Never allow users to specify groups when restricting permission for documents
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

User
Category
Microsoft Office 2016 > Manage Restricted Permissions
Supported on
Windows7

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.

Internal name
L_Neverallowuserstospecifygroupswhenrestrictingpermissionfordo
Policy ID
5f451ae85aca
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
User
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\drm
Value name
neverallowdls
REG_DWORD
HKCU
1
HKCU
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · User
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\drm
Value name
neverallowdls
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

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