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.
PackMicrosoft Office
CategoryMicrosoft Outlook 2016 / Outlook Social Connector
Policy ID
79e8acca01bdInternal name
L_DoNotDownloadPhotosFromActiveDirectoryRegistry
Copy registry mappings
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\outlook\socialconnector\downloaddetailsfromad (enabled) = 0
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\outlook\socialconnector\downloaddetailsfromad (disabled) = 1Policy 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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