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Disable the .NET Telemetry on production servers and critical workstations
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DisableDotNetTelemetry.ps1
# Disable the .NET Telemetry on production servers and critical workstations
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT', '1', 'Machine')
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('MLDOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT', '1', 'Machine')
# Tweak the 1st run experience
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('DOTNET_SKIP_FIRST_TIME_EXPERIENCE', '1', 'Machine')
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If you don't have admin access (no elevated PowerShell), you might want to use this in you profile and/or Startscript for the .NET Application:

$Env:DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT = '1'
$Env:MLDOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT = '1'
$Env:DOTNET_SKIP_FIRST_TIME_EXPERIENCE = '1'

Both methods work on Windows PowerShell and PowerShell Core (On Windows, MacOS, and Linux)!

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I get that Microsoft wants to have some telemetry for .NET! And this is nothing bad, but I don't want to send any telemetry data from production servers or workstations with any critical workloads.

I have it enabled on my development systems! I'm not paranoid ;-)

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