Article 619CZ Microsoft still plans to block Office macros by default after temporary rollback

Microsoft still plans to block Office macros by default after temporary rollback

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Microsoft is still planning to block Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros by default in Office apps. The software giant rolled back planned changes last week, surprising IT admins who had been preparing for Microsoft to prevent Office users from easily enabling macros in Office files downloaded from the internet. The change, designed to improve security in Office, was supposed to go live in June before Microsoft suddenly reverted the block on June 30th.

Following user feedback, we have rolled back this change temporarily while we make some additional changes to enhance usability," explains Kellie Eickmeyer, principal product manager at Microsoft, in a blog post update. This is a temporary change, and we are fully committed to...

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