Office

Microsoft Office

A composite DSC resource to manage the Microsoft Office STIG settings

Requirements

None

Parameters

Parameter	Attribute	DataType	Description	Allowed Values
OfficeApp	True	String	The version of the Office STIG to apply and monitor	Excel2013, Outlook2013, PowerPoint2013, Word2013
StigVersion	False	Version	The version of the Office STIG to apply and/or monitor	1.6, 1.7, 1.12
Exception	False	PSObject	A hash table of StigId=Value key pairs that are injected into the STIG data and applied to the target node. The title of STIG setting is tagged with the text "Exception" to identify the exceptions to policy across the data center when you centralize DSC log collection.
OrgSettings	False	PSObject	The path to the XML file that contains the local organizations preferred settings for STIG items that have allowable ranges.
SkipRule	False	PSObject	The SkipRule Node is injected into the STIG data and applied to the target node. The title of STIG settings are tagged with the text 'Skip' to identify the skips to policy across the data center when you centralize DSC log collection.
SkipRuleType	False	PSObject	All STIG rule IDs of the specified type are collected in an array and passed to the Skip-Rule function. Each rule follows the same process as the SkipRule parameter.

Examples

Apply the Outlook 2013 STIG to a node

<#
    In this example, the Outlook 2013 STIG V1R12 is processed by the composite resource.
#>

Configuration Office2013
{
    param
    (
        [parameter()]
        [string]
        $NodeName = 'localhost'
    )

    Import-DscResource -ModuleName PowerStig -ModuleVersion 2.1.0.0

    Node $NodeName
    {
        Office Outlook2013Settings
        {
            OfficeApp = 'Outlook2013'
            Stigversion    = '1.12'
        }
    }
}

Example