Wake up computers before working hour

Question

The computers are set in sleep mode after employees leave the office. How can I wake up the computers at 7 am, before working hours?

Answer 1

Hi.

You can try to use task scheduler. Create the task with a script below or manually.

$time = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -At 7:00AM -DaysOfWeek Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday

$action = New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute "cmd.exe" -Argument "/c echo Wake up!" $settings = New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet -AllowStartIfOnBatteries -DontStopIfGoingOnBatteries -WakeToRun Register-ScheduledTask -TaskName "WakeUpTask" -Trigger $time -Action $action -Settings $settings

Be sure that your power plan allow to awake a device.

Go to Power Options > Change Plan Settings > Change Advanced Power Settings. Ensure that "Allow wake timers" is enabled under Sleep settings.

Please mark the answer if it suits your requirements.

Answer 2

Updated the script

Answer 3

Hi,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Q&A forum.

In Configuration Manager, we can enable Windows wake up timer for desktop computers setting in power plan to wake up desktop computers at a certain time, for example 7 am. Wakeup time settings aren't applied to portable computers to prevent scenarios in which they might wake when not plugged in. The wake up time is randomized and computers will be woken over a one hour period from the specified wakeup time.

For more detailed steps about configuring and applying power plan, please refer to:

How to create and apply power plans in Configuration Manager

Step-by-Step SCCM Power Management Guide

How to configure Wake on LAN in Configuration Manager

Thanks for your time. Have a nice day!

Best regards,

Simon

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