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How to prevent Intune deployment of Windows LOB apps from rebooting computers during business hours
- You have two real options:
- Use a /norestart switch for the MSI file
- Use win32 app and configure the return codes
I prefer the latter as Win32 are the real way to go
Moe_Kinani I am installing the https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/207373866-Zoom-Installers. Both in .msi form. The .msi files I upload have a higher version number than the previous ones, so I assume that's telling Intune it needs to update them.
The last time I uploaded a new .msi for the Outlook plugin, not 5 minutes later my users started complaining that their Outlook had just restarted itself. (My own did as well.)
And the last time I uploaded a new .msi for the Zoom client itself, my computer (which is assigned to the app), restarted without warning.
We have our Windows Update rings configured to reboot during the maintenance window and not during business hours. And Windows Update usually warns that it's about to reboot. In this case, there is no warning.
Sorry about the misunderstanding!
In this case, you don’t have way to schedule the update via Intune. Have you tried /norestart switch in Program tab? I think this can do it for you.
Moe
Moe_Kinani No need to apologize. Thanks for helping figure this out.
The docs say not to use msiexec command arguments, and to use a Win32 app instead for that. I might need to give that a try.
- You have two real options:
- Use a /norestart switch for the MSI file
- Use win32 app and configure the return codes
I prefer the latter as Win32 are the real way to go