Set UNC interval to poll for changes on file servers

UserNeeds changes for IntuneL_SetUNCIntervalToPollForChangesOnFileServers

Supported on SUPPORTED_Windows7 (defined in the Windows templates)

5568.1000

What it does

This policy setting allows you to change the synchronization interval at which OneNote will poll for changes on the server. When OneNote synchronizes a notebook on UNC, also known as SMB or Windows File shares, OneNote will receive notifications from the file server as well as poll the server looking for new updates on the server. By making the interval faster it will make OneNote synchronize faster, but it also might cause performance issues on the server. If you enable this policy setting, you may specify the number of seconds OneNote will poll. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, OneNote will automatically poll every 30 seconds.

What it writes

Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry key: software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\onenote\options\save

Why it needs changes for Intune

Policy references a Windows supportedOn definition.
ADMX-INTUNE-WINDOWS-SUPPORTEDON-REFERENCE

Options

Option	Type	Registry value	Allowed values
Interval to poll the server (seconds)Default: 30	Number	`folderpollinterval`	1 to 3600

Configure and deploy

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

Enabled · User · template defaults

Registry file (.reg)

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\onenote\options\save]
"folderpollinterval"=dword:0000001E

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: Set UNC interval to poll for changes on file servers
# Name: L_SetUNCIntervalToPollForChangesOnFileServers
# Scope: User
# State: Enabled
# Source: onent16.admx

Set-RegistryValue -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\onenote\options\save' -Name 'folderpollinterval' -PropertyType 'DWord' -Value 30

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_onent16/L_SetUNCIntervalToPollForChangesOnFileServers

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_onent16/L_SetUNCIntervalToPollForChangesOnFileServers</LocURI>
        </Target>
        <Data>&lt;enabled/&gt;
&lt;data id="L_SetUNCIntervalToPollForChangesOnFileServersSpinID" value="30"/&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: Set UNC interval to poll for changes on file servers
# Name: L_SetUNCIntervalToPollForChangesOnFileServers
# Scope: User
# State: Enabled
# Source: onent16.admx

$isMatch = Test-RegistryValueEquals -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\onenote\options\save' -Name 'folderpollinterval' -Kind 'DWord' -Expected 30
if (-not $isMatch) {
    $reasons.Add('Value mismatch: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\onenote\options\save\folderpollinterval') | 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: Set UNC interval to poll for changes on file servers
# Name: L_SetUNCIntervalToPollForChangesOnFileServers
# Scope: User
# State: Enabled
# Source: onent16.admx

Set-RegistryValue -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\onenote\options\save' -Name 'folderpollinterval' -PropertyType 'DWord' -Value 30

History 1 retained release

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

Template

Internal name: L_SetUNCIntervalToPollForChangesOnFileServers
Namespace: onent16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows
Template file: onent16.admx
Release: Microsoft 365 Apps 5568.1000 · file set 8be05d876aae137d…

Definition, editor controls and support

Definition

<policy class="User" displayName="$(string.L_SetUNCIntervalToPollForChangesOnFileServers)" explainText="$(string.L_SetUNCIntervalToPollForChangesOnFileServersExplain)" key="software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\onenote\options\save" name="L_SetUNCIntervalToPollForChangesOnFileServers" presentation="$(presentation.L_SetUNCIntervalToPollForChangesOnFileServers)" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="onent16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_Other" />
      <supportedOn ref="Microsoft.Policies.Windows:SUPPORTED_Windows7" />
      <elements>
        <decimal id="L_SetUNCIntervalToPollForChangesOnFileServersSpinID" maxValue="3600" minValue="1" valueName="folderpollinterval" />
      </elements>
    </policy>

Editor controls

<presentation id="L_SetUNCIntervalToPollForChangesOnFileServers" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
        <decimalTextBox defaultValue="30" refId="L_SetUNCIntervalToPollForChangesOnFileServersSpinID" spinStep="1">Interval to poll the server (seconds)</decimalTextBox>
      </presentation>

Supported platforms and category

onent16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_MicrosoftOfficeOneNote
<category displayName="$(string.L_MicrosoftOfficeOneNote)" name="L_MicrosoftOfficeOneNote" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
onent16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_OneNoteOptions
<category displayName="$(string.L_OneNoteOptions)" name="L_OneNoteOptions" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="onent16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_MicrosoftOfficeOneNote" />
    </category>
onent16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_Other
<category displayName="$(string.L_Other)" name="L_Other" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="onent16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_OneNoteOptions" />
    </category>
onent16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:unresolved:Microsoft.Policies.Windows:SUPPORTED_Windows7
<unresolved reference="Microsoft.Policies.Windows:SUPPORTED_Windows7" />
onent16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_MicrosoftOfficeOneNote
<category displayName="$(string.L_MicrosoftOfficeOneNote)" name="L_MicrosoftOfficeOneNote" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
<strings><string id="onent16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_MicrosoftOfficeOneNote">Microsoft OneNote 2016</string></strings>
onent16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_OneNoteOptions
<category displayName="$(string.L_OneNoteOptions)" name="L_OneNoteOptions" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="onent16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_MicrosoftOfficeOneNote" />
    </category>
<strings><string id="onent16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_OneNoteOptions">OneNote Options</string></strings>
onent16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_Other
<category displayName="$(string.L_Other)" name="L_Other" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="onent16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_OneNoteOptions" />
    </category>
<strings><string id="onent16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_Other">Other</string></strings>