# Timeouts Persister

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## Connection

The timeouts persister can be configured to use a dedicated connection builder. For example, it may be used for creating timeouts tables in a separate database.

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```cs
var connection = @"Data Source=.\SqlExpress;Initial Catalog=timeouts;Integrated Security=True";
var persistence = endpointConfiguration.UsePersistence<SqlPersistence>();

var timeouts = persistence.TimeoutSettings();
timeouts.ConnectionBuilder(
    connectionBuilder: () =>
    {
        return new SqlConnection(connection);
    });
```

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## Migrating timeouts

Timeouts can be migrated to the native-delay delivery implementation with the [migration tool](/nservicebus/tools/migrate-to-native-delivery.md).