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# End-User Experience: Defer Updates and Reboots

### Defer Updates

Users can choose to defer a maintenance period if the administrator allows this in the policy. 

To allow a user to defer the maintenance period:

![Select a Policy to Edit](/files/-MVYJrCT9bwfkNbMCeBO)

1\. Select the **Control Grid** tab on the top menu bar.

2\. Navigate to the **Policies** tab.

3\. Select a **Policy** from the Policies Grid (Custom in this example).

4\. Click **EDIT POLICY**.

5\. Scroll down to locate the **Allow Snooze** option and check the box.

![Allow Snooze enabled](/files/-MVYMy1QNyoIzqkQ34pm)

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If you do not see a snooze option, it will be because only **Semi-Automatic** and **Scheduled Update** Modes offer the option to **snooze maintenance mode**.
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6\. Click **SAVE**.

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Now that this option is checked, the user will see a pop-up notification with a **4 minute countdown timer** informing them that the computer will go into **maintenance mode**. 

If a user is at the computer, they can choose to proceed with the maintenance mode or defer the task by an hour, **4 hours**, **8 hours**, **or 12 hours.**
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###

### Defer Reboots

Once computers are done installing Windows Updates, they may require a reboot. An administrator can allow users to defer this reboot by up to 5 times in the policy. 

To allow users to defer the reboot:

![Select a Policy to Edit](/files/-MVYJrCT9bwfkNbMCeBO)

1\. Select the **Control Grid** tab on the top menu bar.

2\. Navigate to the **Policies** tab.

3\. Select a **Policy** from the Policies Grid (Custom in this example).

4\. Click **EDIT POLICY**.

5\. Navigate to the  Windows Update section in the policy.

![Windows Update Reboot Deferral](/files/-MVYOdcDElmxmrZxjv0T)

6\. Check the box **Allow user to defer reboot (if required) up to X times**.

7\. Enter the number of times to allow the reboot deferral (up to 5).

8\. Click **SAVE**.