Microsoft Windows Server 2019 STIG Version Comparison

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Title

Windows Server 2019 local volumes must use a format that supports NTFS attributes.

Check Content

Open "Computer Management". Select "Disk Management" under "Storage". For each local volume, if the file system does not indicate "NTFS", this is a finding. Resilient finding. "ReFS" (resilient file system) system is (ReFS) and Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) are also acceptable and would are not be a finding. This findings. This does not apply to system partitions such the Recovery and EFI System Partition.

Discussion

The ability to set access permissions and auditing is critical to maintaining the security and proper access controls of a system. To support this, volumes must be formatted using a file system that supports NTFS attributes.

Fix

Format volumes to use NTFS NTFS, ReFS, or ReFS. CSV.