Policy

Do not download contact photos from Active Directory

This policy setting controls whether contact photos are downloaded from the Active Directory. If you enable this policy setting, contact photos are not downloaded. If you disable or you do not configure this policy setting, contact photos are downloaded.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Office
Category Microsoft Outlook 2016 / Outlook Social Connector
Policy ID 79e8acca01bd
Internal name L_DoNotDownloadPhotosFromActiveDirectory

Registry

Copy registry mappings

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

Policy notes

This policy setting controls whether contact photos are downloaded from the Active Directory. If you enable this policy setting, contact photos are not downloaded. If you disable or you do not configure this policy setting, contact photos are downloaded.

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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 allow on-demand activity synchronizationDo not show social network info-bars