No. Maintenance Windows restrict when a required deployment can run - they have nothing to do with available deployments.
Business Hours set when an available deployment will run *if* the user so chooses to initiate them or when a required deployment will run before its deadline, once again, if the user so chooses. J From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Todd Hemsell Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 1:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [mssms] Hope I can explain this one.... not when it comes to available applications, they seem to do the same thing On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 1:23 PM, Jason Sandys <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Don't confuse Business hours with maintenance windows - they serve two completely different functions. J From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Todd Hemsell Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 8:56 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [mssms] Hope I can explain this one.... I think you are correct. I *suspect* that those business hour main windows are disabled until you actually go to that tab and tinker with them, then they get enabled. We are getting mixed results and I cannot find the differentiator. /Todd On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Jason Sandys <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I think what you've described is by design. The app installation is automatic outside of their business hours or the user can go back into the App Catalog and initiate an immediate install. J From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Todd Hemsell Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 3:03 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [mssms] Hope I can explain this one.... So I have a bunch of applications advertised to users as available and requires permission With the available option selected it is not possible to select the "allow following activities... outside maintenance window" because it is greyed out. Only Required updates have that option. However once an application request is approved the user gets notified the app was approved by a notification window in the notification area. When you go to software center to view or install the app the status says "waiting for the next available maintenance schedule" I just did some testing and the install kicked off by itself once the machine was out of business hours, so it must be those maintenance windows that it sees. Why would an optional selected application say it is waiting for a window? it used to not do this, and now it does. /Todd
