The configuration for Slide Update with counterparts must be disallowed.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-26639	DTOO319	SV-53533r1_rule		Medium

Description
This setting controls whether users can link slides in a presentation with their counterparts in a PowerPoint Slide Library. If this policy setting is enabled, PowerPoint cannot check the status of a slide in a Slide Library when a presentation with Slide Update data is opened. If this policy setting is disabled or not configured, each time users open a presentation that contains a shared slide, PowerPoint notifies them if the slide has been updated and provides them with the opportunity to ignore the update, append a new slide to the outdated slide, or replace the outdated slide with the updated one.

Description

This setting controls whether users can link slides in a presentation with their counterparts in a PowerPoint Slide Library. If this policy setting is enabled, PowerPoint cannot check the status of a slide in a Slide Library when a presentation with Slide Update data is opened. If this policy setting is disabled or not configured, each time users open a presentation that contains a shared slide, PowerPoint notifies them if the slide has been updated and provides them with the opportunity to ignore the update, append a new slide to the outdated slide, or replace the outdated slide with the updated one.

STIG	Date
Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 STIG	2018-04-04

Details

Check Text ( C-47695r1_chk )
Verify the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 -> Miscellaneous "Disable Slide Update" is set to "Enabled". Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\15.0\PowerPoint\slide libraries Criteria: If the value DisableSlideUpdate is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-46458r1_fix)
Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 -> Miscellaneous "Disable Slide Update" to "Enabled".