Never allow users to specify groups when restricting permission for documents

This policy setting controls whether 2007 Office users can assign permissions to distribution lists when using Information Rights Management.

If you enable this policy setting, 2007 Office users cannot specify a distribution list as an authorized party in the Permission dialog box.

If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, 2007 Office users can specify distribution lists when using Information Rights Management (IRM) to restrict access to Excel 2007 workbooks, InfoPath 2007 templates, Outlook 2007 e-mail messages, PowerPoint 2007 presentations, or Word 2007 documents.

Supported on: At least Windows Vista

Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\DRM
Value NameNeverAllowDLs
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Enabled Value1
Disabled Value0

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