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Default SharePoint lists

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 Outlook 2016\Account Settings\SharePoint Lists

Description

This policy setting allows you to deploy SharePoint lists. If you enable this policy setting, you can provide a list of SharePoint list URLs in the following format: Value name: SPsite1 Value: SPsite1 stssync:// URL. See MS-STSSYN for documentation. Value name: SPSite2 Value: SPsite2 stssync:// URL. See MS-STSSYN for documentation. The list of URLs provided is read when Outlook starts up, and the corresponding SharePoint lists are added to each of the user's profiles. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users will not have any default SharePoint lists.

Registry

HKCU software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\options\accounts

More options available

Options

List (registry values) list

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: Default SharePoint lists
; State: Enabled
; Supported on: At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\options\accounts]
; List values: enter one value per line in the builder UI.
More formats (PowerShell, Intune, SCCM)

PowerShell

# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Default SharePoint lists
# 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\outlook\options\accounts'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
# List values: enter one value per line in the builder UI.

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