1. A method for transitioning from a connected standby state to an execution state, comprising: detecting an exit connected standby request associated with a computing environment; and transitioning the computing environment from a connected standby state to an execution state, comprising: restoring execution functionality to a suspended process assigned a suspend classification; restoring execution functionality to a throttled process assigned a throttling classification, the restoring execution functionality to a throttled process performed before the restoring execution functionality to a suspended process; and continuing execution functionality for a hardware functionality process assigned an exempt classification, the hardware functionality process allowed to execute during the connected standby state.