Home > Additional Configurations > Configure the Timer Service
Export to PDFUse Timer Service Configuration Management to manually configure the Timer Service setting. After saving the configurations for the Timer Service settings, they take effect immediately.
To access Timer Service Configuration Management settings, click Timer Service Configuration Management in the System group within the Settings interface.
In the Timer Service Configuration Management interface, configure the following settings:
Site Collection Status Scan Job – Select Enable site collection status scan job to enable this job. The site collection status scan job monitors the inactivity status of site collections. Configure the interval by which this job is performed by entering a number with Hour(s), Day(s), Week(s), Month(s), or Year(s) as the unit.
Site Information Synchronization Job – Select Enable site information synchronization job to enable this job. The site information synchronization job synchronizes the related site information. Configure the interval by which this job is performed by entering a number with Hour(s), Day(s), Week(s), Month(s), or Year(s) as the unit. You can also select an execution schedule to execute the site information synchronization job.
Site Collection Information Synchronization Job – Select Enable site collection information synchronization job to enable this job. The site collection information synchronization job synchronizes the related site collection information. Configure the interval by which this job is performed by entering a number with Hour(s), Day(s), Week(s), Month(s), or Year(s) as the unit. You can also select an execution schedule to execute the site collection information synchronization job.
Deactivated Site Collection Contact Status Scan Job – Select Enable deactivated site collection contact status scan job to enable this job. The site collection contact status scan job monitors the status of site collection contacts. Configure the interval by which this job is performed by entering a number with Hour(s), Day(s), Week(s), Month(s), or Year(s) as the unit.
Deactivated Group/Team/Shared Mailbox/Community Contact Status Scan Job – Select Enable deactivated group/team/shared mailbox/community contact status scan job to enable this job. The group/team/shared mailbox/community contact status scan job monitors the statuses of group/team/shared mailbox/community contacts. Configure the interval by which the job is performed by entering a number with Hour(s), Day(s), Week(s), Month(s), or Year(s) as the unit.
Recertification Scan Job – Select Enable recertification scan job to enable this job. The recertification scan job checks the recertification profiles to see if it is time to run a recertification process. Configure the interval by which this job is performed by entering a number with Hour(s), Day(s), Week(s), Month(s), or Year(s) as the unit.
Site Collection Content Archival Scan Job – Select Enable site collection content archival scan job to enable this job. This job scans the site collections that have been applied with Archiver profiles. The job checks if there is any site collection content that meets the Archiver rules and needs to be archived. Configure the interval by which this job is performed by entering a number with Day(s), Week(s), Month(s), or Year(s) as the unit.
Group/Team Information Synchronization Job – Select Enable group/team information synchronization job to enable this job. The group/team information synchronization job synchronizes the URL, quota, and size of the sites for storing files of AvePoint Cloud Governance managed Microsoft 365 Groups/Microsoft Teams. Configure the interval by which this job is performed by entering a number with Hour(s), Day(s), Week(s), Month(s), or Year(s) as the unit. You can also select an execution schedule to execute the group/team synchronization job.
After a team information synchronization job is completed and a team is shown as having already been deleted, all ongoing tasks of the team will be automatically canceled.
User Profile Property Synchronization Job – Select Enable user profile property synchronization job to enable this job. The user profile property synchronization job synchronizes the user profile property changes in Microsoft 365 to User Profile Property metadata values. Configure the interval by which this job is performed by entering a number with Month(s) or Year(s) as the unit.
User Profile Property Metadata – Variable Role Synchronization Job – Select Enable User Profile Property metadata – variable role synchronization job to enable this job. This job is for the User Profile Property metadata that retrieves the user profile property value from a variable role. The synchronization job can update the User Profile Property metadata value if the user serves as the role is changed. Configure the interval by which this job is performed by entering a number with Hour(s), Day(s), Week(s), Month(s), or Year(s) as the unit.
Click Save to save the configurations and return to the Settings interface, or click Cancel to return to the Settings interface without saving any configurations.
