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CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2019 v4.0.0 L2 DC

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Audit Details

Name: CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2019 v4.0.0 L2 DC

Updated: 7/1/2026

Authority: CIS

Plugin: Windows

Revision: 1.1

Estimated Item Count: 69

File Details

Filename: CIS_Microsoft_Windows_Server_2019_v4.0.0_L2_DC.audit

Size: 133 kB

MD5: 286daace78c1fb9b154e555005d06d70
SHA256: dc911216aeeea19e133eea73415cf2777bfb0e6d8a214b9e0f1a43df9c6a118b

Audit Changelog

 
Revision 1.1

Jul 1, 2026

Informational Update
  • '18.9.20.1.10 (L2) Ensure \'Turn off the \'Publish to Web\' task for files and folders\' is set to \'Enabled\''
  • '18.9.20.1.9 (L2) Ensure \'Turn off the \'Order Prints\' picture task\' is set to \'Enabled\''
  • 18.1.3 (L2) Ensure 'Allow Online Tips' is set to 'Disabled'
  • 18.10.11.1 (L2) Ensure 'Allow Use of Camera' is set to 'Disabled'
  • 18.10.16.2 (L2) Ensure 'Configure Authenticated Proxy usage for the Connected User Experience and Telemetry service' is set to 'Enabled: Disable Authenticated Proxy usage'
  • 18.10.18.1 (L2) Ensure 'Enable App Installer' is set to 'Disabled'
  • 18.10.18.7 (L2) Ensure 'Enable Windows Package Manager command line interfaces' is set to 'Disabled'
  • 18.10.37.1 (L2) Ensure 'Turn off location' is set to 'Enabled'
  • 18.10.4.1 (L2) Ensure 'Allow a Windows app to share application data between users' is set to 'Disabled'
  • 18.10.41.1 (L2) Ensure 'Allow Message Service Cloud Sync' is set to 'Disabled'
  • 18.10.43.11.1.1.1 (L2) Ensure 'Configure Brute-Force Protection aggressiveness' is set to 'Enabled: Medium' or higher
  • 18.10.43.11.1.2.1 (L2) Ensure 'Configure how aggressively Remote Encryption Protection blocks threats' is set to 'Enabled: Medium' or higher
  • 18.10.43.12.1 (L2) Ensure 'Configure Watson events' is set to 'Disabled'
  • 18.10.43.5.2 (L2) Ensure 'Join Microsoft MAPS' is set to 'Disabled'
  • 18.10.43.8.1 (L2) Ensure 'Convert warn verdict to block' is set to 'Enabled'
  • 18.10.56.1 (L2) Ensure 'Turn off Push To Install service' is set to 'Enabled'
  • 18.10.57.3.10.1 (L2) Ensure 'Set time limit for active but idle Remote Desktop Services sessions' is set to 'Enabled: 15 minutes or less, but not Never (0)'
  • 18.10.57.3.10.2 (L2) Ensure 'Set time limit for disconnected sessions' is set to 'Enabled: 1 minute'
  • 18.10.57.3.2.1 (L2) Ensure 'Restrict Remote Desktop Services users to a single Remote Desktop Services session' is set to 'Enabled'
  • 18.10.57.3.3.1 (L2) Ensure 'Do not allow COM port redirection' is set to 'Enabled'
  • 18.10.57.3.3.3 (L2) Ensure 'Do not allow LPT port redirection' is set to 'Enabled'
  • 18.10.57.3.3.4 (L2) Ensure 'Do not allow supported Plug and Play device redirection' is set to 'Enabled'
  • 18.10.59.2 (L2) Ensure 'Allow Cloud Search' is set to 'Enabled: Disable Cloud Search'
  • 18.10.59.4 (L2) Ensure 'Allow search highlights' is set to 'Disabled'
  • 18.10.63.1 (L2) Ensure 'Turn off KMS Client Online AVS Validation' is set to 'Enabled'
  • 18.10.80.1 (L2) Ensure 'Allow suggested apps in Windows Ink Workspace' is set to 'Disabled'
  • 18.10.81.3 (L2) Ensure 'Prevent Internet Explorer security prompt for Windows Installer scripts' is set to 'Disabled'
  • 18.10.87.1 (L2) Ensure 'Turn on PowerShell Script Block Logging' is set to 'Enabled'
  • 18.10.87.2 (L2) Ensure 'Turn on PowerShell Transcription' is set to 'Enabled'
  • 18.10.89.2.2 (L2) Ensure 'Allow remote server management through WinRM' is set to 'Disabled'
  • 18.10.90.1 (L2) Ensure 'Allow Remote Shell Access' is set to 'Disabled'
  • 18.5.10 (L2) Ensure 'MSS: (TcpMaxDataRetransmissions IPv6) How many times unacknowledged data is retransmitted' is set to 'Enabled: 3'
  • 18.5.11 (L2) Ensure 'MSS: (TcpMaxDataRetransmissions) How many times unacknowledged data is retransmitted' is set to 'Enabled: 3'
  • 18.5.5 (L2) Ensure 'MSS: (KeepAliveTime) How often keep-alive packets are sent in milliseconds' is set to 'Enabled: 300,000 or 5 minutes'
  • 18.5.7 (L2) Ensure 'MSS: (PerformRouterDiscovery) Allow IRDP to detect and configure Default Gateway addresses' is set to 'Disabled'
  • 18.6.10.2 (L2) Ensure 'Turn off Microsoft Peer-to-Peer Networking Services' is set to 'Enabled'
  • 18.6.19.2.1 (L2) Disable IPv6 (Ensure TCPIP6 Parameter 'DisabledComponents' is set to '0xff (255)')
  • 18.6.20.1 (L2) Ensure 'Configuration of wireless settings using Windows Connect Now' is set to 'Disabled'
  • 18.6.20.2 (L2) Ensure 'Prohibit access of the Windows Connect Now wizards' is set to 'Enabled'
  • 18.6.4.3 (L2) Ensure 'Turn off default IPv6 DNS Servers' is set to 'Enabled'
  • 18.6.5.1 (L2) Ensure 'Enable Font Providers' is set to 'Disabled'
  • 18.6.9.1 (L2) Ensure 'Turn on Mapper I/O (LLTDIO) driver' is set to 'Disabled'
  • 18.6.9.2 (L2) Ensure 'Turn on Responder (RSPNDR) driver' is set to 'Disabled'
  • 18.8.1.1 (L2) Ensure 'Turn off notifications network usage' is set to 'Enabled'
  • 18.9.20.1.11 (L2) Ensure 'Turn off the Windows Messenger Customer Experience Improvement Program' is set to 'Enabled'
  • 18.9.20.1.12 (L2) Ensure 'Turn off Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program' is set to 'Enabled'
  • 18.9.20.1.13 (L2) Ensure 'Turn off Windows Error Reporting' is set to 'Enabled'
  • 18.9.20.1.2 (L2) Ensure 'Turn off handwriting personalization data sharing' is set to 'Enabled'
  • 18.9.20.1.3 (L2) Ensure 'Turn off handwriting recognition error reporting' is set to 'Enabled'
  • 18.9.20.1.4 (L2) Ensure 'Turn off Internet Connection Wizard if URL connection is referring to Microsoft.com' is set to 'Enabled'
  • 18.9.20.1.6 (L2) Ensure 'Turn off printing over HTTP' is set to 'Enabled'
  • 18.9.20.1.7 (L2) Ensure 'Turn off Registration if URL connection is referring to Microsoft.com' is set to 'Enabled'
  • 18.9.20.1.8 (L2) Ensure 'Turn off Search Companion content file updates' is set to 'Enabled'
  • 18.9.23.1 (L2) Ensure 'Support device authentication using certificate' is set to 'Enabled: Automatic'
  • 18.9.27.1 (L2) Ensure 'Disallow copying of user input methods to the system account for sign-in' is set to 'Enabled'
  • 18.9.31.1 (L2) Ensure 'Allow Clipboard synchronization across devices' is set to 'Disabled'
  • 18.9.31.2 (L2) Ensure 'Allow upload of User Activities' is set to 'Disabled'
  • 18.9.33.6.1 (L2) Ensure 'Allow network connectivity during connected-standby (on battery)' is set to 'Disabled'
  • 18.9.33.6.2 (L2) Ensure 'Allow network connectivity during connected-standby (plugged in)' is set to 'Disabled'
  • 18.9.47.11.1 (L2) Ensure 'Enable/Disable PerfTrack' is set to 'Disabled'
  • 18.9.47.5.1 (L2) Ensure 'Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool: Turn on MSDT interactive communication with support provider' is set to 'Disabled'
  • 18.9.49.1 (L2) Ensure 'Turn off the advertising ID' is set to 'Enabled'
  • 19.6.6.1.1 (L2) Ensure 'Turn off Help Experience Improvement Program' is set to 'Enabled'
  • 19.7.46.2.1 (L2) Ensure 'Prevent Codec Download' is set to 'Enabled'
  • 19.7.8.3 (L2) Ensure 'Do not use diagnostic data for tailored experiences' is set to 'Enabled'
  • 19.7.8.4 (L2) Ensure 'Turn off all Windows spotlight features' is set to 'Enabled'
  • 2.2.37 (L2) Ensure 'Log on as a batch job' is set to 'Administrators' (DC Only)
  • 2.3.10.4 (L2) Ensure 'Network access: Do not allow storage of passwords and credentials for network authentication' is set to 'Enabled'
Miscellaneous
  • Audit deprecated.
  • Metadata updated.
  • Platform check updated.
  • References updated.
Added
  • CIS_Microsoft_Windows_Server_2019_v4.0.0_L2_DC.audit from CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2019 v4.0.0
Removed
  • CIS_Microsoft_Windows_Server_2019_v4.0.0_L2_DC.audit from CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Benchmark v4.0.0