Policy

Turn off Hierarchical Address Book

This policy setting turns off the Hierarchical Address Book (HAB). If you enable this policy setting, the HAB will be turned off. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the HAB will be displayed.

Policy
PackMicrosoft Office
CategoryMicrosoft Outlook 2016 / Account Settings / Exchange
Policy ID3e2c4970c38b
Internal nameL_TurnOffHierarchicalAddressBook

Registry

Copy registry mappings

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

Policy notes

This policy setting turns off the Hierarchical Address Book (HAB). If you enable this policy setting, the HAB will be turned off. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the HAB will be displayed.

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