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CIS Microsoft Intune for Office Benchmark

Checks that Intune policies configure the Level 1 recommendations of the CIS Microsoft Intune for Office Benchmark v1.1.0. One test per setting.

Version
0.1.0
Tests
225
Connectors
0
Published
9 Nov 2026

Pacers31Colts18 · pacers31colts18.cis-office-intune-l1 · 2 stars · Open source · MIT

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MP.JL.CISOFFINT.L1.070 Disable UI extending from documents and templates is set to Enabled

Severity: MediumGraph

Description

CIS Microsoft Intune for Office Benchmark, recommendation 2.3.6.2 (Level 1).

The test passes when an assigned settings catalog policy for Windows sets Microsoft Office 2016 > Customize > Disable UI extending from documents and templates to Enabled, with Disallow in Access set to TRUE and Disallow in Excel set to TRUE and Disallow in InfoPath set to TRUE and Disallow in Outlook set to TRUE and Disallow in PowerPoint set to TRUE and Disallow in Project set to TRUE and Disallow in Publisher set to TRUE and Disallow in Visio set to TRUE and Disallow in Word set to TRUE in the same policy, and no other assigned policy sets it to something else.

Remediation action

  1. In the Microsoft Intune admin center, go to Devices > Configuration and open (or create) a settings catalog policy for Windows 10 and later.
  2. Add Microsoft Office 2016 > Customize > Disable UI extending from documents and templates and set it to Enabled, then set Disallow in Access to TRUE and Disallow in Excel to TRUE and Disallow in InfoPath to TRUE and Disallow in Outlook to TRUE and Disallow in PowerPoint to TRUE and Disallow in Project to TRUE and Disallow in Publisher to TRUE and Disallow in Visio to TRUE and Disallow in Word to TRUE.
  3. Assign the policy to your Windows devices, and remove any other assigned policy that sets it to something else.

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