Policy

Configure copy and paste from Office documents opened in Application Guard

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Configure copy and paste from Office documents opened in Application Guard
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

User
Category
Microsoft Office 2016 > Security Settings > Trust Center > Application Guard
Supported on
Windows 10

Supported OS tags: Windows10

This policy setting allows you to control whether users can copy and paste content from Office to and from documents opened in Application Guard, as well as the allowed formats. This policy setting only applies to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. If you enable this policy setting, you must choose from the following behaviors: - Enable clipboard functionality between the host and Application Guard (default). - Disable clipboard functionality completely between the host and Application Guard. - Enable the clipboard to copy content from Application Guard to the host. - Enable the clipboard to copy content from the host to Application Guard. Note: Application Guard only allows copying text and images and doesn’t allow copying of rich content. Important: We recommend that you don't enable copying from the host to Application Guard. If you enable this functionality, a potentially compromised Application Guard session will have access to the host device’s clipboard and its content. You can also choose the type of content that can be copied, by using the content options: - Allows text copying (default). - Allows image copying. - Allows both text and image copying. If you disable or don't configure this policy setting, users can copy and paste content to and from documents opened in Application Guard to other locations outside Application Guard. Note: Application Guard only allows copying text and images and doesn’t allow copying of rich content. Note: This policy setting only applies to Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise.

Internal name
L_TurnOffClipboardAccessInApplicationGuard
Policy ID
3e27d70beb66
Elements
2

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.

ScopeElementTypeRegistry mappingConstraints & behaviorCopy
User
Clipboard behavior setting.
ID L_AppGuardClipboardDirection
enum
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\applicationguard
Value name
clipboarddirection
Type
REG_DWORD
Options: Enable clipboard operation both directions (default) (0), Enable clipboard operation only from the host to the isolated session (1), Enable clipboard operation only from an isolated session to the host (2), Disable clipboard operation both directions (3)
User
Clipboard content options.
ID L_AppGuardClipboardTypeValue
enum
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\applicationguard
Value name
clipboardformats
Type
REG_DWORD
Options: Enable only text operations in the clipboard (default). (0), Enable only image operations in the clipboard. (1), Enable image and text operations in the clipboard. (2)
Clipboard behavior setting.
User · Type enum
Registry mapping
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\applicationguard
Value name
clipboarddirection
Type
REG_DWORD
Details
Options: Enable clipboard operation both directions (default) (0), Enable clipboard operation only from the host to the isolated session (1), Enable clipboard operation only from an isolated session to the host (2), Disable clipboard operation both directions (3)
Clipboard content options.
User · Type enum
Registry mapping
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\applicationguard
Value name
clipboardformats
Type
REG_DWORD
Details
Options: Enable only text operations in the clipboard (default). (0), Enable only image operations in the clipboard. (1), Enable image and text operations in the clipboard. (2)