Merge pull request #262711 from GitHubber17/183368-17

Freshness | Microsoft Dev Box procedures

Author: Jill Grant

articles/dev-box/how-to-skip-delay-stop.md

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 ---
 title: Skip or delay an auto-stop scheduled shutdown
 titleSuffix: Microsoft Dev Box
-description: Learn how to delay the scheduled shutdown of your dev box, or skip the shutdown entirely.
+description: Learn how to delay the scheduled shutdown of your dev box, or skip the shutdown entirely, to manage your work and resources more effectively.
 services: dev-box
 ms.service: dev-box
 author: RoseHJM
 ms.author: rosemalcolm
-ms.date: 06/16/2023
+ms.date: 01/10/2024
 ms.topic: how-to
 ---
 
@@ -16,53 +16,61 @@ A platform engineer or project admin can schedule a time for dev boxes in a pool
 
 You can delay the shutdown or skip it altogether. This flexibility allows you to manage your work and resources more effectively, ensuring that your projects remain uninterrupted when necessary.
 
-
-## Skip scheduled shutdown from the dev box
+## Change scheduled shutdown from the dev box
 
 If your dev box is in a pool with a stop schedule, you receive a notification about 30 minutes before the scheduled shutdown giving you time to save your work or make necessary adjustments.
 
 ### Delay the shutdown
 
-1. In the pop-up notification, select a time to delay the shutdown for.
+1. In the pop-up notification, select a time to delay the shutdown for, such as **Delay 1 Hour**.
 
-   :::image type="content" source="media/how-to-skip-delay-stop/dev-box-toast-time.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the shutdown notification.":::
+   :::image type="content" source="media/how-to-skip-delay-stop/dev-box-toast-time.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the shutdown notification and delay options in the dropdown list." lightbox="media/how-to-skip-delay-stop/dev-box-toast-time.png" :::
 
-1. Select **Delay**
+1. Select **Delay**.
 
-   :::image type="content" source="media/how-to-skip-delay-stop/dev-box-toast-delay.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the shutdown notification with Delay highlighted.":::
+   :::image type="content" source="media/how-to-skip-delay-stop/dev-box-toast-delay.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the shutdown notification and the Delay button highlighted." lightbox="media/how-to-skip-delay-stop/dev-box-toast-delay.png" :::
 
 ### Skip the shutdown
 
-To skip the shutdown, select **Skip** in the notification. The dev box doesn't shut down until the next scheduled shutdown time.
+You can also choose to skip the next scheduled shutdown altogether. In the pop-up notification, select **Skip**.
 
-   :::image type="content" source="media/how-to-skip-delay-stop/dev-box-toast-skip.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the shutdown notification with Skip highlighted.":::
+:::image type="content" source="media/how-to-skip-delay-stop/dev-box-toast-skip.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the shutdown notification with the Skip button highlighted." lightbox="media/how-to-skip-delay-stop/dev-box-toast-skip.png":::
 
-## Skip scheduled shutdown from the developer portal
+The dev box doesn't shut down until the next scheduled shutdown time.
 
-In the developer portal, you can see the scheduled shutdown time on the dev box tile, and delay or skip the shutdown from the more options menu.
+## Change scheduled shutdown from the developer portal
 
-Shutdown time is shown on dev box tile:
+In the developer portal, you can see the scheduled shutdown time on the dev box tile. You can delay or skip the shutdown from the more options (**...**) menu. 
 
-:::image type="content" source="media/how-to-skip-delay-stop/dev-portal-stop-time.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the dev box tile, with the shutdown time highlighted. In this example, the shutdown time is 6.30 P M.":::
+:::image type="content" source="media/how-to-skip-delay-stop/dev-portal-stop-time.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the dev box tile, with the shutdown time highlighted. In this example, the shutdown time is 6 30 p m." lightbox="media/how-to-skip-delay-stop/dev-portal-stop-time.png":::
 
 ### Delay the shutdown
+
 1. Locate your dev box.
-1. On the more options menu, select **Delay scheduled shutdown**. 
 
-   :::image type="content" source="media/how-to-skip-delay-stop/dev-portal-menu.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the dev box tile, more options menu, with Delay scheduled shutdown highlighted.":::
+1. On the more options (**...**) menu, select **Delay scheduled shutdown**. 
+
+   :::image type="content" source="media/how-to-skip-delay-stop/dev-portal-menu.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the dev box tile and the more options menu with the Delay scheduled shutdown option highlighted." lightbox="media/how-to-skip-delay-stop/dev-portal-menu.png":::
+
+1. In the **Delay shutdown until** dropdown list, select the time that you want to delay the shutdown until. You can delay the shutdown by up to 8 hours from the scheduled time.
 
-1. You can delay the shutdown by up to 8 hours from the scheduled time. From **Delay shutdown until**, select the time you want to delay the shutdown until, and then select **Delay**.
+   :::image type="content" source="media/how-to-skip-delay-stop/delay-options.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing how to delay the scheduled shutdown until 7 30 p m." lightbox="media/how-to-skip-delay-stop/delay-options.png":::
 
-   :::image type="content" source="media/how-to-skip-delay-stop/delay-options.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the options available for delaying the scheduled shutdown.":::
+1. Select **Delay**.
 
 ### Skip the shutdown
+
 1. Locate your dev box.
-1. On the more options menu, select **Delay scheduled shutdown**. 
-1. On the **Delay shutdown until** list, select the last available option, which specifies the time 8 hours after the scheduled shutdown time, and then select **Delay**. In this example, the last option is **6:30 pm tomorrow (skip)**. 
 
-   :::image type="content" source="media/how-to-skip-delay-stop/skip-shutdown.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the final shutdown option is to skip shutdown until the next scheduled time.":::
+1. On the more options (**...**) menu, select **Delay scheduled shutdown**.
+
+1. In the **Delay shutdown until** dropdown list, select the last available option, which specifies the time 8 hours after the scheduled shutdown time. In this example, the last option is **6:30 pm tomorrow (skip)**. 
+
+   :::image type="content" source="media/how-to-skip-delay-stop/skip-shutdown.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the final shutdown option that skips shutdown until the next scheduled time." lightbox="media/how-to-skip-delay-stop/skip-shutdown.png":::
+
+1. Select **Delay**.
 
-## Next steps
+## Related content
 
-- [Manage a dev box using the developer portal](./how-to-create-dev-boxes-developer-portal.md)
-- [Auto-stop your Dev Boxes on schedule](how-to-configure-stop-schedule.md)
+- [Manage a dev box by using the developer portal](./how-to-create-dev-boxes-developer-portal.md)
+- [Auto-stop your dev boxes on schedule](how-to-configure-stop-schedule.md)