Policy

Do not download user photos from Active Directory

This policy setting controls whether user photos will be downloaded from Active Directory (if available). If you enable this policy setting, user photos will not be downloaded. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, user photos will be downloaded.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Office
Category Microsoft Outlook 2016 / Outlook Options / Other
Policy ID 5a777ce2147e
Internal name L_DoNotDownloadPhotosFromTheActiveDirectory

Registry

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

Policy notes

This policy setting controls whether user photos will be downloaded from Active Directory (if available). If you enable this policy setting, user photos will not be downloaded. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, user photos will be downloaded.

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