Wsus settings windows 10

Gracjan Podłęcki 21 Reputation points
2022-05-05T06:56:31.813+00:00

Hi
After many tests i cannot define how to set below settings to be relevant in my environmnet
what i need

  1. set gpo to immidietaly install updates from wsus to windows 10 machines
  2. after install notify user that he need restart machine or machine will be restarted within 12 hours automatically regardless someone is logged in or not
  3. User cannot defer restart but he needs to be aware that he received proper info on screen
  4. i do not want define working hours on these windows 10 machines

After many mixing settings in my windows2012r2 server i cannot simply achieve such results
Please help
thx

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  1. Limitless Technology 39,351 Reputation points
    2022-05-10T07:15:16.127+00:00

    Hi there,

    By default, Group Policy refreshes in the background every 90 minutes, with a random offset of 0 to 30 minutes. If you want to refresh Group Policy sooner, you can go to a command prompt on the client computer and type: gpupdate /force.

    The following is a list of the Group Policy options available for configuring WSUS-related items in the environment. Configure Automatic Updates by Using Group Policy
    https://learn.microsoft.com/de-de/security-updates/windowsupdateservices/18127451

    If you do not want to define working hours you can have Windows automatically adjust active hours based on your device’s activity.

    Get updates when you're away from your PC with active hours in Windows https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/get-updates-when-you-re-away-from-your-pc-with-active-hours-in-windows-09b5376c-7647-4361-1423-c29aa692a8c4

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  2. Rita Hu -MSFT 9,626 Reputation points
    2022-05-10T08:12:30.227+00:00

    Hello @Gracjan Podłęcki
    Thanks for your response.

    after install notify user that he need restart machine or machine will be restarted within 12 hours automatically regardless someone is logged in or not

    I haven't found any related group policy which could implement this function right now. Perhaps I missed the other point. According to your goal, I share my thoughts on your needs. If it were me, I would refer to the following group policies.

    Configure Automatic Updates - 4  
Specify deadline before auto-restart for update installation  
Configure auto-restart warning notifications schedule for updates     
Allow Automatic Updates immediate Installation  
Turn off auto-restart for updates during active hours (There is no such group policy we could refer to force the device restart in next 12 hours)

    Reference link:
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/update/waas-restart?msclkid=d8c5c823d03311eca92d142b762fb1bd

    Best regards,
    Rita

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