STIGUI
V-220825CAT III — Low severitySV-220825r991589_rule

The setting to allow Microsoft accounts to be optional for modern style apps must be enabled.

Rule version WN10-CC-000170 · STIG v3 · 2025-09-24

Discussion

Control of credentials and the system must be maintained within the enterprise. Enabling this setting allows enterprise credentials to be used with modern style apps that support this, instead of Microsoft accounts.

Check

Windows 10 LTSC\B versions do not support the Microsoft Store and modern apps; this is NA for those systems.

If the following registry value does not exist or is not configured as specified, this is a finding.

Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Registry Path: \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\

Value Name: MSAOptional

Value Type: REG_DWORD Value: 0x00000001 (1)

Fix

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> App Runtime >> "Allow Microsoft accounts to be optional" to "Enabled".

Identifiers

Group ID
V-220825
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-220825r991589_rule
Check ID
C-22540r554960_chk
Fix ID
F-22529r554961_fix