Disable Office connections to social networks
Supported on: At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
Registry
HKCU
software\policies\microsoft\office\outlook\socialconnector Value name: disablesocialnetworkconnectivity
Enabled: disablesocialnetworkconnectivity = 1
Disabled: disablesocialnetworkconnectivity = 0
Description
This policy setting prevents users from connecting Office to social networks (including SharePoint), and prevents Office from displaying contacts and feeds from their social networks. If you enable this policy setting, users cannot connect Office to social networks. If you disable or you do not configure this policy setting, users can connect Office to social networks.