Exam MD-101 topic 2 question 2 discussion

I believe the answer is *FALSE* I don't understand how setting a random delay on our install time has ANYTHING to do with our objective of automatically installing updates during a maintenance windows. What does setting a delay have to do with this?

I think the answer is no. Looking at: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-server-update-services/deploy/4-configure-group-policy-settings-for-automatic-updates#automatic-maintenance-random-delay It states that "This setting(Automatic Maintenance Random Delay) is related to option 4(Autodownload and schedule) in Configure Automatic Updates. If you did not select option 4 in Configure Automatic Updates, it is not necessary to configure this setting. So option "4. Autodownload and schedule" NEEDS to be selected for this to do anything. Therefore this answer is incorrect.

Answer is B, this would not let you install updates during a maintenance window. However, the reasoning provided is also not correct I think, because of the way the question is phrased. The wording of this question is very specific: during a MAINTENANCE WINDOW. This means setting an automatic maintenance activation boundary: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-server-update-services/deploy/4-configure-group-policy-settings-for-automatic-updates#computer-configuration--maintenance-scheduler-policy-settings Once you have set the maintenance boundary, you could then set the random delay if you wanted to, but the actual maintenance window itself is setup via the boundary. No mention is made of collections or Config Manager so it doesn't seem to be referring to Config Manager maintenance windows.

B, The Automatic Maintenance Random Delay setting allows you to specify a random delay time for Automatic Maintenance to run on a computer. Automatic Maintenance is a feature in Windows 10 that performs routine maintenance tasks, such as installing updates and running system diagnostics, while the computer is not in use. While configuring the Automatic Maintenance Random Delay setting may help to ensure that maintenance tasks are performed at a convenient time for the user, it will not ensure that feature and quality updates are installed automatically on the computer. To ensure that feature and quality updates install automatically on a Windows 10 computer during a maintenance window, you will need to configure the Windows Update settings in Group Policy or use the Windows Update for Business feature.

Setting a delay will cause the update to run automatically after a random delay during the maintenance window....

In Group Policy, within Configure Automatic Updates, you can configure a forced restart after a specified installation time. To set the time, you need to go to Configure Automatic Updates, select option 4 - Auto download and schedule the install, and then enter a time in the Scheduled install time dropdown. Alternatively, you can specify that installation will occur during the automatic maintenance time (configured using Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Maintenance Scheduler).

I believe the answer is FALSE. Random delay does not specify a time in which updates will occur, it just allows for a delay once a maintenance window is started. Without setting the time, this will not complete the goal.

The answer is correct. It's a complicated GPO, but this link gives a good description of what it does https://admx.help/?Category=Windows_10_2016&Policy=Microsoft.Policies.MaintenanceScheduler::RandomDelayPolicy#:~:text=The%20maintenance%20random%20delay%20is%20the%20amount%20of,from%20its%20Activation%20Boundary%2C%20by%20upto%20this%20time. The maintenance random delay is the amount of time up to which Automatic Maintenance will delay starting from its Activation Boundary. If you enable this policy setting, Automatic Maintenance will delay starting from its Activation Boundary, by upto this time. If you do not configure this policy setting, 4 hour random delay will be applied to Automatic Maintenance.

Automatic Maintenance Random delay This policy setting allows you to configure the random delay for Automatic Maintenance activation. The maintenance random delay is the amount of time up to which Automatic Maintenance will delay starting from its activation boundary. This setting is useful for virtual machines where random maintenance might be a performance requirement. This setting is related to option 4 in Configure Automatic Updates. If you did not select option 4 in Configure Automatic Updates, you don't need to configure this setting. Not Configured - A four-hour random delay is applied to Automatic. Enabled - Automatic Maintenance will delay starting from its activation boundary by up to the specified amount of time. Disabled - No random delay is applied to Automatic Maintenance.

This policy setting allows you to configure Automatic Maintenance activation random delay. The maintenance random delay is the amount of time up to which Automatic Maintenance will delay starting from its Activation Boundary. If you enable this policy setting Automatic Maintenance will delay starting from its Activation Boundary by upto this time. If you do not configure this policy setting 4 hour random delay will be applied to Automatic Maintenance. If you disable this policy setting no random delay will be applied to Automatic Maintenance. Policy path: Windows Components\Maintenance Scheduler

activation boundary Enabling this policy setting overrides any default or modified settings configured on client computers in Control Panel > Action Center > Automatic Maintenance (or in some client versions, Maintenance).

Does Automatic Maintenance Random Delay not mean that activation boundary GPO has be set? The maintenance random delay is the amount of time up to which Automatic Maintenance will delay starting from its activation boundary. This setting is useful for virtual machines where random maintenance might be a performance requirement.

Answer appears to be correct. To clarify on Mayurmak's statement, this policy is valid for windows 10: "Supported On: At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT" Reference: https://gpsearch.azurewebsites.net/#7817

It is valid for Windows 10. This link has some info. My understanding is that the update will run within the maintenance window but at a random time. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-server-update-services/deploy/4-configure-group-policy-settings-for-automatic-updates#automatic-maintenance-random-delay

The Answer should be NO as this feature is not Supported for Windwos 10. The GPO says "Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1 or At least Windows 2000 Service Pack 3"