Policy

Check OWC data source providers

This policy setting determines whether Office checks that an Office Web Components (OWC) data source provider is properly categorized before loading it. If you enable this policy setting, Office only loads properly categorized data source providers. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Office does not check that an OWC data source provider is properly categorized before loading it.

Policy
PackMicrosoft Office
CategoryMicrosoft Office 2016 / Security Settings
Policy ID622ea8dec179
Internal nameL_CheckOWCDataSourceProviders

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\com categories\checkowcsafeproviders (enabled) = 1
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\com categories\checkowcsafeproviders (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting determines whether Office checks that an Office Web Components (OWC) data source provider is properly categorized before loading it. If you enable this policy setting, Office only loads properly categorized data source providers. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Office does not check that an OWC data source provider is properly categorized before loading it.

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