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V-228430

CAT II (Medium)

Publishing to a Web Distributed and Authoring (DAV) server must be prevented.

Rule ID

SV-228430r961863_rule

STIG

Microsoft Outlook 2016 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R4

CCIs

CCI-000366

Discussion

This policy setting controls whether Outlook users can publish their calendars to a DAV server. If you enable this policy setting, Outlook users cannot publish their calendars to a DAV server. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Outlook users can share their calendars with others by publishing them to a server that supports the World Wide Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) protocol.

Check Content

Verify the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2016 -> Outlook Options -> Preferences -> Calendar Options -> Office.com Sharing Service "Prevent publishing to a DAV server" is set to "Enabled".

Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: 

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\16.0\outlook\options\pubcal

Criteria: If the value DisableDav is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Fix Text

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2016 -> Outlook Options -> Preferences -> Calendar Options -> Office.com Sharing Service "Prevent publishing to a DAV server" to "Enabled".