Skip to main content

Notifications

Announcements

No record found.

News and Announcements icon
Community site session details

Community site session details

Session Id :
Dynamics 365 Community / Forums / Small and medium business | Business Central, N... / Idle Sessions Timeout
Small and medium business | Business Central, N...
Suggested answer

Idle Sessions Timeout

(0) ShareShare
ReportReport
Posted on by Lovisa LH 29

Good Morning colleagues!

I would like to ask, where can I find the place that i can adjust the length of time before an idle session times out in NAV 2018?

Thank you in advance

  • Suggested answer
    YUN ZHU Profile Picture
    YUN ZHU 77,855 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at
    RE: Idle Sessions Timeout

    Hi, just to add a Microsoft blog, hope it will give you some help.

    https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/no-audience/2016/06/24/configuring-client-timeout/

    Thanks.

    ZHU

  • Suggested answer
    DAnny3211 Profile Picture
    DAnny3211 9,274 Moderator on at
    RE: Idle Sessions Timeout

    hi

    In Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018, you can adjust the length of time before an idle session times out by modifying the "SessionTimeout" setting in the "Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Server.exe.config" file on the NAV Server.

    Here are the steps to modify the SessionTimeout setting:

    Open the "Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Server.exe.config" file in a text editor such as Notepad.

    Search for the "SessionTimeout" setting. It should be in a section labeled "<appSettings>".

    The default value for SessionTimeout is 30 minutes. You can change this value to the desired number of minutes.

    Save the changes to the "Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Server.exe.config" file.

    Restart the NAV Server service for the changes to take effect.

    Note that changing the SessionTimeout setting will affect all users who connect to the NAV Server.

    DAniele

  • Suggested answer
    Nitin Verma Profile Picture
    Nitin Verma 21,252 Moderator on at
    RE: Idle Sessions Timeout

    Hi,

    You can follow below image to set that. with the Administration app

    pastedimage1678365744197v1.png

  • Suggested answer
    Nitin Verma Profile Picture
    Nitin Verma 21,252 Moderator on at
    RE: Idle Sessions Timeout

    Hi,

    You can follow below image to set that. with the Administration app

    ...

  • Suggested answer
    Bilal Haider Profile Picture
    Bilal Haider 232 on at
    RE: Idle Sessions Timeout

    Hi,

    You can adjust the length of timeout from NAV 2018 administration.

    There are two settings that control when a Web client session closes because of inactivity on a connection:

    ClientServicesIdleClientTimeout setting on Business Central Server.

    SessionTimeout setting on the Business Central Web Server.

    You can read other parameters in detail here

    learn.microsoft.com/.../understanding-session-timeouts

Under review

Thank you for your reply! To ensure a great experience for everyone, your content is awaiting approval by our Community Managers. Please check back later.

Helpful resources

Quick Links

Announcing Our 2025 Season 1 Super Users!

A new season of Super Users has arrived, and we are so grateful for the daily…

Vahid Ghafarpour – Community Spotlight

We are excited to recognize Vahid Ghafarpour as our February 2025 Community…

Tip: Become a User Group leader!

Join the ranks of valued community UG leaders

Leaderboard

#1
André Arnaud de Calavon Profile Picture

André Arnaud de Cal... 292,468 Super User 2025 Season 1

#2
Martin Dráb Profile Picture

Martin Dráb 231,287 Most Valuable Professional

#3
nmaenpaa Profile Picture

nmaenpaa 101,156

Leaderboard

Featured topics

Product updates

Dynamics 365 release plans