How to prevent user from changing message background color in Outlook 365 trough GPO?

Question

Hi,

I've got a user that won't stick with the default background when using Outlook 365, as per organization internal policy, is there a way to render him unable to change that setting and force every user to a white background when sending email with Office 365?

User and workstation are under a ADFS domain and using an Exchange 365 mail account, so I would like to be able to manage it via GPO, but I'm open to suggestion

Thanks,

Riccardo

Answer 1

Hi @Amministratore ,

Do you want to disable the button showing in the image below?

If so, you can use the group policy below:

1. Locate Administrative Templates > Microsoft Outlook 2016 > Disable Items in User Interface > Custom
2. Double click to open “Disable command bar buttons and menu items”
3. Select Enabled. Click Show button after “Enter a command bar ID to disable”.
4. Type 13927 in the Value column.
5. Click OK. Click Apply and Click OK.

The control IDs for Outlook 365 can be found in this link.

Regards

Shaofan

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Answer 2

Hi @AmministratoreYou can force users to send in plain text.

Otherwise, look to this page: https://www.slipstick.com/how-to-outlook/group-policy-disable-commands/