Policy
Turn off Hierarchical Address Book department selection
This policy setting controls whether departments can be picked as recipients in the Hierarchical Address Book (HAB). If you enable this policy setting, the tree control to pick departments as recipients is turned off in the HAB. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the tree control to pick departments as recipients is turned on in the HAB.
PackMicrosoft Office
CategoryMicrosoft Outlook 2016 / Account Settings / Exchange
Policy ID
70596ce8e9baInternal name
L_TurnOffHierarchicalAddressBookDepartmentSelectionRegistry
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HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\disablepickingdepartment (enabled) = 1
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\disablepickingdepartment (disabled) = 0Policy notes
This policy setting controls whether departments can be picked as recipients in the Hierarchical Address Book (HAB). If you enable this policy setting, the tree control to pick departments as recipients is turned off in the HAB. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the tree control to pick departments as recipients is turned on in the HAB.
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