Policy

Keep tasks on nearest working day

This policy setting will enable a constraint to be applied to tasks when they are toggled from Manually Scheduled Mode to Automatically Scheduled Mode, allowing the task date to be as close to the user-entered date as possible. If you enable this policy setting, the task date will be as close to the user-entered date as possible when tasks are toggled from Manually Scheduled Mode to Automatically Scheduled Mode. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the task date will not to be as close to the user-entered date when tasks are toggled from Manually Scheduled Mode to Automatically Scheduled Mode.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Office
Category Microsoft Project 2016 / Project Options / Schedule / Scheduling options for 'Project1'
Policy ID 8943bc496880
Internal name L_KeepTasksOnNearestWorkingDay

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\ms project\options\scheduling\keeptaskonnearestworkingtimewhenmadeautoscheduled (enabled) = 1
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\ms project\options\scheduling\keeptaskonnearestworkingtimewhenmadeautoscheduled (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting will enable a constraint to be applied to tasks when they are toggled from Manually Scheduled Mode to Automatically Scheduled Mode, allowing the task date to be as close to the user-entered date as possible. If you enable this policy setting, the task date will be as close to the user-entered date as possible when tasks are toggled from Manually Scheduled Mode to Automatically Scheduled Mode. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the task date will not to be as close to the user-entered date when tasks are toggled from Manually Scheduled Mode to Automatically Scheduled Mode.

Related policies

Autolink inserted or moved tasksDefault task typeDuration is entered inNew tasksNew tasks are effort drivenNew tasks have estimated durationsSet default start date for new tasks