Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) interactive communication with Microsoft will be prevented.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-21967	5.276	SV-32456r1_rule		Low

Description
This setting prevents the MSDT from communicating with and sending collected data to Microsoft, the default support provider.

STIG	Date
Windows Server 2008 R2 Member Server Security Technical Implementation Guide	2019-06-18

Details

Check Text ( C-26855r1_chk )
If the following registry value doesn’t exist or is not configured as specified, this is a finding: Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Subkey: \Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\ScriptedDiagnosticsProvider\Policy\ Value Name: DisableQueryRemoteServer Type: REG_DWORD Value: 0

Fix Text (F-22955r1_fix)
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Troubleshooting and Diagnostics -> Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool -> “Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool: Turn on MSDT interactive communication with Support Provider” to “Disabled”.