Policy
Disable AutoDiscover
Microsoft Office 5532.1000
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
This policy setting allows you to disable AutoDiscover. If you enable this policy setting, you can select one or more of the following options to disable in the AutoDiscover feature. "Exclude the last known good URL” – Outlook does not use the last known good Autodiscover URL. "Exclude the SCP object lookup" – Outlook does not perform Active Directory queries for Service Connection Point (SCP) objects with Autodiscover information. "Exclude the root domain query based on your primary SMTP address" - Outlook does not use the root domain of your primary SMTP address to locate the AutoDiscover service. For example, you select this optionOutlook does not use the following URL: https://<smtp-address-domain>/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml. "Exclude the query for the AutoDiscover domain" - Outlook does not use the Autodiscover domain to locate the Autodiscover service. For example, Outlook does not use the following URL: https://autodiscover.<smtp-address-domain>/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml "Exclude the HTTP redirect method" - Outlook does not use the HTTP redirect method in the event it is unable to reach the AutoDiscover service via either of the HTTPS URLs: https://<smtp-address-domain>/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml or https://autodiscover.<smtp-address-domain>/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml. "Exclude the SRV record query in DNS" - Outlook does not use an SRV record lookup in DNS to locate the AutoDiscover service.
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.
| Element | Type | Registry mapping | Constraints & behavior |
|---|---|---|---|
Exclude the last known goode URL ID L_OutlookDisableAutoDiscoverLkgUrl | boolean | HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\autodiscover\excludelastknowngoodurl Type REG_DWORD | Options: true (1), false (0) True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 0 |
Exclude the SCP object lookup ID L_OutlookDisableAutoDiscoverScpLookup | boolean | HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\autodiscover\excludescplookup Type REG_DWORD | Options: true (1), false (0) True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 0 |
Exclude the root domain query based on your primary SMTP address ID L_OutlookDisableAutoDiscoverRootDomain | boolean | HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\autodiscover\excludehttpsrootdomain Type REG_DWORD | Options: true (1), false (0) True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 0 |
Exclude the query for the AutoDiscover domain ID L_OutlookDisableAutoDiscoverAutoDiscoverSubDomain | boolean | HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\autodiscover\excludehttpsautodiscoverdomain Type REG_DWORD | Options: true (1), false (0) True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 0 |
Exclude the HTTP redirect method ID L_OutlookDisableAutoDiscoverHttpRedirect | boolean | HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\autodiscover\excludehttpredirect Type REG_DWORD | Options: true (1), false (0) True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 0 |
Exclude the SRV record query in DNS ID L_OutlookDisableAutoDiscoverSrvRecord | boolean | HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\autodiscover\excludesrvrecord Type REG_DWORD | Options: true (1), false (0) True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 0 |
Exclude initial check to Office 365 Autodiscover URL ID L_OutlookDisableAutoDiscoverExplicitO365Endpoint | boolean | HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\autodiscover\excludeexplicito365endpoint Type REG_DWORD | Options: true (1), false (0) True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 0 |
Disable the Autodiscover V2 service ID L_OutlookDisableAutodiscoverV2Service | boolean | HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\autodiscover\disableautodiscoverv2service Type REG_DWORD | Options: true (1), false (0) True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 0 |
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