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Join Microsoft engineers for a live Ask Microsoft Anything (AMA) focused on Secure Boot certificate updates in Windows Server environments. We’ll answer your questions about deployment planning, firm...
Heather_Poulsen
Updated Jun 30, 2026
adrielmaiche
Jul 01, 2026Copper Contributor
Regarding games with anti-cheat that require secure launch to be enabled, will they have to update the certificates to keep these games opening?
garlin
Jul 01, 2026Copper Contributor
The dirty secret is these games don't really require Secure Boot to run. What they want is to activate Virtualization Based Security (VBS) and have the stricter Windows driver security policies block any cheat software from loading.
In order to get VBS enabled, you need to have Secure Boot. If you want Secure Boot after this summer, you need to update to CA 2023.
Enabling Secure Boot is the game publishers' lazy way of blocking cheat apps that use kernel drivers.