public/maester/defender/Test-MtMdeDisableLocalAdminMerge.ps1

function Test-MtMdeDisableLocalAdminMerge {
    <#
    .SYNOPSIS
        Checks if local admin merge is disabled to block local exclusions

    .DESCRIPTION
        Tests that all assigned Microsoft Defender Antivirus policies have the
        disable local admin merge setting enabled. Local admin policy override
        allows privilege escalation to bypass security controls on managed devices.
    .PARAMETER ComplianceLogic
        Determines how policy compliance is evaluated. 'AllPolicies' requires every assigned policy to be compliant; 'AnyPolicy' requires at least one. Default: 'AllPolicies'.

    .PARAMETER PolicyFiltering
        Determines which Defender Antivirus policies are evaluated. 'OnlyAssigned' (default) checks only assigned policies; 'IncludeUnassigned' includes unassigned policies; 'All' includes every policy.


    .PARAMETER ComplianceLogic
        Specify compliance logic: AllPolicies or AnyPolicy

    .PARAMETER PolicyFiltering
        Specify policy filtering: All, IncludeUnassigned, or OnlyAssigned

    .EXAMPLE
        Test-MtMdeDisableLocalAdminMerge

        Returns $true if all policies have local admin merge disabled.

    .LINK
        https://maester.dev/docs/commands/Test-MtMdeDisableLocalAdminMerge
    #>

    [CmdletBinding()]
    [OutputType([bool])]
    param(
        [ValidateSet('AllPolicies', 'AnyPolicy')]
        [string]$ComplianceLogic = 'AllPolicies',

        [ValidateSet('All', 'IncludeUnassigned', 'OnlyAssigned')]
        [string]$PolicyFiltering = 'OnlyAssigned'
    )

    Write-Verbose "Running Test-MtMdeDisableLocalAdminMerge..."

    if (!(Test-MtConnection Graph)) {
        Add-MtTestResultDetail -SkippedBecause NotConnectedGraph
        return $null
    }

    $deviceCount = 0
    $policyConfig = $null
    try {
        $deviceCount = Get-MdeDeviceCount
        $policyConfig = Get-MdePolicyConfiguration -PolicyFiltering $PolicyFiltering
    } catch {
        Add-MtTestResultDetail -SkippedBecause Error -SkippedError $_
        return $null
    }

    if ($deviceCount -eq 0) {
        Add-MtTestResultDetail -SkippedBecause Custom -SkippedCustomReason "No MDE-managed Windows devices found"
        return $null
    }

    if ($policyConfig.TotalCount -eq 0) {
        Add-MtTestResultDetail -SkippedBecause Custom -SkippedCustomReason "No assigned Microsoft Defender Antivirus policies found"
        return $null
    }

    try {
        $compliance = Test-MdePolicyCompliance -PolicyConfiguration $policyConfig `
            -ComplianceLogic $ComplianceLogic `
            -SettingId "device_vendor_msft_defender_configuration_disablelocaladminmerge" `
            -ComplianceCheck "Boolean" `
            -ExpectedValue "_1"

        $testResult = $compliance.IsCompliant

        if ($testResult) {
            $testResultMarkdown = "Well done. Disable local admin merge is correctly configured in all $($policyConfig.TotalCount) assigned Defender Antivirus policies."
        } else {
            $testResultMarkdown = "Disable local admin merge is not properly configured in all policies."
            if ($compliance.NonCompliantPolicies.Count -gt 0) {
                $testResultMarkdown += "`n`nNon-compliant policies: $($compliance.NonCompliantPolicies -join ', ')"
            }
            if ($compliance.NotConfiguredPolicies.Count -gt 0) {
                $testResultMarkdown += "`n`nPolicies without this setting configured: $($compliance.NotConfiguredPolicies -join ', ')"
            }
        }
        Add-MtTestResultDetail -Result $testResultMarkdown

        return $testResult
    } catch {
        Add-MtTestResultDetail -SkippedBecause Error -SkippedError $_
        return $null
    }
}