Software Updates and System Restarts

Hi Folks,
I've read many articles posted here on system restarts, but I can't find one that addresses my issue. So here it is...
Regarding the deployment of Software Update groups for Microsoft Updates. I have created the exact same deployment for each deployment, with the following relevant configuration;
Deployment Settings
-Type of Deployment: Required
Scheduling
-Software Available Time: ASAP
-Installation Deadline: Friday morning at 3AM
User Experience
-User Notifications: Display in Software Center and Show all notifications
-Deadline Behavior: Software updates installation [checked], System Restart [unchecked]
-Device Restart behavior (supress system restarts): Servers [checked]; Workstations [unchecked]
My goal is to advertise the updates for several days initially, allowing my clients to install updates on their workstations at their leisure, but then come Friday at 3am, they will be forced to install. However some clients shut their workstations
down overnight, and some may take Friday off, so Monday morning I would like for the updates to install when they turn their workstations back on at say 9am, but postpone the restart until their maintenance window.
What am I doing wrong?
Many Thanks,
Bill Hearn

System restart checkbox is used to control what happens outside of MW.
If you have no MW and did not select to restart outside of MW then systems will reboot after installation completes (unless user overrides it and does it sooner). Keep in mind that the 90 minute and 15 minute restart countdowns will be displayed if user is
logged in (unless you have changed the times) if user did not interact with any notifications to select other options like install and reboot ahead of time.
If you have MW and did not select to restart outside of MW, then PC will not reboot until MW starts (unless user overrides it, of course).
If you select to reboot outside of MW checkbox then PC will reboot after installation ends, no matter if MW is set or not.

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