An administrator wanted to know how to prevent users from adding new email accounts to their profile.
This keys disable the various account types- but you can't disable account types are using
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\xx.0\outlook\options DWORD: disableexchange DWORD: disablepop3 DWORD: disableimap DWORD: disableothertypes DWORD: disableeas Value data: 1 to disable the account type
Prevent changes to the profile - this is the better method as it will keep users from editing the account, without actually disabling account types.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\xx.0\outlook\setup DWORD: modifyaccounts Value data: 1 to prevent users from editing the account
Preventing changes to the mail profile, cannot be scripted in a logon script, because the user doesn't have permissions to modify the keys in that HIVE. To overcome this, I have written a group policy ADM. Here it is if you want to use it Download a text file: Outlook2013-custom.adm.txt ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; CLASS USER ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;============================================================ CATEGORY !!Top_Category CATEGORY !!Sub_Category KEYNAME Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\xx.0\outlook\setup ;;-------------------------------------------------- ;; Feature: Prevent User from Changing Profile ;;-------------------------------------------------- POLICY !!ModifyAccounts EXPLAIN !!Explain_ModifyAccounts PART !!ModifyAccounts_Value DROPDOWNLIST NOSORT VALUENAME "ModifyAccounts" ITEMLIST NAME !!ModifyAccounts_Yes VALUE NUMERIC 0 DEFAULT NAME !!ModifyAccounts_No VALUE NUMERIC 1 END ITEMLIST END PART END POLICY END CATEGORY END CATEGORY ;;============================================================ CATEGORY !!Top_Category CATEGORY !!Sub_Category KEYNAME Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\Options ;;-------------------------------------------------- ;; Feature: Disable Additional Email Account POP3 ;;-------------------------------------------------- POLICY !!DisablePOP3 EXPLAIN !!Explain_DisablePOP3 PART !!DisablePOP3_Value DROPDOWNLIST NOSORT VALUENAME "DisablePOP3" ITEMLIST NAME !!Disable_POP3_No VALUE NUMERIC 0 DEFAULT NAME !!Disable_POP3_Yes VALUE NUMERIC 1 END ITEMLIST END PART END POLICY ;;----------------------------------------------------- ;; Feature: Disable Additional Email Account IMAP ;;----------------------------------------------------- POLICY !!DisableIMAP EXPLAIN !!Explain_DisableIMAP PART !!DisableIMAP_Value DROPDOWNLIST NOSORT VALUENAME "DisableIMAP" ITEMLIST NAME !!Disable_IMAP_No VALUE NUMERIC 0 DEFAULT NAME !!Disable_IMAP_Yes VALUE NUMERIC 1 END ITEMLIST END PART END POLICY ;;----------------------------------------------------- ;; Feature: Disable Additional Email Account HTTP ;;----------------------------------------------------- POLICY !!DisableHTTP EXPLAIN !!Explain_DisableHTTP PART !!DisableHTTP_Value DROPDOWNLIST… Read more »