Policy

Check-out to local disk

This policy turns on the check-out to local disk feature. If you enable this policy setting, documents that are checked-out will be stored in the Local Drafts folder on the local disk. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, documents that are checked out will be checked-out on SharePoint and no local copy will be created.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Office
Category Microsoft Office 2016 / Microsoft Office Document Cache
Policy ID f2982b7c214c
Internal name L_CheckOutToLocalDisk

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\common\offline\options\uselocaldrafts (enabled) = 1
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\common\offline\options\uselocaldrafts (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy turns on the check-out to local disk feature. If you enable this policy setting, documents that are checked-out will be stored in the Local Drafts folder on the local disk. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, documents that are checked out will be checked-out on SharePoint and no local copy will be created.

Related policies

Delete files from Office Document CacheOffice document cache locationOpen documents from Office Document Cache firstSave checked-out files to a local folder