Microsoft has made the move to bolster its apps` security.
What you need to know
Microsoft has been taking increasingly large steps over the past few months to put a stop to macro-induced security risks in its apps and services.
Its latest move is to block internet macros by default in five major Office apps: Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.
The new default change`s rollout will begin in early April 2022 and is, at a date yet to be determined, set to come to versions of Office stretching as far back as Office 2013.
Microsoft`s been taking a harder stance against macros in recent times, such as with its crackdown on Excel 4.0 macros. Now, the company`s going even further.
Five Office apps will soon see internet macros blocked by default. The apps in question are Word, Visio, Access, Excel, and PowerPoint. Expect the default change rollout to hit Office beginning with version 2203 via an early April 2022 Current Channel (Preview) release. It will come to other channels...
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