Upload method for publishing calendars to Office Online must be restricted.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-17777	DTOO220	SV-53873r1_rule		Medium

Description
When users publish their calendar to Microsoft Office Online using the Microsoft Office Outlook Calendar Sharing Service, Outlook updates the calendars online at regular intervals unless they click Advanced and select Single Upload: Updates will not be uploaded from the Published Calendar Settings dialog box. When an organization has policies that govern the use of external resources such as Microsoft Office Online, allowing Outlook to publish calendar updates automatically might violate those policies.

Description

When users publish their calendar to Microsoft Office Online using the Microsoft Office Outlook Calendar Sharing Service, Outlook updates the calendars online at regular intervals unless they click Advanced and select Single Upload: Updates will not be uploaded from the Published Calendar Settings dialog box. When an organization has policies that govern the use of external resources such as Microsoft Office Online, allowing Outlook to publish calendar updates automatically might violate those policies.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Outlook 2013 STIG	2017-03-17

Details

Check Text ( C-47914r1_chk )
Verify the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2013 -> Outlook Options -> Preferences -> Calendar Options -> Office.com Sharing Service "Restrict upload method" is set to "Enabled". Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\15.0\outlook\options\pubcal Criteria: If the value SingleUploadOnly is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-47914r1_chk )

Verify the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2013 -> Outlook Options -> Preferences -> Calendar Options -> Office.com Sharing Service "Restrict upload method" is set to "Enabled".

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

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\15.0\outlook\options\pubcal

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

Fix Text (F-46778r1_fix)
Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2013 -> Outlook Options -> Preferences -> Calendar Options -> Office.com Sharing Service "Restrict upload method" to "Enabled".