STIGUI
V-253384CAT III — Low severitySV-253384r1268251_rule

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

Rule version WN11-CC-000170 · STIG v2 · 2026-09-01

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

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-253384
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-253384r1268251_rule
Check ID
C-56837r829234_chk
Fix ID
F-56787r829235_fix