# Advanced Settings

- [Maintenance Windows](https://docs.adaptiva.com/patch/advanced-settings/maintenance-windows.md): A Maintenance Window defines the time period that maintenance tasks are permitted to run on target devices.
- [User Interaction Settings](https://docs.adaptiva.com/patch/advanced-settings/user-interaction-settings.md): User Interaction Settings within OneSite Patch control; what the end user sees and what options they have for interacting with patching notifications and required reboots.
- [Communication Providers](https://docs.adaptiva.com/patch/advanced-settings/communication-providers.md): Create and setup Communication Providers for notifications within OneSite Patch.
- [Customized Products](https://docs.adaptiva.com/patch/advanced-settings/customized-products.md): Customized Products allows you to customize installation commands when a patch is being installed.
- [Risk Assessment Settings](https://docs.adaptiva.com/patch/advanced-settings/risk-assessment.md): Use the Risk Assessment settings to customize risk calculations and display risks in OneSite Patch dashboards.
- [Patching Processes](https://docs.adaptiva.com/patch/advanced-settings/patch-processes.md): Patching Processes in OneSite Patch serves as the primary mechanism for deploying patches to Business Units or sending patches to a Deployment Channel.
- [Bots – Patch Deployment and Notification Bots](https://docs.adaptiva.com/patch/advanced-settings/bots.md): Understand and how to use Deployment and Notification Bots in OneSite Patch.
- [Chains](https://docs.adaptiva.com/patch/advanced-settings/chains.md): How to use and create Approval and Notification Chains within OneSite Patch.
- [Deployment Waves](https://docs.adaptiva.com/patch/advanced-settings/deployment-waves.md): Deployment Waves allow the deployment of patches progressively to devices contained in different Business Units.
- [Deployment Channels](https://docs.adaptiva.com/patch/advanced-settings/deployment-channels-deployment-channel-processes.md): Understand and how to use Deployment Channels and Deployment Channel Process within OneSite Patch.
- [Content Prestaging Settings](https://docs.adaptiva.com/patch/advanced-settings/content-prestaging.md): The Content Prestaging feature deploys content to devices ahead of the scheduled deployment, either pushing content to a location or allowing a client to pull content.
- [Rollout Processes](https://docs.adaptiva.com/patch/advanced-settings/rollout-processes.md): Rollout Processes operate at the Business Unit level in an Advanced Patching Strategy and define how patches are approved and deployed.
- [Customer Extension Data](https://docs.adaptiva.com/patch/advanced-settings/customer-extension-data.md): The Customer Extension Data fields allow advanced users to specify different key/value pairs for use in customized Patching Strategies, Deployment Chains, or Business Units.
- [Port Requirements](https://docs.adaptiva.com/patch/advanced-settings/patch-ports.md): List of network ports specific for OneSite Patch.
- [Patch Filter Reference](https://docs.adaptiva.com/patch/advanced-settings/patch-filters-categorized-q1.md): Current reference list of Patch Filters for OneSite Patch for use in Strategy creation.
- [Appendices](https://docs.adaptiva.com/patch/advanced-settings/appendices.md): Reference appendix for OneSite Patch.


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