Policy

Do not download user photos from Active Directory

This policy setting controls whether user photos will be downloaded from Active Directory (if available). If you enable this policy setting, user photos will not be downloaded. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, user photos will be downloaded.

Policy
PackMicrosoft Office
CategoryMicrosoft Outlook 2016 / Outlook Options / Other
Policy ID5a777ce2147e
Internal nameL_DoNotDownloadPhotosFromTheActiveDirectory

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\contact\downloadphotosfromad (enabled) = 0
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\contact\downloadphotosfromad (disabled) = 1

Policy notes

This policy setting controls whether user photos will be downloaded from Active Directory (if available). If you enable this policy setting, user photos will not be downloaded. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, user photos will be downloaded.

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