Prevent co-authoring

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

Registry

HKCU software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\coauthoring

Value name: disablecoauthoring

Enabled: disablecoauthoring = 1

Disabled: disablecoauthoring = 0

Description

This policy setting controls how Word opens a file for editing on document management servers that support co-authoring. If you enable this policy setting, Word will prevent co-authoring by taking an exclusive file lock. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Word will allow co-authoring by taking short-term shared locks. Note: When file synchronization via SOAP over HTTP is turned off it will prevent co-authoring.