Suppress Windows Update during office hours

We have has learned that Windows Update for Windows 10 and Server 2016 / 2019 / 2022 / 2025 can cause trouble. Therefore AADS can suppress Windows Update during office hours.

• This is available for Windows 10, 11 and Server 2016 / 2019 / 2022 / 2025
• This is not available for other versions of Windows.

Windows 10, 11 and Server 2016 / 2019 / 2022 / 2025 do have Policies for Windows Update, but those Policies do not really stop Windows Update, and those policies do not differentiate between the day-of-the-week's:

The objective of these settings is to suppress Windows Update during Office hours.

• Let Windows Update run during "evening / night hours".
• Do a fresh reboot prior to the start of the workday. A fresh reboot of Windows can be a good remedy against all kind of trouble...

July 2024: CrowdStrike

The problems with CrowdStrike has shown to the world that it is needed that Customers are able to control how and when Windows Update does run.
After this "incident" CrowdStrike has stated that they will update their product:

• "How Do We Prevent This From Happening Again?"

including the new ability for their customers:

• "Provide customers with greater control over the delivery of Rapid Response Content updates by allowing granular selection of when and where these updates are deployed."

(quote from CrowdStrike website )

This new functionality within the CrowdStrike product does nicely describe what AADS does already offer our customer for several years: "allowing granular selection of when and where these updates are deployed".