Policy

New tasks have estimated durations

Specifies that all new tasks have estimated durations. If you enable this setting, all new tasks will require estimated durations. If you disable or do not configure this setting, the user's default setting is used.

Policy
PackMicrosoft Office
CategoryMicrosoft Project 2016 / Project Options / Schedule / Scheduling options for 'Project1'
Policy ID84292888baee
Internal nameL_PjNewTasksEstDurations

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\ms project\options\scheduling\new tasks have estimated durations (enabled) = 1
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\ms project\options\scheduling\new tasks have estimated durations (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

Specifies that all new tasks have estimated durations. If you enable this setting, all new tasks will require estimated durations. If you disable or do not configure this setting, the user's default setting is used.

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