Use the Schedule tab to specify when a program will be advertised to members of a target collection.

Note
When you click OK or Apply, Configuration Manager 2007 ensures that any assignment schedule entries do not occur before the Advertisement start time. Configuration Manager 2007 also ensures that if an expiration date and time is set, it does not occur before any of the assignment schedule entries or before the Advertisement start time.

The Schedule tab contains the following elements:

UI Element List

Advertisement start time

Specifies the date and time when the program is advertised and available to run on clients in their respective time zones. By default, the current date and time is specified. To select another date and time, click the adjacent arrows. To specify that the advertisement start date and time are based on UTC rather than local time, select the UTC check box.
Note
If you select the UTC option, the program will be advertised on all clients simultaneously.
When a mandatory assignment is defined for this advertisement, client computers will use the advertisement start time to determine when to start downloading the package. This will occur if the advertisement settings indicate the client should download the package before running the program.
Advertisement expires

Specifies whether the advertisement has a date and time after which the program advertisement is no longer available to run on clients in their respective time zones.By default, the cutoff date and time is set at 6 months from the current date and time. To specify another date and time, click the adjacent arrows.To specify that the advertisement start date and time are based on UTC rather than local time, select the UTC check box.
Note
If you select the UTC option, the advertisement will expire on all clients simultaneously.
Mandatory assignments

Specifies any mandatory assignment schedules, which indicate that Configuration Manager will automatically run the program at a specific time or according to a specific event (such as Logon/Logoff).The following options are available for managing advertisement class security rights:
  • New icon: Click to open the Assignment Schedule dialog box and create a new assignment schedule.

  • Properties icon: Click to open the Assignment Schedule dialog box to view or modify the current schedule settings.

  • Delete icon: Click to delete the selected assignment.

Enable Wake On LAN

Specifies whether the site server will send a Wake On LAN transmission to wake up the client computer prior to the advertised program.
Ignore maintenance windows when running program

Specifies whether to have the advertised program ignore maintenance windows while the program is running.
Allow system restart outside maintenance windows

Specifies whether to allow the advertised program to restart the client even if the restart would occur outside a maintenance window.
Priority

Specifies the advertisement's sending priority when replicated to child sites. Available options are Low, Medium (default), and High priorities.
Program rerun behavior

Specifies whether the advertised program will be rerun on the client computer and under what conditions. The following options are available:
  • Never rerun advertised program (default)

  • Always rerun program

  • Rerun if failed previous attempt

  • Rerun if succeeded on previous attempt

OK

Saves any changes and exits the dialog box.
Cancel

Exits the dialog box without saving any changes.
Apply

Saves any changes and remains in the dialog box.
Help

Opens the help topic for this tab of the dialog box.

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