How to set macros enable or disable policies for all users within my tenant?

Question

I use macro-enabled Word Documents. whenever a user opens that document, a warning message pops up and asks if you user wants to enable macros or not. As we work with macros most of the time so, what I want to do is, set a group policy to enable all macros for all the users from my tenant. whenever any user opens a macro-enabled document it just let the macro work without any warnings or pop-ups. regardless of machines. Any user using any account from my tenant should not show macro warnings or enable or disable pop-ups.

I tried applying Group Policy via Microsoft 365 Apps admin center -> Customization -> Policy Management. but it doesn't work.

is there any other way to achieve this?

Answer 1

Hi，

To enable macros, have you enabled "Macro Notification Settings" policy and set "Enable VBA macros" for each Office app? Like the following image which is for Excel.

If yes, please also disable "Block macros from running in Office files from the internet" for each Office app.

Besides, you need to wait for the policy to take effect. For more, please refer to: How the policy configuration is applied.

• If the user has previously signed in, the check-in call is made only if the check-in interval has lapsed.
• If the user is a member of a Microsoft Entra group that is assigned a policy configuration, the service returns the appropriate policy settings for the user and informs Click-to-Run to check back in 90 minutes.

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