1. A method for transitioning into a connected standby state based upon power management classifications assigned to processes, comprising: detecting an enter connected standby request associated with a computing environment; and transitioning the computing environment into a connected standby state, comprising: for respective suspendable processes assigned a suspend classification, placing a suspendable process into a non-executing suspended state; for respective throttleable processes assigned a throttling classification, assigning a throttling schedule to a throttleable process; and for respective exempt processes assigned an exempt classification, allowing an exempt process to continue executing in an execution state.