How to customize Outlook ribbon for multiple users via group policy or registry

Question

Hello,

We want to have standard Outlook ribbon for all users (moving important default add-ins more to the left for visibility purposes). I was looking how we can implement for multiple users, but I cannot find policy or registry keys for ribbon customization, seems to be user context only settings which is stored in local appdata. Do you have any ideas how to achieve this?

Thanks

Answer 1

Hi @TomasSaltenis-8400 ,

Based on my research and test, when you customize the UI in Outlook, it creates an *.officeUI file that contains the customization XML under *C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office*

You can use a custom GPO to replace the toolbar file with the customized one at log on (or use a log on script) or copy the *.officeUI file to the folder underC:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\

Here are links about how to copy file to computer via GPO for your reference:

HOW TO COPY NEW FILES TO MULTIPLE COMPUTERS USING GROUP POLICY (GPO)
Copy Files or Folders to All Computers via GPO
(Note: Since the web site is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information.)
Hope above can help you!

Answer 2

Hello,

you have to create an Outlook add-in that customizes the ribbon and then install the add-in company-wide via policy.

Answer 3

You can try to play a bit with xml file on user machines. See https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2144478-outlook-reset-ribbon-for-all-users