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.
PackMicrosoft Office
CategoryMicrosoft Outlook 2016 / Outlook Social Connector
Policy ID
30f30f6f774dInternal name
L_TurnOffOutlookSocialConnectorRegistry
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HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\outlook\socialconnector\runosc (enabled) = 0
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\outlook\socialconnector\runosc (disabled) = 1Policy 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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