, shipped as GPO backups and policy rules in the Security Compliance Toolkit.

At the publisher

Windows security baselines public
Security Compliance Toolkit public what this instance reads

The same step, another body

DISA STIGs, DISA STIG GPO package, DISA STIG Intune package, CIS Benchmarks, NSA Cybersecurity Information Sheets — the other answers to the same job, on Learn

baseline:microsoft-edge-v151 1 version

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2026-10-08	2026-10-08	25	first version loaded	15 Oct

baseline:windows-10-version-1809-and-windows-server-2019 1 version

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2026-10-08	2026-10-08	675	first version loaded	15 Oct

baseline:windows-10-version-20h2-and-windows-server-version-20h2 1 version

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2026-10-08	2026-10-08	663	first version loaded	15 Oct

baseline:windows-10-version-22h2 1 version

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2026-10-08	2026-10-08	366	first version loaded	15 Oct

baseline:windows-11-v23h2 1 version

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2026-10-08	2026-10-08	392	first version loaded	15 Oct

baseline:windows-11-v24h2 1 version

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2026-10-08	2026-10-08	426	first version loaded	15 Oct

baseline:windows-11-v25h2 1 version

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2026-10-08	2026-10-08	425	first version loaded	15 Oct

baseline:windows-11-v26h2 1 version

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v2	2026-10-08	426	first version loaded	15 Oct

baseline:windows-server-2022 1 version

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2026-10-08	2026-10-08	477	first version loaded	15 Oct

baseline:windows-server-2025 1 version

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2602	2026-10-08	564	first version loaded	15 Oct