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Show Microsoft Office shortcut in favorites bar (deprecated)

DEPRECATED: This policy is deprecated. It is currently supported but will become obsolete in a future release.

Supported versions

  • On Windows and macOS since 77 or later

Description

This policy didn't work as expected due to changes in operational requirements. Therefore it's deprecated and should not be used.

Specifies whether to include a shortcut to Office.com in the favorites bar. For users signed into Microsoft Edge the shortcut takes users to their Microsoft Office apps and docs. If you enable or don't configure this policy, users can choose whether to see the shortcut by changing the toggle in the favorites bar context menu. If you disable this policy, the shortcut isn't shown.

Supported features

  • Can be mandatory: Yes
  • Can be recommended: No
  • Dynamic Policy Refresh: Yes
  • Per Profile: Yes
  • Applies to a profile that is signed in with a Microsoft account: No

Data type

  • Boolean

Windows information and settings

Group Policy (ADMX) info

  • GP unique name: ShowOfficeShortcutInFavoritesBar
  • GP name: Show Microsoft Office shortcut in favorites bar (deprecated)
  • GP path (Mandatory): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge
  • GP path (Recommended): N/A
  • GP ADMX file name: MSEdge.admx

Example value

Disabled

Registry settings

  • Path (Mandatory): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
  • Path (Recommended): N/A
  • Value name: ShowOfficeShortcutInFavoritesBar
  • Value type: REG_DWORD

Example registry value

0x00000000

Mac information and settings

  • Preference Key name: ShowOfficeShortcutInFavoritesBar
  • Example value:
<false/>

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