Your network contains a server that has Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 installed. Users
report that it takes as many as five minutes to receive an email notification when content on the
SharePoint site is changed. You need to reduce the amount of time it take for users to receive the
email notifications. What should you modify?

A.
the incoming email settings

B.
the outgoing email settings

C.
the Task Scheduler Library

D.
the timer job definitions

Explanation:
Timer job reference (SharePoint Foundation 2010)
This article describes the default timer jobs for SharePoint Foundation 2010. A timer job runs in a
specific Windows service for SharePoint Foundation. Timer jobs also perform infrastructure tasks for
the Timer service, such as clearing the timer job history and recycling the Timer service; and tasks for
Web applications, such as sending email alerts. A timer job contains a definition of the service to run
and specifies how frequently the service is started. The SharePoint 2010 Timer service (SPTimerv4)
runs timer jobs. Many features in SharePoint Foundation rely on timer jobs to run services according
to a schedule.
Manage timer jobs You can check the status of a timer job and edit the timer job definition. For the
general administration of all jobs, the SharePoint Central Administration Web site has a Timer Job
Status page and a Job Definitions page. You can find these pages in Central Administration, on the
Monitoring page, in the Timer Jobs section. From the View menu, you can filter the timer jobs at the

following levels: All Displays all timer jobs for the farm. Service Displays all the timer jobs for a
particular service. If you select this command, use the Service menu to select the service by which
you want to filter the listed jobs. Web Application Displays all the timer jobs for a Web application. If
you select this option, use the Web Application menu to select the Web application by which you
want to filter the listed jobs.
Server Displays all the timer jobs for the specified server. If you select this command, use the Server
menu to select the server by which you want to filter the listed jobs. Job Definition Displays all the
timer jobs for the specified job definition. On the Timer Job Status page, use the Job Definition menu
to select the job definition by which you want to filter the listed jobs.
Failed Jobs Displays all the timer jobs on the farm that have failed to finish. The SharePoint 2010
Timer service (SPTimerv4) is based on the Gregorian calendar for scheduling. For every job that you
schedule, you specify when the timer job will run, specified in a 24-hour time format. You must
specify the time in local time instead of as an offset from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The
time is stored in that format. Daily, weekly, and monthly schedules also include a window of
execution. The timer service will select a random time within this interval to start executing the job
on each applicable server. This feature is appropriate for high-load jobs that run on multiple servers
on the farm. Running this kind of job on all the servers at the same time might place an
unreasonable load on the farm. Timer job schedules can be specified by using Windows PowerShell.
Default timer jobs The following table lists the default timer jobs for SharePoint Foundation 2010.
Immediate Alerts Sends out immediate and scheduled alerts. Source:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff808317.aspx