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Configure power management in Configuration Manager

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Applies to: Configuration Manager (current branch)

This article explains how to set up power management in Configuration Manager.

Enable and configure client settings

This procedure configures the default client settings for power management. It applies to all the computers in your hierarchy.

If you want to apply these settings to only some computers, create a custom device client setting. Then assign it to a collection that contains the computers for power management. For more information, see How to configure client settings.

  1. In the Configuration Manager console, go to the Administration workspace, select the Client Settings node, and select Default Client Settings.

  2. On the Home tab of the ribbon, in the Properties group, select Properties.

  3. Select the Power Management group.

  4. Enable the client setting to Allow power management of devices.

  5. Configure the additional client settings that you require. For more information, see About client settings - Power Management.

Clients configure these settings when they next download client policy. To initiate policy retrieval for a single client, see How to manage clients.

Exclude computers

You can prevent collections of computers from receiving power management settings. If a computer is a member of any collection that you exclude from power management settings, that computer doesn't apply power management settings. This behavior applies even if it's a member of another collection that does apply power management settings.

You might want to exclude computers from power management for the following reasons:

  • You have a business requirement for computers to be turned on at all times.

  • You have a control collection of computers on which you don't want to apply power management settings.

  • Some of your computers are incapable of applying power management settings.

  • You want to exclude computers that run Windows Server from power management.

Note

If you configure the client setting to Allow users to exclude their device from power management, users can exclude their own computers from power management by using Software Center.

To find out which computers are excluded from power management, run the report Computers Excluded. For more information about this report see How to monitor and plan for power management.

Important

Excluding a computer from power management causes all power settings to be reverted to their original values. You cannot revert individual power settings to their original values.

How to exclude a collection of computers from power management

  1. In the Configuration Manager console, go to the Assets and Compliance workspace, and select the Device Collections node.

  2. Select the collection that you want to exclude from power management. In the Home tab of the ribbon, in the Properties group, select Properties.

  3. Switch to the Power Management tab, and select Never apply power management settings to computers in this collection.

Next steps

How to create and apply power plans

How to monitor and plan for power management