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Configure presentation service in PowerPoint and Word 8

Verified with Microsoft 365/Office 5568.1000 — updated on September 4, 2026

Microsoft 365/Office 5568.1000

Supported on: At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7

Path in the GPO console

User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Microsoft Office 2016\Present Online\Presentation Services

Description

This policy setting allows you to add a presentation service to the list of online presentation services in PowerPoint and Word. This list appears when a user selects the More services link under Present Online on the Share tab in Backstage view in PowerPoint and Word and in the ribbon in PowerPoint. If you enable this policy setting, you can add a presentation service to the list of online presentation services in PowerPoint and Word. For each service you add, you must specify a name and URL. Optionally, you can specify a description, the URL of a web page with more information about the service, and the URL of a web page with service terms that the user can display by selecting the Service Agreement link. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the More services link displays only services that are manually added by users.

Registry

HKCU software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\broadcast\servers\7

More options available

Options

Name:
servername text
Service URL:
serverurl text
Description (optional):
serverinformation text
Information URL (optional):
serverinformationurl text
Service agreement URL (optional):
servertermsurl text
Server Capabilities flags:
servercapabilities decimal - range 0-9999 - default: 0
Server Major Version:
majorversion decimal - range 0-9999 - default: 2
Server Minor Version:
minorversion decimal - range 0-9999 - default: 0
Create Shared Notes
createsharednotes boolean - default: 0
Shared Notes Url (optional):
sharednotescustomurl text
Shared Notes Default Url (optional):
notesdefaulturl text

Export Builder

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Configure the state, scope and options, then generate .reg, PowerShell, Intune and SCCM outputs — or add the setting to a multi-setting collection.

These exports write the registry — this is not a managed GPO.

.reg file

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Exported from gporais.com
; Policy: Configure presentation service in PowerPoint and Word 8
; State: Enabled
; Supported on: At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\broadcast\servers\7]
"servername"=""
"serverurl"=""
"serverinformation"=""
"serverinformationurl"=""
"servertermsurl"=""
"servercapabilities"=dword:00000000
"majorversion"=dword:00000002
"minorversion"=dword:00000000
"createsharednotes"=dword:00000000
"sharednotescustomurl"=""
"notesdefaulturl"=""
More formats (PowerShell, Intune, SCCM)

PowerShell

# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Configure presentation service in PowerPoint and Word 8
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
# Warning: In SYSTEM context (the Intune default), HKCU targets the SYSTEM profile. Run this script using the logged-on credentials.

$path = 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\broadcast\servers\7'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'servername' -Value '' -Type String
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'serverurl' -Value '' -Type String
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'serverinformation' -Value '' -Type String
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'serverinformationurl' -Value '' -Type String
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'servertermsurl' -Value '' -Type String
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'servercapabilities' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'majorversion' -Value 2 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'minorversion' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'createsharednotes' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'sharednotescustomurl' -Value '' -Type String
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'notesdefaulturl' -Value '' -Type String

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