Policy
Prevent co-authoring on files with macros for Word
Microsoft Office
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
This policy controls whether users will be able to co-author Word documents with macros. Enabling this policy setting will turn off the ability to co-author Word documents with macros. If you disable or don't configure this policy setting, the user will be able to co-author Word documents with macros. Note: This policy setting only applies to subscription versions of Office, such as Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise.
Internal name
L_DisableCoauthoringOnDocmFiles
Policy ID
63cb88c7c96e
Elements
0
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 disablecoauthondocmfiles | REG_DWORD | HKCU 1 | HKCU 0 |
Registry location
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\coauthoring
Value name
disablecoauthondocmfiles
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.