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[Preview]: Deploy prerequisites to enable Guest Configuration policies on virtual machines using user-assigned managed identity

Azure BuiltIn Policy Initiative (PolicySet)

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Display name[Preview]: Deploy prerequisites to enable Guest Configuration policies on virtual machines using user-assigned managed identity
Id2b0ce52e-301c-4221-ab38-1601e2b4cee3
Version1.0.0-preview
Details on versioning
Versioning Versions supported for Versioning: 1
1.0.0-preview
Built-in Versioning [Preview]
CategoryGuest Configuration
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DescriptionThis initiative adds a user-assigned managed identity and deploys the platform-appropriate Guest Configuration extension to virtual machines that are eligible to be monitored by Guest Configuration policies. This is a prerequisite for all Guest Configuration policies and must be assigned to the policy assignment scope before using any Guest Configuration policy. For more information on Guest Configuration, visit https://aka.ms/gcpol.
Cloud environmentsAzureCloud = true
AzureChinaCloud = unknown
AzureUSGovernment = unknown
Available in AzUSGovUnknown, no evidence if PolicySet definition is/not available in AzureUSGovernment
TypeBuiltIn
DeprecatedFalse
PreviewTrue
Policy-used summary
Policy types Policy states Policy categories
Total Policies: 3
Builtin Policies: 3
Static Policies: 0
GA: 2
Preview: 1
1 categories:
Guest Configuration: 3
Policy-used
Policy DisplayName Policy Id Category Version Versioning Effect Roles# Roles State policy in AzUSGov
[Preview]: Add user-assigned managed identity to enable Guest Configuration assignments on virtual machines f40c7c00-b4e3-4068-a315-5fe81347a904 Guest Configuration 2.1.0-preview 2x
2.1.0-preview, 2.0.1-preview		 Default
DeployIfNotExists
Allowed
AuditIfNotExists, DeployIfNotExists, Disabled		 2 Contributor, User Access Administrator Preview unknown
Deploy the Linux Guest Configuration extension to enable Guest Configuration assignments on Linux VMs 331e8ea8-378a-410f-a2e5-ae22f38bb0da Guest Configuration 3.2.0 3x
3.2.0, 3.1.0, 3.0.0		 Fixed
deployIfNotExists		 1 Contributor GA true
Deploy the Windows Guest Configuration extension to enable Guest Configuration assignments on Windows VMs 385f5831-96d4-41db-9a3c-cd3af78aaae6 Guest Configuration 1.3.0 2x
1.3.0, 1.2.0		 Fixed
deployIfNotExists		 1 Contributor GA true
Roles used Total Roles usage: 4
Total Roles unique usage: 2
Role Role Id #Policies Policies
User Access Administrator 18d7d88d-d35e-4fb5-a5c3-7773c20a72d9 1 [Preview]: Add user-assigned managed identity to enable Guest Configuration assignments on virtual machines
Contributor b24988ac-6180-42a0-ab88-20f7382dd24c 3 [Preview]: Add user-assigned managed identity to enable Guest Configuration assignments on virtual machines, Deploy the Linux Guest Configuration extension to enable Guest Configuration assignments on Linux VMs, Deploy the Windows Guest Configuration extension to enable Guest Configuration assignments on Windows VMs
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2022-06-30 16:33:05 add Initiative 2b0ce52e-301c-4221-ab38-1601e2b4cee3
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