Do not download user photos from Active Directory

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

Registry

HKCU software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\contact

Value name: downloadphotosfromad

Enabled: downloadphotosfromad = 0

Disabled: downloadphotosfromad = 1

Description

This policy setting controls whether user photos will be downloaded from Active Directory (if available). If you enable this policy setting, user photos will not be downloaded. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, user photos will be downloaded.