This data helps us deliver a secure, reliable, and up-to-date experience. While it is possible to minimize network connections to Microsoft, there are many reasons why these communications are enabled by default, such as updating malware definitions and maintaining current certificate revocation lists. For example, you can configure diagnostic data to the lowest level for your edition of Windows and evaluate other connections Windows makes to Microsoft services you want to turn off using the instructions in this article. If you want to minimize connections from Windows to Microsoft services, or configure privacy settings, there are a number of settings for consideration. This article describes the network connections that Windows 10 and Windows 11 components make to Microsoft and the Windows Settings, Group Policies and registry settings available to IT Professionals to help manage the data shared with Microsoft. Windows 10 Enterprise, version 1607 and later.