ADR are functionnal, packages deployed, all other seems to be fine. In particular, configuring automatic updates to disabled is strongly recommended to disable the Windows Update Agent from going off and doing its own thing like rebooting systems.
Can we just do update rollups each month? No, not redundant as updates can only exist in a single product classification although the only updates that appear in the update rollups classification anymore are Windows Malicious Software Removal Tools.
Monthly quality update rollup appear in UPdates, Security Updates, or Critical Updates depending on what added to the rollup for that month. The following screenshot shows how simple it truly can be. Master and Sub-collections for Software Updates.
This enables an ADR to create and update multiple, separate deployments on the software update group linked to it. The end effect is thus as described: all superseded and expired updates are removed from the update groups automatically. Thx, that is what I saw in the practise but I will read your links and check it.
Thanks Jason, a much needed post! An excellent supplement to my post; thank you for sharing. Hi Jason, First : Great Articles, very helpfull for us for our project! And thanks for that. Any idea?
For troubleshooting, always start with wuahandler. Thank you Jason! I had trouble finding that defined anywhere. Update groups, for performance reasons, can only contain 1, updates; this is enforced by the console but not necessarily the SDK. Always keep in mind that at least twice a year, the second Wednesday occurs before the second Tuesday during a month.
These are called Deployment Packages in the console but I refuse to call them that because they have nothing to do with deployments.
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It is also included in this article for convenience. When Automatic Updates is enabled on client computers, the WUA automatically performs a self-update when a newer version becomes available or when there are problems with a WUA component.
When Automatic Updates is not configured or is disabled, and client computers have an earlier version of the WUA, the client computers must run the WUA installation file. The software update properties provide information about software updates and associated content. You can also use these properties to configure settings for software updates.
When you open the properties for multiple software updates, only the Maximum Run Time and Custom Severity tabs are displayed. Select one or more software updates, and then, on the Home tab, click Properties in the Properties group. On the All Software Updates node, Configuration Manager displays only the software updates that have a Critical and Security classification and that have been released in the last 30 days. In software update properties, you can review detailed information about a software update.
The detailed information is not displayed when you select more than one software update. The following sections describe the information that is available for a selected software update.
In the Update Details tab, you can view the following summary information about the selected software update:. The way Microsoft documents security updates is changing. The previous model used security bulletin webpages and included security bulletin ID numbers e. MSXXX as a pivot point. This form of security update documentation, including bulletin ID numbers, is being retired and replaced with the Security Update Guide. The referenced article provides more detailed information about the software update and the issue that the software update fixes or improves.
Maximum severity rating : Specifies the vendor-defined severity rating for the software update. Description : Provides an overview of what condition the software update fixes or improves. Applicable languages : Lists the languages for which the software update is applicable. Affected products : Lists the products for which the software update is applicable. In the Content Information tab, review the following information about the content that is associated with the selected software update:.
Downloaded : Indicates whether Configuration Manager has downloaded the software update files. In the Custom Bundle Information tab, review the custom bundle information for the software update.
When the selected software update contains bundled software updates that are contained in the software update file, they are displayed in the Bundle information section.
This tab does not display bundled software updates that are displayed in the Content Information tab, such as update files for different languages. On the Supersedence Information tab, you can view the following information about the supersedence of the software update:. This update has been superseded by the following updates : Specifies the software updates that supersede this update, which means that the updates listed are newer.
In most cases, you will deploy one of the software updates that supersedes the software update. The software updates that are displayed in the list contain hyperlinks to webpages that provide more information about the software updates. When this update is not superseded, None is displayed. This update supersedes the following updates : Specifies the software updates that are superseded by this software update, which means this software update is newer.
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