How to set up a one-time deployment schedule on Azure Update Manager

Question

I'm trying to figure out how to set up a one-time deployment schedule on Azure Update Manager similar to that I already have under Automation Update Management. The goal is to maintain a template that I can update as needed with a set of servers and schedule to kick-off at a given future date/time (one time). Is it as simple as setting up a Maintenance Configuration with a schedule that ends before the 1st Repeat. The following info message is confusing: "If the start date comes before the first scheduled occurrence based on the Repeats value set, the schedule will begin on the first occurrence date, not the start date." lt sounds like the schedule will always start on the "first scheduled occurrence based on the Repeats value set" and therefore never kick-off at the desired start date/time. Would appreciate some better clarification on this.

Answer 1

Hello Michael Garwood,
Thanks for your question.

Yes, you are correct. You can create a Maintenance Configuration with the schedule, including the date and time for the one-time deployment.
If repeats is set to 0, there is no recurring schedule. It will stick to the start date and time for the one-time deployment.

See: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/update-management/overview

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/update-manager/scheduled-patching?source=recommendations&tabs=schedule-updates-single-machine%2Cschedule-updates-scale-overview%2Cwindows-maintenance

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