Specify delay before sending people search request

Policy ID
L_SpecifyDelayBeforeSendingPeopleSearchRequest
Scope
User Configuration
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
Source
Microsoft 365 Apps / Office Administrative Templates (version 5568.1000)
Category
Microsoft Outlook 2016 › Miscellaneous

Description

This policy is used to set the delay for sending people search requests from the Find a Contact box in Outlook and the Related People section that appears in the Backstage view (Info tab) of Office applications.

If you enable this policy setting, you can specify the delay in milliseconds between when the user stops (or pauses) typing in the search box and when the application sends a search request.

If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the default delay is 200 milliseconds (0.20 seconds).

Options

  • in milliseconds

Registry

UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
  • presencecontactfastsearchdelayREG_DWORD

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