Outlook 2016 backup only
- Policy ID
- MicrosoftOffice2016OutlookBackup
- Scope
- Computer Configuration, User Configuration
- Supported on
- At least Windows Server 2016 or Windows 10
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- Windows Components › Microsoft User Experience Virtualization › Applications
Description
This policy setting configures the backup of certain user settings for Microsoft Outlook 2016.
Microsoft Outlook 2016 has user settings that are backed up instead of synchronizing between computers. Use the policy setting to suppress the backup of specific Microsoft Outlook 2016 settings.
If you enable this policy setting, certain user settings of Microsoft Outlook 2016 will continue to be backed up.
If you disable this policy setting, certain user settings of Microsoft Outlook 2016 will not be backed up.
If you do not configure this policy setting, any defined values will be deleted.
Registry
ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- MicrosoftOffice2016BackupWin32.OutlookREG_DWORD
- MicrosoftOffice2016BackupWin64.OutlookREG_DWORD
UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
- MicrosoftOffice2016BackupWin32.OutlookREG_DWORD
- MicrosoftOffice2016BackupWin64.OutlookREG_DWORD