Policy

Set GAL contact synchronization interval

This policy setting controls how often contact information is synchronized between Outlook and connected social networks (in minutes). If you enable this policy setting, you may specify the specified interval (in minutes) in which contact information is synchronized. If you disable or you do not configure this policy setting, contact information is synchronized at the default interval (once every 4 days, or 5760 minutes).

Policy
Pack Microsoft Office
Category Microsoft Outlook 2016 / Outlook Social Connector
Policy ID 1228c91761c4
Internal name L_SetGALContactSynchronizationInterval

Registry

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HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\outlook\socialconnector\contactsyncinterval

Policy notes

This policy setting controls how often contact information is synchronized between Outlook and connected social networks (in minutes). If you enable this policy setting, you may specify the specified interval (in minutes) in which contact information is synchronized. If you disable or you do not configure this policy setting, contact information is synchronized at the default interval (once every 4 days, or 5760 minutes).

Related policies

Block Global Address List synchronizationBlock network activity synchronizationBlock social network contact synchronizationBlock specific social network providersDisable Office connections to social networksDo not allow on-demand activity synchronizationDo not download contact photos from Active Directory