Automatic Discovery: registry value automaticdiscoveryUserHKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\sharepointtracking

Policy ID: L_AutomaticDiscovery
Scope: User Configuration
Supported on: At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
Source: Microsoft 365 Apps / Office Administrative Templates (version 5568.1000)
Category: Microsoft Office 2016 › Global Options › Customize › Shared Workspace

Registry

automaticdiscovery

REG_SZUser

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\sharepointtracking Current key

Enabled value: Depends on the option value
Element: Automatic Discovery

Options
Item	Stored value
On	On
Off	Off

Apply with .reg · CMD · PowerShell

.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\sharepointtracking]

; Options (use only one)
; On
"automaticdiscovery"="On"
; Off
"automaticdiscovery"="Off"

CMD

:: Options (use only one)

:: On
reg add "HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\sharepointtracking" /v "automaticdiscovery" /t REG_SZ /d "On" /f
:: Off
reg add "HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\sharepointtracking" /v "automaticdiscovery" /t REG_SZ /d "Off" /f

PowerShell

# Common: create the key
New-Item -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\sharepointtracking' -Force | Out-Null

# Options (use only one)
# On
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\sharepointtracking' -Name 'automaticdiscovery' -PropertyType String -Value 'On' -Force | Out-Null
# Off
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\sharepointtracking' -Name 'automaticdiscovery' -PropertyType String -Value 'Off' -Force | Out-Null