After previously postponing while it worked on enhancing usability, Microsoft has now finally started blocking macros(opens in new tab) from running on downloaded Office files.
IT admins can now update their productivity suite and prevent their employees from running Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros in the same, simple and convenient way, they used to.
In an announcement following the rollout, Microsoft explained what “enhanced usability” actually meant, and it would seem that it came down to the language of the warnings:
