Policy

Do not allow on-demand activity synchronization

This policy setting allows you to prevent on-demand synchronization of activity information between Outlook and social networks. If you enable this policy setting, on-demand synchronization is blocked. If you disable or you do not configure this policy setting, on-demand synchronization is allowed.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Office
Category Microsoft Outlook 2016 / Outlook Social Connector
Policy ID 21aec747d789
Internal name L_DoNotAllowOnDemandActivitySynchronization

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\outlook\socialconnector\ondemandactivitysync (enabled) = 0
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\outlook\socialconnector\ondemandactivitysync (disabled) = 1

Policy notes

This policy setting allows you to prevent on-demand synchronization of activity information between Outlook and social networks. If you enable this policy setting, on-demand synchronization is blocked. If you disable or you do not configure this policy setting, on-demand synchronization is allowed.

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Block Global Address List synchronizationBlock network activity synchronizationBlock social network contact synchronizationBlock specific social network providersDisable Office connections to social networksDo not download contact photos from Active DirectoryDo not show social network info-bars