Group Policy for Office 2013

 

Applies to: Office 2013, Office 365 ProPlus

Summary: Find articles that will help you use Group Policy to configure and enforce settings for Office 2013 applications.

Audience: IT Professionals

Group Policy is an infrastructure that is used to deliver and apply one or more desired configurations or policy settings to a set of targeted users and computers in an Active Directory directory service environment. When you have Office 2013 installed, you can use Group Policy to:

  • Control entry points to the Internet from Office 2013 applications.

  • Manage security in the Office 2013 applications.

  • Hide settings and options that are unnecessary for users to perform their jobs and that might distract them or result in unnecessary support calls.

  • Create a highly managed standard configuration on users’ computers.

Office 2013 logoThe following table lists and describes articles that will be useful for IT administrators who plan to use Group Policy to configure and enforce settings for Office 2013 applications.

Articles about how to use Group Policy with Office 2013

Article Description

Overview of Group Policy for Office 2013

Provides information about how to use Group Policy to apply and enforce settings for Office 2013.

Plan Group Policy for Office 2013

Provides information about how to plan for using Group Policy to manage Office 2013.

Use Group Policy to disable user interface items and shortcut keys in Office 2013

Provides information about how to use Group Policy to disable user interface items and shortcut keys in Office 2013.