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Recent Blog ArticlesMost RecentMost LikesRe: DCOM authentication hardening: what you need to know jingalsbe KB5022353(Sec Only) and KB5022340(Monthly Quality Rollup) are Jan 2023 update for Windows Server 2008. KB 5022352(Sec Only) and KB5022346(Monthly Quality Rollup) are Jan 2023 updat...Re: DCOM authentication hardening: what you need to know ShellBeCom The issue you described doesn't look like to be related to DCOM hardening change. DCOM hardening change only affects cross-computer COM communications, not local COM communications. Bes...Re: DCOM authentication hardening: what you need to know ZappBrannigan145 WarrenStanley As mentioned in the updated KB Article, there're two minor client-side updates after Nov update on some Windows platforms. To make thing simple, we recommend users to i...Re: DCOM authentication hardening: what you need to know cwse07004 The permanent enablement of DCOM hardening is shipped with March 14th update. If you stop installing updating before March 14th, the registry that disables DCOM hardening change will still ...Re: DCOM authentication hardening: what you need to know McIntoshA As @WarrenStanley mentioned, an outdated DCOM client machine will not be able to communicate with servers that are patched up-to-date. For now, you can disable DCOM hardening change on se...Re: DCOM authentication hardening: what you need to know Paul Maurath Yes, we're working on updating that article. Re: DCOM authentication hardening: what you need to know Simon_Beresf11 Yes, your statement is correct! Re: DCOM authentication hardening: what you need to know WarrenStanley Yes, the auto promotion of DCOM activation authentication level will still be enabled after March 14 Windows patch on all updated Windows platforms. The auto promotion is enabled...DCOM authentication hardening: what you need to know Explore how we’re hardening the Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM).