Setting default SharePoint folder viewing style in Outlook

note

Configurable only via configuration update process

 

This setting is used to determine the default style for viewing SharePoint content within Outlook.

The user is able to change between SharePoint and Outlook style using buttons on the Outlook ribbon menu.

Therefore if you are wanting to enforce users only access SharePoint through a single style this setting is best used in combination with hiding the ribbon button that allows the user to change styles.


Property 

Mandatory / Optional

Description

action

Mandatory

Set to "insert" to change the default behavior 
Set to "delete" to revert to default behavior 

value

Mandatory

Valid values:
Outlook (default)
SharePoint

Example: Set the default viewing style to SharePoint 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 
<configuration>
    <userinfo>
        <outlookFolderCurrentViewStyle action="delete"/>
        <outlookFolderCurrentViewStyle action="insert" value="SharePoint"/>
    </userinfo>
</configuration>