Exchange Unicode Mode - Turn off ANSI mode

Policy ID: L_ExchangeUnicodeModeTurnOffANSI
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 Outlook 2016 › Account Settings › Exchange

Description

This policy setting controls the creation of ANSI OST files.

If you enable or do not configure this policy setting, new ANSI OST files cannot be created.

If you disable this policy setting, all new OST files for an Outlook profile are created in ANSI format.

Profiles with multiple Exchange accounts will always create Unicode OST files, regardless of this policy setting.

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