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Microsoft 365 Apps Group Policy settings

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Microsoft Project 2016 › Project Options › Schedule › Scheduling options for 'Project1'

Default task type

UserNeeds changes for IntuneL_PjDefaultTaskTypes

Supported on SUPPORTED_Windows7 (defined in the Windows templates)

What it does

Specifies the default task type for new tasks. If you enable this setting, new tasks will be set to the type that you specified. If you disable or do not configure this setting, the user's default setting is used.

What it writes

Hive
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry key
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\ms project\options\scheduling
Why it needs changes for Intune
  • Policy references a Windows supportedOn definition.
  • ADMX-INTUNE-WINDOWS-SUPPORTEDON-REFERENCE

Options

OptionTypeRegistry valueAllowed values
Default task typeDefault: Fixed Units Drop-down list default task type
  • Fixed Duration1
  • Fixed Units0
  • Fixed Work2

Configure and deploy

Choose a state and the option values; the output below is generated from the template for exactly that.

State
Options used when Enabled

Enabled · User · template defaults

Registry file (.reg)

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\ms project\options\scheduling]
"default task type"=dword:00000000


PowerShell

$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

function Set-RegistryValue {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $PropertyType,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][object] $Value
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        New-Item -Path $Path -Force | Out-Null
    }

    New-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -PropertyType $PropertyType -Value $Value -Force | Out-Null
}

function Remove-RegistryValue {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name
    )

    if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path) {
        Remove-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    }
}

function Clear-RegistryKeyValues {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        return
    }

    foreach ($propertyName in (Get-Item -LiteralPath $Path).Property) {
        Remove-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $propertyName -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    }
}

# Policy: Default task type
# Name: L_PjDefaultTaskTypes
# Scope: User
# State: Enabled
# Source: proj16.admx

Set-RegistryValue -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\ms project\options\scheduling' -Name 'default task type' -PropertyType 'DWord' -Value 0
  • The OMA-URI is an inferred ADMX-backed Policy CSP candidate derived from the source ADMX file name and policy name.
  • Some Microsoft policies use built-in Policy CSP pages whose area names don't match the ADMX file name, so verify the candidate against Microsoft Learn before deployment.

ADMX profile candidate (OMA-URI)

./User/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ADMX_proj16/L_PjDefaultTaskTypes

ADMX SyncML candidate

<SyncML xmlns="SYNCML:SYNCML1.2">
  <SyncBody>
    <Replace>
      <CmdID>1</CmdID>
      <Item>
        <Meta>
          <Format>chr</Format>
          <Type>text/plain</Type>
        </Meta>
        <Target>
          <LocURI>./User/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ADMX_proj16/L_PjDefaultTaskTypes</LocURI>
        </Target>
        <Data>&lt;enabled/&gt;
&lt;data id="L_pjdefaulttasktypes25" value="1"/&gt;</Data>
      </Item>
    </Replace>
    <Final/>
  </SyncBody>
</SyncML>
Intune remediation scripts

Detection

$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
$reasons = [System.Collections.Generic.List[string]]::new()

function Test-RegistryValueExists {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        return $false
    }

    return $null -ne (Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)
}

function Test-RegistryValueEquals {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Kind,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][object] $Expected
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        return $false
    }

    $valueObject = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    if ($null -eq $valueObject) {
        return $false
    }

    $actual = $valueObject.$Name
    switch ($Kind) {
        'String' { return [string]$actual -ceq [string]$Expected }
        'ExpandString' { return [string]$actual -ceq [string]$Expected }
        'DWord' { return [uint32]$actual -eq [uint32]$Expected }
        'QWord' { return [uint64]$actual -eq [uint64]$Expected }
        'MultiString' {
            $actualArray = @($actual)
            $expectedArray = @($Expected)
            if ($actualArray.Count -ne $expectedArray.Count) { return $false }
            for ($index = 0; $index -lt $actualArray.Count; $index++) {
                if ([string]$actualArray[$index] -cne [string]$expectedArray[$index]) { return $false }
            }
            return $true
        }
        'Binary' {
            $actualArray = [byte[]]$actual
            $expectedArray = [byte[]]$Expected
            if ($actualArray.Length -ne $expectedArray.Length) { return $false }
            for ($index = 0; $index -lt $actualArray.Length; $index++) {
                if ($actualArray[$index] -ne $expectedArray[$index]) { return $false }
            }
            return $true
        }
        default { return [string]$actual -ceq [string]$Expected }
    }
}

# Policy: Default task type
# Name: L_PjDefaultTaskTypes
# Scope: User
# State: Enabled
# Source: proj16.admx

$isMatch = Test-RegistryValueEquals -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\ms project\options\scheduling' -Name 'default task type' -Kind 'DWord' -Expected 0
if (-not $isMatch) {
    $reasons.Add('Value mismatch: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\ms project\options\scheduling\default task type') | Out-Null
}

if ($reasons.Count -eq 0) {
    Write-Output 'Compliant'
    exit 0
}

$reasons | ForEach-Object { Write-Output $_ }
exit 1

Remediation

$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

function Set-RegistryValue {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $PropertyType,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][object] $Value
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        New-Item -Path $Path -Force | Out-Null
    }

    New-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -PropertyType $PropertyType -Value $Value -Force | Out-Null
}

function Remove-RegistryValue {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name
    )

    if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path) {
        Remove-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    }
}

function Clear-RegistryKeyValues {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        return
    }

    foreach ($propertyName in (Get-Item -LiteralPath $Path).Property) {
        Remove-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $propertyName -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    }
}

# Policy: Default task type
# Name: L_PjDefaultTaskTypes
# Scope: User
# State: Enabled
# Source: proj16.admx

Set-RegistryValue -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\ms project\options\scheduling' -Name 'default task type' -PropertyType 'DWord' -Value 0

History 1 retained release

  1. 5568.100010 Aug 2026
    • Already present in the first release ChangeIntel keeps.

Template

Internal name
L_PjDefaultTaskTypes
Namespace
proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows
Template file
proj16.admx
Release
Microsoft 365 Apps 5568.1000 · file set 8be05d876aae137d…
Definition, editor controls and support

Definition

<policy class="User" displayName="$(string.L_PjDefaultTaskTypes)" explainText="$(string.L_PjDefaultTaskTypesExplain)" key="software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\ms project\options\scheduling" name="L_PjDefaultTaskTypes" presentation="$(presentation.L_PjDefaultTaskTypes)" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_PjSchedDoc" />
      <supportedOn ref="Microsoft.Policies.Windows:SUPPORTED_Windows7" />
      <elements>
        <enum id="L_pjdefaulttasktypes25" valueName="default task type">
          <item displayName="$(string.L_PjTaskType1)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="1" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_PjTaskType0)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="0" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_PjTaskType2)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="2" />
            </value>
          </item>
        </enum>
      </elements>
    </policy>

Editor controls

<presentation id="L_PjDefaultTaskTypes" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
        <dropdownList defaultItem="1" noSort="true" refId="L_pjdefaulttasktypes25">Default task type</dropdownList>
      </presentation>

Supported platforms and category

proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_PjSchedDoc
<category displayName="$(string.L_PjSchedDoc)" name="L_PjSchedDoc" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_PjSchedule" />
    </category>
proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_PjSchedule
<category displayName="$(string.L_PjSchedule)" name="L_PjSchedule" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_ProjectOptions" />
    </category>
proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_Proj
<category displayName="$(string.L_Proj)" name="L_Proj" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_ProjectOptions
<category displayName="$(string.L_ProjectOptions)" name="L_ProjectOptions" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_Proj" />
    </category>
proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:unresolved:Microsoft.Policies.Windows:SUPPORTED_Windows7
<unresolved reference="Microsoft.Policies.Windows:SUPPORTED_Windows7" />
proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_PjSchedDoc
<category displayName="$(string.L_PjSchedDoc)" name="L_PjSchedDoc" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_PjSchedule" />
    </category>
<strings><string id="proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_PjSchedDoc">Scheduling options for 'Project1'</string></strings>
proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_PjSchedule
<category displayName="$(string.L_PjSchedule)" name="L_PjSchedule" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_ProjectOptions" />
    </category>
<strings><string id="proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_PjSchedule">Schedule</string></strings>
proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_Proj
<category displayName="$(string.L_Proj)" name="L_Proj" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
<strings><string id="proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_Proj">Microsoft Project 2016</string></strings>
proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_ProjectOptions
<category displayName="$(string.L_ProjectOptions)" name="L_ProjectOptions" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_Proj" />
    </category>
<strings><string id="proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_ProjectOptions">Project Options</string></strings>
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