82.38 Ensure 'Xbox Live Auth Manager (XblAuthManager)' is set to 'Disabled'

Information

Provides authentication and authorization services for interacting with Xbox Live.

The recommended state for this setting is: Disabled.

Xbox Live is a gaming service and has no place in an enterprise managed environment (perhaps unless it is a gaming company).

Solution

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

System Services\Xbox Live Auth Manager

Impact:

Connections to Xbox Live may fail and applications that interact with that service may also fail.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/27282

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

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

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 97eb61938c25ad7d1931d1507cdb4e65c6484ff2dac6f94cb6e6255802f3cf57