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Running a live Power Pages website means ensuring constant availability for your end users. But sometimes, you need to pause, maybe to push a critical update, roll out new features, or fix an unexpected issue. That\u2019s where Maintenance Mode comes into play.<\/p>\n
In this blog, you\u2019ll learn:<\/p>\n
Maintenance Mode is a built-in feature in Microsoft Power Pages that temporarily pauses your site for end users while still allowing admins to work in the background.<\/p>\n
This ensures:<\/p>\n
Suppose your organization operates a Customer Self-Service Portal using Power Pages. A new release of Dynamics 365 Customer Service requires schema updates and deployment of new web templates.<\/p>\n
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You enable Maintenance Mode for a few hours, ensuring a professional downtime message appears while you finalize deployment.<\/p>\n
This ensures:<\/p>\n
Turning on maintenance mode is simple through the Power Pages Admin Center.<\/p>\n
1. Go to Power Pages Admin Center 2. Enable Maintenance Mode 3. Choosing a Maintenance Page<\/strong><\/p>\n When you enable maintenance mode, you can pick what visitors see:<\/p>\n Pro Tip<\/strong>: Host the custom page externally. If you host it inside Power Pages, it won\u2019t load if the site itself is down.<\/p>\n Once enabled, end users visiting your site will automatically see a default maintenance message<\/strong>:<\/p>\n \u201cThis website is currently undergoing scheduled maintenance. We should be back shortly.\u201d<\/p>\n The default page works, but many organizations prefer to show a branded maintenance page<\/strong>. You can configure a custom maintenance page URL<\/strong>:<\/p>\n (e.g., https:\/\/www.redeemedofchristchapel.org\/coming_soon.jpg<\/a>).<\/p>\n Once your deployment or maintenance task is complete:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n FAQs on Power Pages Maintenance Mode<\/strong><\/p>\n Currently, Power Pages does not offer automated scheduling. Admins must manually enable and disable it.<\/p>\n If the URL fails or is hosted inside Power Pages, the system automatically falls back to the default maintenance page.<\/p>\n No. Admins and makers can still access the site in edit\/preview mode for validation.<\/p>\n No. For branding, you must configure a custom page hosted externally.<\/p>\n Maintenance Mode in Power Pages is a simple but powerful tool for managing downtime gracefully. It helps you:<\/p>\n Whether for planned upgrades or emergency fixes, enabling Maintenance Mode keeps your users informed while safeguarding your live site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Running a live Power Pages website means ensuring constant availability for your end users. But sometimes, you need to pause, maybe to push a critical update, roll out new features, or fix an unexpected issue. That\u2019s where Maintenance Mode comes into play. In this blog, you\u2019ll learn: What Maintenance Mode is and why it matters\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2763,2361],"tags":[2743],"class_list":["post-42238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-power-pages","category-technical","tag-power-pages"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42238\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/p>\nDefault Maintenance Page<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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