Temporarily block access for all users

[GuyClairbois]

Hi all,

Next week I need to do a release to our Live environment, including a data migration. I don't want any users to use the system during the release process. Is there any way I can block access to the system for all users (except administrator) for a certain amount of time, until the release and migration are completed?

Thanks for your answers,

Guy

[Stevemo]

You might be able to change their User.Active value from TRUE to FALSE using the ApexDataLoader (but don't quote me on that)

[Peanutman]

Hey Guy,

You could also update the Login Hours by Profile so they can't login into Salesforce.com while you are doing your changes.

Eric

[GuyClairbois]

Thanks for your answers. The login hours restriction sounds like a plausible solution, although it is not that handy if you have many profiles (or maybe do it by Excel upload then).

Would still be nice if there's some kind of a 'down for maintenance' functionality blocking all users at the same time, including a feature to announce the maintenance in the same way that SalesForce does.  I think I'll put an idea for this on the Ideas site..