Allow Map Charts to send geographic data to Bing
- Policy ID
- L_MapChartITAdminOptIn
- 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 › Graph settings
Description
This policy setting controls whether Map Charts can send geographic data to Bing. For more information about Map Charts, see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2194000.
If you enable this policy setting, when a user adds geographic data to a new or existing map chart, that data will be sent to Bing and the map chart will be updated to include any new locations.
If you disable this policy setting, when a user adds geographic data to a new or existing map chart, the geographic data won’t be sent to Bing and the map chart won’t be updated to include any new locations. Also, the user will see a message letting them know that their map chart can’t be created.
If you don’t configure this policy setting, when a user adds geographic data to a new or existing map chart, that data will be sent to Bing and the map chart will be updated to include any new locations.
Note: This policy setting only applies to subscription versions of Office, such as Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise.
Registry
- aremapchartsenabledREG_DWORD