Office Add-in enabled Per User (Multi User)

KB054 - Enabling Volume Office Integration on a multi-user environment

Volume Office Integration allows Office documents to be easily stored and modified within Volume. Depending on the organisation, only a specific set of users may require this functionality. This article details how this Office Add-in feature can be enabled and disabled for multi-user systems which share workstations.

Individual user accounts on a workstation may be configured manually, or a network Group Policy may be used to enable the Volume Office Integration functionality for a subset of users in a larger environment.

Remove the default option of ‘Enabled’ on a per system basis

This example is for a 32bit version of Office. The path will be slightly different for 64 bit versions. Delete or rename the “LoadBehavior” values from the following registry keys:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins\OI_volume.CoOI_volume]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\Excel\Addins\OI_volume.CoOI_volume]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\Word\Addins\OI_volume.CoOI_volume]

This will prevent Office applications installing the Volume add-in by default.

Manually re-enable the Add-In on a per user basis

Create the following keys:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins\OI_volume.CoOI_volume]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\Excel\Addins\OI_volume.CoOI_volume]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\Word\Addins\OI_volume.CoOI_volume]

Add a DWORD value called “LoadBehavior” to each key, set its value to 3.

The add-in will be installed when the Office applications start.

Using Group Policy to re-enable Office Integration on a per user basis

If one doesn’t exist, create a security group for the users who require the Volume Office Add-In to be enabled.
Create or edit a Group Policy object for the users that require Volume Office Integration.
Navigate to User Configuration, Preferences, Windows Settings, Registry
Right click and select New, Registry Item.
Set the following options:
- Action: Update
- Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
- Key Path: Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins\OI_volume.CoOI_volume
- Value name: LoadBehavior
- Value type: REG_DWORD
- Value data: 3
Open the Common tab and select the options:
- Run in logged-on user’s security context
- Item-level targeting
Click Targeting and select the appropriate security group.
OK the Registry Item properties.