Use Group Policy to prevent other network connections

I need to define a Group Policy which says that IF a user is in the companys Domain network that no other connections are avaiable. So if the user is not connected to the Domain network he should be able to connect to any network he wants.
Are there any possible solutions to this?
Best regards.

Hi,
>>Use Group Policy to prevent other network connections
As far as I know, group policy can’t help us do this. However, when a user is in the company and there is just domain network, he or she may not be able to connect to other
network.
Best regards,
Frank Shen

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