Policy
Allow co-authors to chat within a document
Microsoft Office
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows10
This policy setting controls whether co-authors can use the chat functionality within an Office application to collaborate with each other when editing a document. If you enable or don’t configure this policy setting, users can chat with each other when co-authoring a document. If you disable this policy setting, users can’t chat with each other when co-authoring a document. Note: This policy setting only applies to subscription versions of Office, such as Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise.
Internal name
L_DocumentChat
Policy ID
8039a7c22443
Elements
0
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Scope | Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| User | Path software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common Value name disabledocumentchat | REG_DWORD | HKCU 0 | HKCU 1 |
Registry location
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common
Value name
disabledocumentchat
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
0
Disabled value
1
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.