PowerShell™ for SharePoint® 2013 How-To

Modify Translation Timeouts

Scenario/Problem: You need to modify conversion timeout values either for running or nonresponsive conversions.

Solution: Use the KeepAliveTimeout or MaximumTranslationTime parameters with the Set-SPTranslationServiceApplication cmdlet.

To confuse matters, the MaximumTranslationTime parameter explained in the previous section deals with job monitoring, not the timeouts of translation processing. Use the KeepAliveTimeout parameter to determine how many seconds a process can be nonresponsive before it is terminated. The valid values for this setting are from 60 to 600 seconds; the default is 60 seconds.

Use the MaximumTranslationTime parameter to determine how long a translation should continue running. The default ...