Restrict printing from Office of documents opened in Application Guard
Verified with Microsoft 365/Office 5568.1000 — updated on September 4, 2026
Supported on: At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10
Path in the GPO console
User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Microsoft Office 2016\Security Settings\Trust Center\Application Guard Description
This policy setting allows you to control how users can print from Office documents opened in Application Guard. If you enable this policy setting, you can choose to selectively retrict one or more of the following printing options. - Don't allow printing to XPS, prevents users from printing as XPS and saving the resulting file on the host. - Don't allow printing to PDF, prevents users from printing as PDF and saving the resulting file on the host. - Don't allow printing to local printers, prevents users from printing to locally attached printers. - Don't allow printing to existing network printers, prevents users from printing to previously connected network printers. Also, users can't search for additional printers. Note: if you select all the choices or don’t select any of the choices, then printing isn’t allowed in Application Guard. If you disable or don’t configure this policy setting, users can print to all printers configured on their device. Note: This policy setting only applies to Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise.
Registry
HKCU
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\applicationguard Export Builder
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.reg file
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
; Exported from gporais.com
; Policy: Restrict printing from Office of documents opened in Application Guard
; State: Enabled
; Supported on: At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\applicationguard]
"disablexpsprintsettings"=dword:00000000
"disablepdfprintsettings"=dword:00000000
"disablelocalprintsettings"=dword:00000000
"disablenetworkprintsettings"=dword:00000000More formats (PowerShell, Intune, SCCM)
PowerShell
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Restrict printing from Office of documents opened in Application Guard
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10
# 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\security\applicationguard'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'disablexpsprintsettings' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'disablepdfprintsettings' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'disablelocalprintsettings' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'disablenetworkprintsettings' -Value 0 -Type DWordIntune XML
No direct Policy CSP / OMA-URI mapping for this policy. Use the Intune Remediation tab, or ingest the ADMX in Intune.Intune Remediation
# === Detection script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Restrict printing from Office of documents opened in Application Guard
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10
# Warning: In SYSTEM context (the Intune default), HKCU targets the SYSTEM profile. Run this script using the logged-on credentials.
function Test-RegistryValue {
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Path,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Name,
[object]$Expected,
[ValidateSet('String', 'DWord', 'MultiString')][string]$Kind = 'String',
[switch]$Absent
)
try {
$item = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction Stop
} catch {
return $Absent.IsPresent
}
if ($Absent.IsPresent) { return $false }
$actual = $item.$Name
if ($Kind -eq 'DWord') { return ([int64]$actual) -eq ([int64]$Expected) }
if ($Kind -eq 'MultiString') {
$actualValues = @($actual)
$expectedValues = @($Expected)
if ($actualValues.Count -ne $expectedValues.Count) { return $false }
for ($i = 0; $i -lt $expectedValues.Count; $i++) {
if ([string]$actualValues[$i] -ne [string]$expectedValues[$i]) { return $false }
}
return $true
}
return [string]$actual -eq [string]$Expected
}
$checks = @(
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\applicationguard' -Name 'disablexpsprintsettings' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\applicationguard' -Name 'disablepdfprintsettings' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\applicationguard' -Name 'disablelocalprintsettings' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\applicationguard' -Name 'disablenetworkprintsettings' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
)
if ($checks -notcontains $false) {
Write-Output 'Compliant'
exit 0
}
Write-Output 'Non-compliant'
exit 1
# === Remediation script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Restrict printing from Office of documents opened in Application Guard
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10
# 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\security\applicationguard'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'disablexpsprintsettings' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'disablepdfprintsettings' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'disablelocalprintsettings' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'disablenetworkprintsettings' -Value 0 -Type DWordSCCM scripts
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Restrict printing from Office of documents opened in Application Guard
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10
# SCCM Configuration Item guidance:
# Create a Configuration Item of type "Setting: Script".
# Discovery script: use the Detection script below.
# Remediation script: use the Remediation script below.
# Compliance rule: the Discovery script output equals 'Compliant'.
# === Detection script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Restrict printing from Office of documents opened in Application Guard
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10
# Warning: In SYSTEM context (the Intune default), HKCU targets the SYSTEM profile. Run this script using the logged-on credentials.
function Test-RegistryValue {
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Path,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Name,
[object]$Expected,
[ValidateSet('String', 'DWord', 'MultiString')][string]$Kind = 'String',
[switch]$Absent
)
try {
$item = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction Stop
} catch {
return $Absent.IsPresent
}
if ($Absent.IsPresent) { return $false }
$actual = $item.$Name
if ($Kind -eq 'DWord') { return ([int64]$actual) -eq ([int64]$Expected) }
if ($Kind -eq 'MultiString') {
$actualValues = @($actual)
$expectedValues = @($Expected)
if ($actualValues.Count -ne $expectedValues.Count) { return $false }
for ($i = 0; $i -lt $expectedValues.Count; $i++) {
if ([string]$actualValues[$i] -ne [string]$expectedValues[$i]) { return $false }
}
return $true
}
return [string]$actual -eq [string]$Expected
}
$checks = @(
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\applicationguard' -Name 'disablexpsprintsettings' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\applicationguard' -Name 'disablepdfprintsettings' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\applicationguard' -Name 'disablelocalprintsettings' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\applicationguard' -Name 'disablenetworkprintsettings' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
)
if ($checks -notcontains $false) {
Write-Output 'Compliant'
exit 0
}
Write-Output 'Non-compliant'
exit 1
# === Remediation script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Restrict printing from Office of documents opened in Application Guard
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10
# 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\security\applicationguard'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'disablexpsprintsettings' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'disablepdfprintsettings' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'disablelocalprintsettings' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'disablenetworkprintsettings' -Value 0 -Type DWordBuilding a multi-setting collection? Add this setting and generate combined .reg / PowerShell / GPO scripts.