Policy
Specify delay before sending people search request
Microsoft Office
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
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).
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
| Scope | Element | Type | Registry mapping | Constraints & behavior | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| User | in milliseconds ID L_SpecifyDelayBeforeSendingPeopleSearchRequestSpinID | decimal | Path software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\im Value name presencecontactfastsearchdelay Type REG_DWORD | Range: 1 to 100000000 |