Policy

Turn off Outlook Social Connector

This policy setting allows you to turn off the Outlook Social Connector. If you enable this policy setting, the Outlook Social Connector is turned off. If you disable or you do not configure this policy setting, the Outlook Social Connector is turned on.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Office
Category Microsoft Outlook 2016 / Outlook Social Connector
Policy ID 30f30f6f774d
Internal name L_TurnOffOutlookSocialConnector

Registry

Copy registry mappings

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

Policy notes

This policy setting allows you to turn off the Outlook Social Connector. If you enable this policy setting, the Outlook Social Connector is turned off. If you disable or you do not configure this policy setting, the Outlook Social Connector is turned on.

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