{"id":20094,"date":"2024-03-01T01:56:06","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T01:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/us\/insights\/uncategorized\/a-step-by-step-guide-to-scheduling-windows-reboots-using-intune\/"},"modified":"2024-12-06T00:35:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T00:35:02","slug":"a-step-by-step-guide-to-scheduling-windows-reboots-using-intune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/us\/insights\/geek-speak\/modern-workplace\/a-step-by-step-guide-to-scheduling-windows-reboots-using-intune\/","title":{"rendered":"A Step-by-Step Guide to Scheduling Windows Reboots Using Intune"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We all know that we should reboot our PCs often to maintain the performance and security of our devices. However, end users sometimes fail to do it. So, how do administrators make sure that the people in their organization remember to reboot their devices?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thankfully, there is a configuration policy within Intune that can solve this problem. You can schedule the reboot to automate it, so users won\u2019t have to manually do it themselves.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, let\u2019s take a look at the steps involved in setting this feature up in your environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Schedule a Windows Reboot<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"1\">\n<li>Login to aka.ms\/intune<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on Devices &gt; Windows &gt; Configuration Profiles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under Policies, click Create New Policy<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"806\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/03\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20095\" style=\"width:610px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/03\/image.png 806w, https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/03\/image-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/03\/image-768x338.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 806px) 100vw, 806px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"4\">\n<li>Under Create a profile, select the following settings:&nbsp;<br><strong>Platform<\/strong> \u2013 Windows 10 and later&nbsp;<br><strong>Profile type<\/strong> \u2013 Settings Catalog&nbsp;<br>Then, click Create<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter a name and description for the profile according to your organization standards, then click Next\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/03\/image-1-1024x383.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20097\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/03\/image-1-1024x383.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/03\/image-1-300x112.png 300w, https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/03\/image-1-768x287.png 768w, https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/03\/image-1.png 1057w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"6\">\n<li>Under the Configuration settings, select Add Settings. This will open the Settings Picker.&nbsp;<br>Search for Reboot<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"406\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/03\/image-2-1024x406.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20099\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/03\/image-2-1024x406.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/03\/image-2-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/03\/image-2-768x305.png 768w, https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/03\/image-2.png 1182w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You will be presented with three Reboot schedule options:&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>Daily<\/strong> &#8211; A reboot will be scheduled each day at the configured time, starting at the specified date and time&nbsp;<br><strong>Single<\/strong> &#8211; A reboot will be scheduled once at the configured date and time&nbsp;<br><strong>Weekly<\/strong> <strong>Recurrent<\/strong> &#8211; A reboot will be scheduled every week at the configured time, starting at the specified date and time&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"7\">\n<li>For this blog, we\u2019ll select Single, but you can choose the setting that best suits your organization\u2019s needs<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"454\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/03\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/03\/image-3.png 454w, https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/03\/image-3-300x243.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"8\">\n<li>Close the Settings Picker. This will bring us to the Configuration Settings page.&nbsp;Enter the date and time in ISO8601 format, which is YR-Month-DateT24hournotation. In my case, I have selected 2024-01-01T22:00:00Z. This will reboot the device on 1<sup>st<\/sup> of January, 2024 at 22:00 hours. Click Next<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"103\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/03\/image-4-1024x103.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20103\" style=\"width:610px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/03\/image-4-1024x103.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/03\/image-4-300x30.png 300w, https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/03\/image-4-768x78.png 768w, https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/03\/image-4.png 1307w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"9\">\n<li>If you have distributed IT, you may leverage scope tags.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under the Assignment section, specify a test security group. I recommend you always start with a test group for anything that you want to validate before deploying it across the organization<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under Review + Create, make sure the settings are configured as desired, then click Create<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Watch out for the notification on the top right with a green tick stating that the policy has been created successfully<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations, you have successfully set up Windows reboot scheduling using Intune! We hope this guide helps you maintain your devices and keep them in tip-top shape. For more information on how you can leverage the many capabilities of Intune, download our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/us\/insights\/geek-speak\/secure-workplace\/the-ultimate-guide-to-microsoft-intune\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ultimate Guide to Microsoft Intune<\/a>. You may also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/us\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">contact us<\/a> for guidance on how you can elevate your device management strategies.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Until next time, hasta-la-vista!&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all know that we should reboot our PCs often to maintain the performance and security of our devices. However, end users sometimes fail to do it. So, how do administrators make sure that the people in their organization remember to reboot their devices?\u00a0 Thankfully, there is a configuration policy within Intune that can solve&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/us\/insights\/geek-speak\/modern-workplace\/a-step-by-step-guide-to-scheduling-windows-reboots-using-intune\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Step-by-Step Guide to Scheduling Windows Reboots Using Intune<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":20105,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-modern-workplace","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20094"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20107,"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20094\/revisions\/20107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}