Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassUser
CategoryMicrosoft Office 2016 > Security Settings
Supported onWindows7

This policy setting allows you to specify which hosts can show Basic Authentication sign-in prompts to Office apps. By default, all Basic Authentication sign-in prompts are blocked, and the user is shown a message that the sign-in method isn’t allowed. If you enable this policy setting, you need to enter the hosts by name, separating the host names with a semi-colon. For example: server1.contoso.com; server2.fabrikam.com. Warning: Allowing Basic Authentication sign-in prompts isn’t recommended because it’s a security risk. Basic Authentication sign-in prompts from all other hosts will be blocked and the user will be shown a message that the sign-in method isn’t allowed. If you disable or don’t configure this policy setting, all Basic Authentication sign-in prompts will be blocked, and the user will be shown a message that the sign-in method isn’t allowed. Note: This policy setting only applies to subscription versions of Office, such as Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise, and to subscription versions of Project and Visio. For more information, see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2199001.

Internal name
L_BasicAuthPromptBehavior
Policy ID
df5f5720d092
Elements
1

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

ElementTypeRegistry mappingConstraints & behavior
Host names:
ID L_AuthenticationBasicAuthEnabledHostsID
text
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\identity\basichostallowlist
Type REG_SZ
None

Other policies in this category

Explore related policies at the same level.

View all policies in this category