Controls invoked by extensibility components within the Office process, for example, Power View add-in that uses Silverlight.Controls directly embedded in an Office document, for example, Flash video directly embedded within a PowerPoint document using the Insert Object functionality.Some examples of scenarios that would be impacted by this change are: This change blocks the activation of the following controls within the Office process.
It will not apply to Office 2016, Office 2013 or Office 2010.Ĭustomers who wish to enforce this behavior now in Office 365 subscription clients or in Office 2016 perpetual and down level versions can use the guidance published here to block controls targeted by this change.įurthermore, customers can also take advantage of the recently published Security Baseline for Office 2016 that includes a custom Group Policy that blocks Flash. Note: This change only applies to Office 365 subscription clients.
On July 2017, Adobe announced that Flash will no longer be supported after 2020.Upcoming end of support for some these components.Low observed use of these controls within Office.Use of some these controls in exploit campaigns to target end users of Office.We are taking this step based on the following factors: Today we are announcing an upcoming change to Office that blocks activation of Flash, Shockwave and Silverlight controls within Office.
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