Unfortunately Group Policy isn’t bullet proof, Microsoft has a history of sneaking in “features” like this as part of an update, but without any corresponding policy to disable it.
It’s also a moving target. There isn’t one simple ‘turn off the ads; turn off the tracking’ group policy. It requires repeated research and effort by the IT team playing wack-a-mole with this stuff.
Unfortunately Group Policy isn’t bullet proof, Microsoft has a history of sneaking in “features” like this as part of an update, but without any corresponding policy to disable it.
It’s also a moving target. There isn’t one simple ‘turn off the ads; turn off the tracking’ group policy. It requires repeated research and effort by the IT team playing wack-a-mole with this stuff.