Policy

Turn off Hierarchical Address Book search

This policy setting controls entry points to search in the Hierarchical Address Book (HAB). If you enable this policy setting, all entry points to search features in the HAB will be turned off. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, all entry points to search features in the HAB will be enabled.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Office
Category Microsoft Outlook 2016 / Account Settings / Exchange
Policy ID a9fdd3c2373b
Internal name L_TurnOffHierarchicalAddressBookSearch

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\disablehabsearch (enabled) = 1
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\disablehabsearch (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting controls entry points to search in the Hierarchical Address Book (HAB). If you enable this policy setting, all entry points to search features in the HAB will be turned off. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, all entry points to search features in the HAB will be enabled.

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