SV-220831r958478: Microsoft consumer experiences must be turned off. | Microsoft Windows 10 STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

Microsoft consumer experiences must be turned off.

Description

Discussion Text

Microsoft consumer experiences provides suggestions and notifications to users, which may include the installation of Windows Store apps. Organizations may control the execution of applications through other means such as whitelisting. Turning off Microsoft consumer experiences will help prevent the unwanted installation of suggested applications.

How this relates to the STIG checklist: STIG vs SCAP benchmark.

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-000381V-71771SV-86395

References

DPMS Target Microsoft Windows 10 DISA DPMS Target Microsoft Windows 10 4072

SCC Automation Reference

The reconstructed evaluation script behind this rule's OVAL check(s) — every module a compound check combines, with this rule's own concrete values and DISA's SCC tool's real per-module mechanism curated from static teardown of SCC releases.

# Windows PowerShell
# Reconstructed from oval:mil.disa.stig.windows10:def:220831
# Microsoft consumer experiences must be turned off.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# Verifies 'Turn off Microsoft consumer experiences' is set to 'Enabled'
# registry_object (registry_test)
function test_1 {
  return (((@{String='reg_sz';ExpandString='reg_expand_sz';Binary='reg_binary';DWord='reg_dword';MultiString='reg_multi_sz';QWord='reg_qword';None='reg_none'}[(Get-Item -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent').GetValueKind('DisableWindowsConsumerFeatures').ToString()]) -eq 'reg_dword') -and (((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent' -Name 'DisableWindowsConsumerFeatures' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'DisableWindowsConsumerFeatures') -eq 1))
}

if (test_1) {
  Write-Output "PASS"
} else {
  Write-Output "FAIL"
}

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# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.stig.windows10:def:220831
if (!(Test-Path -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent\DisableWindowsConsumerFeatures" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -or ((Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent\DisableWindowsConsumerFeatures").DisableWindowsConsumerFeatures -ne 1)) { Write-Output "FAIL"; exit 1 } else { Write-Output "PASS"; exit 0 }

Remediation

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> Cloud Content >> "Turn off Microsoft consumer experiences" to "Enabled".