Copilot must be disabled for Windows 11.

Documentable No

Rule ID SV-268317r1135320_rule

CCI References

CCI-000382

Discussion

Some features may communicate with the vendor, sending system information or downloading data or components for the feature. Turning off this capability will prevent potentially sensitive information from being sent outside the enterprise and uncontrolled updates to the system.

Check Procedure

Run the following PowerShell command as an administrator:

Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | Where-Object { $_.Name -like "*Copilot*" }

If Microsoft.Copilot displays, this is a finding.

Fix Action

Open PowerShell as an administrator. Run the following command:

Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers *CoPilot* | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers