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1.125 (L1) Ensure 'Show Microsoft Rewards experiences' is set to 'Disabled'

Information

This policy setting controls whether the Microsoft Reward experience is available to users and if notifications are received. The Microsoft Rewards experience is a free program that allows the user to earn points when searching on Bing.com. With these points, the users can buy merchandise from the Microsoft Store online and in Windows 10.

The recommended state for this setting is: Disabled.

Note: The Bing Rewards experience was merged with the Microsoft Reward experience in 2016.

Due to privacy concerns, data should never be sent to or tracked by any third-party since this data could contain sensitive information.

Solution

To establish the recommended configuration via configuration profiles, set the following Settings Catalog path to Disabled :

Microsoft Edge\Show Microsoft Rewards experiences

Impact:

The Microsoft Rewards experience will not be shown in the Microsoft Edge user profile.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/24642

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6, 800-53|CM-7, CSCv7|9.2

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 84c53055a66ba4905c7f2ac29ece4392bde120e6325d98d747a215f9e4f4eafc