We are trying to transition to a GPO/Windows Update for Business based update model, but I am frustrated with the behavior of the Feature Updates with the GPO "Specify engaged restart transition and notification schedule for updates." I have the following configured:
-Specify the timing before transitioning from Auto-restart to Engaged restart (pending user schedule: 7 days
-Specify snooze for Engaged restart reminder notifications: 1 day
-Specify the deadline before a pending restart will automatically be executed outside of active hours: 14 days
For the normal monthly/security updates, this behaves as expected, and it's great.
However, for the "Feature Updates" it doesn't seem to respect the "deadline", and computers will be perpetually waiting (far past 14 days) for the user to manually run the Feature
Update. Is this normal behavior? Do Feature Updates not follow the same "deadline" as quality/security updates and never install automatically? Is there a way to force the Feature Updates to install while still maintaining the control/user friendliness
of the "engaged restart" GPO?