Deploying Customized Outlook Security Settings to Client Computers

After you configure customized Microsoft Outlook client security features by using the Microsoft Outlook security template and saving the settings in the special Microsoft Exchange public folder, you must enable the customized settings for your users. To enable the changed settings, you might need to deploy a new registry key to the client computers.

To enable the customized security settings, you create the following registry subkey, which is of type DWORD:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Security\CheckAdminSettings

The following table describes the subkey values.

Key value	Description
No key	Outlook uses default security settings.
Set to 0	Outlook uses default security settings.
Set to 1	Outlook looks for custom administrative settings in the Outlook Security Settings folder.
Set to 2	Outlook looks for custom administrative settings in the Outlook 10 Security Settings folder.
Set to anything else	Outlook uses default administrative settings.

To create a new registry subkey for distribution to client computers

1. Start the registry editor and expand the following key:

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Security

2. From the Edit menu, choose New, then click DWORD value to add a new registry key.

   The value name for the key must be CheckAdminSettings.

3. Select the new key name, and then from the Registry menu, choose Export Registry File.

4. In the Export Registry File dialog box, type a name for the registry file and select the option for Selected Branch under the Export Range group, then click Save to create the registry file.

   Registry files have an .reg extension.