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We have our Windows Update setup with Deadline/Grace period settings referencing this article for best practice https://zcusa.951200.xyz/en-us/windows/deployment/update/wufb-compliancedeadlines
However the thing that is confusing me is the "auto reboot before deadline"
Am I correct in reading that having that auto reboot before deadline turned on, that it will attempt to restart the machine during maintenance hours if the computer is not in use, even if there are applications (word/outlook/excel/etc) open, prior to the end of the deadline?
The user experience we want to provide is that updates install during maintance window, and the user gets windows prompt to schedule or update up until the deadline/grace period where restart will be enforced if they wait too long. So it sounds like we want that option to be off.
What we do not want is for users to sign into their computer in the morning and have lost work due to restart prior to the deadline/grace period. The way these deadline options/autoreboot is worded just confused me a bit and wanted confirmation that we're understanding it correctly.
Am I correct in reading that having that auto reboot before deadline turned on, that it will attempt to restart the machine during maintenance hours if the computer is not in use, even if there are applications (word/outlook/excel/etc) open, prior to the end of the deadline?
Yes (although note that active application usage is never accounted for by any setting to my knowledge).
So it sounds like we want that option to be off.
Based on what you've written, correct.
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@Jason Sandys Would you be able to confirm, if this Intune policy setting "auto reboot before deadline" is only applicable to Windows 11 22H2? or Windows 10 as well. Thanks.
This thread and my answer above is from more than four years ago and the settings for Windows Update for Business/Autopatch have changed since then so AFAIK, the setting called out no longer exists.
@Jason Sandys "Auto reboot before deadline" is still there in Intune for update rings policies.
https://zcusa.951200.xyz/en-us/mem/intune/protect/windows-update-settings
And this article does spell out that, the following settings are for win10/11.
However, what confused me was when you looked at the details of the settings.
Click on this URL, and noticed the item it is looking for. This does not exist.
The closest i can find is this, which applies to Win11 only.
So can i safely assume, these two are different policies?
configuredeadlinenoautoreboot
ConfigureDeadlineNoAutoRebootForQualityUpdates
AND, "Auto reboot before deadline" applies to Win10/11.
Thanks.