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Disable users ability to create rules...
It looks like it can be set in OWA policy under Information Management / Inbox Rules.
I'd thought in Outlook you'd be able to set it via Group Policy but I've had a look at the available options in the OL2016 template and don't see anything which covers it.
Which is a bit strange. You would think that anything that could be enabled / disabled in OWA that isn't OWA exclusive should also be configurable in Outlook.
Failing that you'd probably have to look at updating the My Base Options roles for the users which I think includes rule settings.
So users would still see rules management in Outlook but wouldn't be able to apply any changes.
Neill Thank you for the response! I did disable that, doesn't that only apply to creating rules in the web app though?
I will look into the My Base Options and see. Thank you!
There's now way to disable this for the desktop client afaik. The only thing I could think of is to disable the corresponding buttons/UI controls, but for that to work you will need to know the actual control IDs. Check here for more info: https://www.slipstick.com/how-to-outlook/group-policy-disable-commands/
VasilMichev Thank you, I don't think that would help. The purpose is to stop any malicious people who have stolen credentials from creating rules. They would be accessing it from outside our domain.
