[ms office - o365] Force users to use Outlook instead of O365

[abillybob]

Hi All

 

The MD here has requested that all staff use Outlook rather than Office 365 Online for emails which is fine but they still need to have access to the website to access OneDrive etc...

 

I was playing with some ideas but can't think of a way to make this work. Does anyone have any clue how to make this work? It'd be a big help!

 

In my opinion I'm not bothered what they use, always left it up to the user to decide what suits them best and I did say this but...

 

Thanks All

[FishCustard]

Blackhole outlook.office.com on your internal DNS?

 

Obligatory "this is a stupid idea" (as in the MD's request is stupid) comment!

[sted]

i think in the office 365 admin console you can block protocols like pop etc i think one of those is web access

[lmrogers]

Could just disable the OWA?

 

I had to do that for a company previously. Can powershell it for all users.

[PotNoodleTech]

I mean it's a bit mad, the whole point of office365 is that it's web accessible from any device and any location in order to improve productivity?

[abillybob]

Blackhole outlook.office.com on your internal DNS?

Obligatory "this is a stupid idea" (as in the MD's request is stupid) comment!

Would this not cause problems with Outlook communicating with Mail server though?

 

Could just disable the OWA?

I had to do that for a company previously. Can powershell it for all users.

Cheers will have a look see what I can find out!

 

I mean it's a bit mad, the whole point of office365 is that it's web accessible from any device and any location in order to improve productivity?

Exactly... silly I know! But what will be will be I suppose