Set the time-out interval for Outlook people search

Policy ID
L_SpecifyOutlookPeopleSearchTimeout
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 setting controls the time-out interval of Outlook people search. Outlook returns as many people search results as possible before the time-out interval lapses. If the search results are incomplete, Outlook displays a message at the bottom of the results list.

If you enable this policy setting, you can specify the time-out interval in milliseconds.

If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the time-out interval is 60,000 milliseconds (60 seconds).

Options

  • in milliseconds

Registry

UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
  • presencecontactfastsearchtimeoutREG_DWORD

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