The table below lists additional details for each job:
| Job | Which information is synchronized or scanned by the job? | Synchronize or scan information from/to | Which task is related to the job? What is the purpose of the job? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Site Collection Status Scan Job | Last modified date | From SharePoint to Cloud Governance Database | Automatically generated site collection inactivity threshold task |
| Group/Team Information Synchronization Job | User Profile Property metadata | From Cloud Governance Database to SharePoint | User Profile Property metadata sync function |
| Group/Team Information Synchronization Job | Group/Team name | From Microsoft 365 to Cloud Governance Database | Ensure the Microsoft 365 Group/Microsoft Team information stored in the Cloud Governance Database is up-to-date. |
| Group/Team Information Synchronization Job | Group/Team ID | From Microsoft 365 to Cloud Governance Database | Ensure the Microsoft 365 Group/Microsoft Team information stored in the Cloud Governance Database is up-to-date. |
| Group/Team Information Synchronization Job | Group/Team status | From Microsoft 365 to Cloud Governance Database | Ensure the Microsoft 365 Group/Microsoft Team information stored in the Cloud Governance Database is up-to-date. |
| Group/Team Information Synchronization Job | Group/Team description | From Microsoft 365 to Cloud Governance Database | Ensure the Microsoft 365 Group/Microsoft Team information stored in the Cloud Governance Database is up-to-date. |
| Group/Team Information Synchronization Job | Group/Team owners | From Microsoft 365 to Cloud Governance Database | Ensure the Microsoft 365 Group/Microsoft Team information stored in the Cloud Governance Database is up-to-date. |
| Group/Team Information Synchronization Job | Preferred data location | From Microsoft 365 to Cloud Governance Database | Ensure the Microsoft 365 Group/Microsoft Team information stored in the Cloud Governance Database is up-to-date. |
| Group/Team Information Synchronization Job | Outside senders | From Microsoft 365 to Cloud Governance Database | Ensure the Microsoft 365 Group/Microsoft Team information stored in the Cloud Governance Database is up-to-date. |
| Group/Team Information Synchronization Job | Privacy | From Microsoft 365 to Cloud Governance Database | Ensure the Microsoft 365 Group/Microsoft Team information stored in the Cloud Governance Database is up-to-date. |
| Group/Team Information Synchronization Job | Group team site URL | From Microsoft 365 to Cloud Governance Database | Ensure the Microsoft 365 Group/Microsoft Team information stored in the Cloud Governance Database is up-to-date. |
| Group/Team Information Synchronization Job | Subscribe members | From Microsoft 365 to Cloud Governance Database | Ensure the Microsoft 365 Group/Microsoft Team information stored in the Cloud Governance Database is up-to-date. |
| Group/Team Information Synchronization Job | Classification | From Microsoft 365 to Cloud Governance Database | Ensure the Microsoft 365 Group/Microsoft Team information stored in the Cloud Governance Database is up-to-date. |
| Group/Team Information Synchronization Job | Sensitivity label | ||
| Group/Team Information Synchronization Job | Group team site quota | ||
| Group/Team Information Synchronization Job | Group team site storage usage | ||
| Group/Team Information Synchronization Job | Planner link | ||
| Group/Team Information Synchronization Job | Notebook link | ||
| Group/Team Information Synchronization Job | Hub site | ||
| Group/Team Information Synchronization Job | Created time | ||
| Group/Team Information Synchronization Job | Team link | ||
| Group/Team Information Synchronization Job | Phase | ||
| Group/Team Information Synchronization Job | Last modified date | ||
| Site Information Synchronization Job | User Profile Property metadata | From Cloud Governance Database to SharePoint | User Profile Property metadata sync function |
| Site Information Synchronization Job | Site collection URL | From SharePoint to Cloud Governance Database | Ensure the site information stored in the Cloud Governance Database is up-to-date. |
| Site Information Synchronization Job | Site title | From SharePoint to Cloud Governance Database | Ensure the site information stored in the Cloud Governance Database is up-to-date. |
| Site Information Synchronization Job | Site description | From SharePoint to Cloud Governance Database | Ensure the site information stored in the Cloud Governance Database is up-to-date. |
| Site Information Synchronization Job | Site URL | From SharePoint to Cloud Governance Database | Ensure the site information stored in the Cloud Governance Database is up-to-date. |
| Site Information Synchronization Job | Site status | From SharePoint to Cloud Governance Database | Ensure the site information stored in the Cloud Governance Database is up-to-date. |
| Site Information Synchronization Job | Last modified date | From SharePoint to Cloud Governance Database | Ensure the site information stored in the Cloud Governance Database is up-to-date. |
| Site Collection Information Synchronization Job | User Profile Property metadata | From Cloud Governance Database to SharePoint | User Profile Property metadata sync function |
| Site Collection Information Synchronization Job | Site collection title | From SharePoint to Cloud Governance Database | Ensure the site information stored in the Cloud Governance Database is up-to-date. |
| Site Collection Information Synchronization Job | Site collection URL | From SharePoint to Cloud Governance Database | Ensure the site information stored in the Cloud Governance Database is up-to-date. |
| Site Collection Information Synchronization Job | Site collection description | From SharePoint to Cloud Governance Database | Ensure the site information stored in the Cloud Governance Database is up-to-date. |
| Site Collection Information Synchronization Job | Site collection status | From SharePoint to Cloud Governance Database | Ensure the site information stored in the Cloud Governance Database is up-to-date. |
