SRP vs AppLocker/Device Guard vs Third Party App Restriction Software?

We don't have Software Assurance so we use Windows 7 Professional. Since we don't have Enterprise versions of Windows, AppLocker is not an option for us.How effective are Software Restriction Policies vs AppLocker and what useful features do you gain with AppLocker?If the basic SRP available in Group Policy for Windows 7 Professional is either not effective enough or too labor intensive to manage adding exceptions, I think we would be more likely to purchase something like McAfee Application Control instead of purchasing upgrades from Windows Professional to Windows Enterprise and signing up for ongoing SA subscriptions. It would cost less and be way less disruptive since we wouldn't have to reimage everyone's workstation to move them from Professional to Enterprise.
We could look at Windows 10 Enterprise for the next workstation...
This topic first appeared in the Spiceworks Community

We don't have Software Assurance so we use Windows 7 Professional. Since we don't have Enterprise versions of Windows, AppLocker is not an option for us.How effective are Software Restriction Policies vs AppLocker and what useful features do you gain with AppLocker?If the basic SRP available in Group Policy for Windows 7 Professional is either not effective enough or too labor intensive to manage adding exceptions, I think we would be more likely to purchase something like McAfee Application Control instead of purchasing upgrades from Windows Professional to Windows Enterprise and signing up for ongoing SA subscriptions. It would cost less and be way less disruptive since we wouldn't have to reimage everyone's workstation to move them from Professional to Enterprise.
We could look at Windows 10 Enterprise for the next workstation...
This topic first appeared in the Spiceworks Community

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