My goal is to have everything go to the test group for approval / disapproval.

A week later have a larger group pick up the approved patches.

Finally, the rest of the computers picking up approved  patches a week after that.

my question is, If I set the group to "scan, download, and deploy missing patches." on a specific date, and they happen to be turned off that day. Will they pickup the "scan, download, and deploy" the next time they are turned on?

Or, is there a better way to achieve this result?