| Site Collection Information Synchronization Job | Primary site collection administrator | From SharePoint to Cloud Governance Database | Ensure the site information stored in the Cloud Governance Database is up-to-date. |
| Site Collection Information Synchronization Job | Additional site collection administrator | From SharePoint to Cloud Governance Database | Ensure the site information stored in the Cloud Governance Database is up-to-date. |
| Site Collection Information Synchronization Job | Last modified date | From SharePoint to Cloud Governance Database | Ensure the site information stored in the Cloud Governance Database is up-to-date. |
| Site Collection Information Synchronization Job | Site collection quota | From SharePoint to Cloud Governance Database | Ensure the site information stored in the Cloud Governance Database is up-to-date. |
| Site Collection Information Synchronization Job | Site collection size | From SharePoint to Cloud Governance Database | Ensure the site information stored in the Cloud Governance Database is up-to-date. |
| Site Collection Information Synchronization Job | Site type | From SharePoint to Cloud Governance Database | Ensure the site information stored in the Cloud Governance Database is up-to-date. |
| Site Collection Information Synchronization Job | Location | From SharePoint to Cloud Governance Database | Ensure the site information stored in the Cloud Governance Database is up-to-date. |
| Site Collection Information Synchronization Job | Hub site | From SharePoint to Cloud Governance Database | Ensure the site information stored in the Cloud Governance Database is up-to-date. |
| Site Collection Information Synchronization Job | Phase | From SharePoint to Cloud Governance Database | Ensure the site information stored in the Cloud Governance Database is up-to-date. |
| Site Collection Information Synchronization Job | Sensitivity label | ||
| Site Collection Information Synchronization Job | Classification (only communication site’s classification) | ||
| Site Collection Information Synchronization Job | Sharing capabilities | ||
| User Profile Service Synchronization Job | User Profile Property metadata for the following objects:Site collectionSite Microsoft 365 GroupMicrosoft TeamMicrosoft 365 User | From SharePoint to Cloud Governance Database | When you enable Automatically update the stored metadata value if there are user profile property changes in Microsoft 365 in Metadata setting, Cloud Governance will retrieve user properties from SharePoint user profiles. This job ensures the user properties stored in the Cloud Governance Database are up-to-date. |
| Recertification Scan Job | Scan site collections, Microsoft 365 Groups, and Microsoft Teams to check if it is time to generate recertification tasks. | From Cloud Governance Database to Cloud Governance Database | Site collection permission recertification task |
| Recertification Scan Job | Scan site collections, Microsoft 365 Groups, and Microsoft Teams to check if it is time to generate recertification tasks. | From Cloud Governance Database to Cloud Governance Database | Site collection ownership recertification task |
| Recertification Scan Job | Scan site collections, Microsoft 365 Groups, and Microsoft Teams to check if it is time to generate recertification tasks. | From Cloud Governance Database to Cloud Governance Database | Site collection metadata recertification task |
| Recertification Scan Job | Scan site collections, Microsoft 365 Groups, and Microsoft Teams to check if it is time to generate recertification tasks. | From Cloud Governance Database to Cloud Governance Database | Site collection conditional recertification task |
| Recertification Scan Job | Scan site collections, Microsoft 365 Groups, and Microsoft Teams to check if it is time to generate recertification tasks. | From Cloud Governance Database to Cloud Governance Database | Microsoft 365 Group/Microsoft Team membership recertification task |
| Recertification Scan Job | Scan site collections, Microsoft 365 Groups, and Microsoft Teams to check if it is time to generate recertification tasks. | From Cloud Governance Database to Cloud Governance Database | Microsoft 365/Microsoft Team permission recertification task |
| Deactivated Site Collection Contact Status Scan Job | Site collection contact | From Microsoft Entra to Cloud Governance Database | Automatically generated site collection contact election task |
| Deactivated Group/Team/Community Contact Status Scan Job | Group/Team/Community contact | From Microsoft Entra to Cloud Governance Database | Automatically generated group/team/community contact election task |
| Site Collection Content Archival Scan Job | Scan the site collections that have been applied with Archiver profiles. The job checks if there is any site collection content that meets the Archiver rule and needs to be archived. | From Cloud Management to Cloud Governance Database | Manual archive task |
| User Profile Property Metadata – Variable Role Synchronization Job | User Profile Property metadata for the following objects: Site collection Microsoft 365 Group Microsoft Team | From SharePoint to Cloud Governance Database | When you enable Automatically update the stored metadata value if the variable role used to define the value is changed in Microsoft 365 in Metadata setting, Cloud Governance will update the user according to the user role change and retrieve user profile property value from SharePoint user profiles. This job ensures the role properties stored in the Cloud Governance Database are up-to-date. |
For Cloud Governance managed guest users, the following guest user information will be scanned and synchronized from Microsoft Entra to Cloud Governance Database every 24 hours:
Guest user status
Invitation status
Guest manager
Principal name
Display name
First name
Last name
Job title
Company name
Location
Related groups or teams