Policy
Do not automatically merge server and local document
Microsoft Office
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
This policy setting determines if changes made to a server document should be automatically merged with the locally-cached copy of the document on the next save. This policy pertains to the co-authoring experience in Word. If you enable this policy setting, then changes made to a server document will not be automatically merged with the locally-cached copy of the document on the next save. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, then changes made to a server document will be automatically merged with the locally-cached copy of the document on the next save.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Scope | Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| User | Path software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\coauthoring Value name disableautomerge | REG_DWORD | HKCU 1 | HKCU 0 |
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.