Identifies the home folder location of all users identified Identifies all users on the Mac with a UID greater than 500

# This script is designed to suppress the Microsoft AutoUpdate Required Data Notice screen This script is also available on GitHub via the link below: Either will work, but my personal preference would be to use the profile. I’ve written a script and configuration profile to apply this setting. For more details, please see below the jump. This setting can be applied with a script or with a configuration profile. To address this, Microsoft has made suppressing this screen possible by adding the following key and value to the file Since the setting which records that a user has seen the notification is stored in the user’s home folder, in the ~/Library/ file, this may result in the lab’s users seeing this notification multiple times unnecessarily. While this screen is fairly straightforward for an individual to deal with on their own Mac, it may cause challenges for computer labs because those facilities may remove and repopulate user home folders on each login. The overall point of the screen is to help Microsoft comply with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and similar laws. This screen is to notify users that Microsoft AutoUpdate collects diagnostic data for Microsoft and provides basic information on how to opt-out of the data collection. Suppressing Microsoft AutoUpdate’s Required Data Notice screenĪs part of the latest update to Microsoft AutoUpdate app, a new screen has appeared which requires the logged-in user to click on it.

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