Policy

Duration is entered in

Specifies the unit of time (minutes, hours, days, weeks, or months) used by default in the Duration field. If you enable this setting, the unit you specify will be used if the user does not specify a unit of time when entering a duration. 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 ID77e0d5f5d37c
Internal nameL_PjDurationUnits

Registry

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HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\ms project\options\scheduling\default duration units

Policy notes

Specifies the unit of time (minutes, hours, days, weeks, or months) used by default in the Duration field. If you enable this setting, the unit you specify will be used if the user does not specify a unit of time when entering a duration. If you disable or do not configure this setting, the user's default setting is used.

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