A default deployment of the add-in allows users to disable the add-in in Microsoft Outlook or other Microsoft Office applications manually.
Admins can override this setting by enabling the relevant group policy setting. This setting will prevent users from manually disabling the add-in.
To prevent users from disabling the Outlook add-in, follow the steps below:
- Open the Group Policy Editor and check that the Office Administrative Templates are installed. These can be located in User Configuration Administrative Templates Microsoft Outlook[YEAR] Miscellaneous.
- If they are not installed, the administrative templates for Microsoft are available at the below URLs:
- Ensure the "List of managed add-ins" setting is set to Enabled.
- Select Show... in the "List of managed add-ins".
- Enter "Egress.Switch" and set the value to 1. This action will ensure the add-in cannot be disabled.
- Alternatively, it's possible to deploy the registry key via Group Policy (GPO). The Registry Key type should be REG_SZ.