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word16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows• User

Do not automatically merge server and local document

This policy setting determines if changes made to a server document should be automatically merged with the locally-cached copy of the document on the next save. This policy pertains to the co-authoring experience in Word. If you enable this policy setting, then changes made to a server document will not be automatically merged with the locally-cached copy of the document on the next save. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, then changes made to a server document will be automatically merged with the locally-cached copy of the document on the next save.

Policy Details

Policy Name
L_DoNotAutomaticallyMergeServerAndLocalDocument
Registry Key
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\coauthoring
Value Name
disableautomerge
Supported On
At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
Policy State Values
Enabled: 1
Disabled: 0
Available Languages
en-us