SRP and AppLocker use Group Policy for domain management. To compare features and functions in SRP and AppLocker so that you can determine when to use each technology to meet your application control objectives, see Determine your application control objectives.

However, you can use SRP on those supported editions of Windows plus Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP. You can use AppLocker policies only on the supported versions and editions of Windows as listed in Requirements to use AppLocker. You might want to deploy application control policies in Windows operating systems earlier than Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7. Understand the difference between SRP and AppLocker This topic for the IT professional describes how to use Software Restriction Policies (SRP) and AppLocker policies in the same Windows deployment.

Learn more about the Windows Defender Application Control feature availability. Some capabilities of Windows Defender Application Control are only available on specific Windows versions. Use Software Restriction Policies and AppLocker policies

Windows 10 software restriction policy