Deferring a task effectively parks the task until a later date. When a task is deferred it moves from the user's My Open Tasks list to the My Deferred Tasks list. The task, however, is not made available to other users. The task can be scheduled for automatic restart. This means that the system will automatically revert the task status from deferred back to open on the date specified and the task will appear again in the user's My Open Tasks list. The task history is updated when this action is performed on a task.