Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassUser
CategoryMicrosoft Outlook 2016 > Security > Cryptography
Supported onWindows7

This policy setting controls which message encryption formats Outlook can use. Outlook supports three formats for encrypting and signing messages: S/MIME, Exchange, and Fortezza. If you enable this policy setting, you can specify whether Outlook can use S/MIME (the default), Exchange, or Fortezza encryption, or any combination of any of these options. Users will not be able to change this configuration. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Outlook only uses S/MIME to encrypt and sign messages. If you disable this policy setting, users will not be able to change this configuration.

Internal name
L_MessageFormats
Policy ID
2ff60071482b
Elements
1

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.

ElementTypeRegistry mappingConstraints & behavior
Support the following message formats:
ID L_Supportthefollowingmessageformats
enum
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\security\msgformats
Type REG_DWORD
Options: S/MIME (1), Exchange (2), Fortezza (20), S/MIME and Exchange (3), S/MIME and Fortezza (21), Exchange and Fortezza (22), S/MIME, Exchange, and Fortezza (23)

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