Policy

Block specific social network providers

This policy setting allows you to specify the list of social network providers that will never be loaded by the Outlook Social Connector. If you enable this policy setting, social network providers added to the list will never be loaded by the Outlook Social Connector. This list needs to be semi-colon delimited. If you disable or you do not configure this policy setting, the Outlook Social Connector can load any provider specified by the user.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Office
Category Microsoft Outlook 2016 / Outlook Social Connector
Policy ID 596fc3c95b5f
Internal name L_BlockSpecificSocialNetworkproviders

Registry

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HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\outlook\socialconnector\disabledproviderslist

Policy notes

This policy setting allows you to specify the list of social network providers that will never be loaded by the Outlook Social Connector. If you enable this policy setting, social network providers added to the list will never be loaded by the Outlook Social Connector. This list needs to be semi-colon delimited. If you disable or you do not configure this policy setting, the Outlook Social Connector can load any provider specified by the user.

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Block Global Address List synchronizationBlock network activity synchronizationBlock social network contact synchronizationDisable Office connections to social networksDo not allow on-demand activity synchronizationDo not download contact photos from Active DirectoryDo not show social network info-bars