Policy
Never allow users to specify groups when restricting permission for documents
Microsoft Office 5532.1000
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
This policy setting controls whether Office 2016 users can assign permissions to distribution lists when using Information Rights Management. If you enable this policy setting, Office 2016 users cannot specify a distribution list as an authorized party in the Permission dialog box. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Office 2016 users can specify distribution lists when using Information Rights Management (IRM) to restrict access to Excel workbooks, InfoPath templates, Outlook e-mail messages, PowerPoint presentations, or Word documents.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value |
|---|---|---|---|
| HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\drm\neverallowdls | REG_DWORD | 1 | 0 |
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.
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