O365-CO-000028 - Sending of diagnostic data to Microsoft must be disabled.

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Information

Diagnostic data is used to keep Office secure and up to date; detect, diagnose and remediate problems; and make product improvements.

Solution

Set the policy value for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Office 2016 >> Privacy >> Trust Center >> 'Configure the level of client software diagnostic data sent by Office to Microsoft' to 'Enabled' and select 'Neither' from the Options.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Office_365_ProPlus_V3R4_STIG.zip