Policy
Hide Microsoft cloud-based file locations in the Backstage view
Microsoft Office
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
This policy setting allows you to hide Microsoft cloud-based file locations in the Backstage view in Office. This helps prevent users from opening, saving, or sharing cloud-based files to locations such as: OneDrive, SharePoint, or Third Party Services. This policy setting only applies to Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. To filter specific services, add the values for all services to be disabled: 1 - OneDrive Personal 4 - ThisPC 8 - SharePoint OnPrem 16 - Recent Places 32 - SharePoint 64 - OneDrive for Business 128 - Third Party Services Special Values: 0 - (Default) All services enabled. 2 - (Legacy Value) Disable SharePoint and OneDrive for Business. 4294967295 - All optional services disabled. For example, OneDrive Personal (1), This PC (4) and Third Party Services (128) can all be disabled with a value of 133. This value is calculated as follows: 1 + 4 + 128 = 133 Common Setting Values: 1 - Disable OneDrive Personal 2 - Disable SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business 3 - Disable SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, and OneDrive Personal If you disable or don’t configure this policy setting, users can use any configured Microsoft cloud-based file location to open, save, and share files.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
| Scope | Element | Type | Registry mapping | Constraints & behavior | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| User | Online Storage Filter Value: ID L_OnlineStorageFilterID | decimal | Path software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\internet Value name onlinestorage Type REG_DWORD | Range: 0 to 4294967295 |