Comments on: Software Update with SCCM PART 3 – Automatic Deployment Rules

By: Romain Serre

Romain Serre — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 08:23:31 +0000

Hi,

From my understanding of maintenance window, it affects only the machine reboot and the time when the deployment occurs. So in your case, the Automatic Deployment Rule run at 9AM. SCCM and WSUS checks if there are new available updates related to your filter and update the Software Update Group. Then the Software Update Group is distributed to distribution point. Next machines download new updates. To finish, servers apply updates in the time of the maintenance window and reboot in the time of the maintenance window (even if you configure ASAP).

Cheers, Romain.

By: Hubble

Hubble — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 14:37:28 +0000

Will the ADR only make the software available to the device collection based on the Maintenance window set for that collection. For example, my ADR ran at 9am, and under Deployment Schedule -> Software available time -> ASAP, but the Maitenance Window on the Collection is set for 5pm-6pm. Will i see the software in Software center after 9am, or at 5pm?

By: Romain Serre

Romain Serre — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 06:43:42 +0000

Hi Andrew,

When it is this kind of month, I run the synchronization manually. I think this kind of month where the second tuesday is after the second wednesday occurs one time per year.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 03:31:30 +0000

If you have the sync schedule for the second Wednesday, sometimes that is before the second Tuesday so what schedule doesn’t work well – don’t know what the best solution is. Run manually or use a powershell script?

By: Steve Foster

Steve Foster — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 14:48:22 +0000

Great feedback — thank you Romain!

By: Romain Serre

Romain Serre — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 10:13:09 +0000

Hi Steve,

In automatic deployment rule you can add Itanium, X64 or X86 updates. This will be the target Operating System that will download and install update regarding its architecture.

I create one baseline for all OS. As above, the target Operating System will download and install update regarding its version. Next you can create a collection by environment (LAB, VAL, PROD). Then you play with maintenance windows to apply patch in good order.

Hope I have helped you.

By: Steve Foster

Steve Foster — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 21:48:46 +0000

How Granular do you get? For example do you differentiate Itanium, x64, and x86 (for Legacy OS’s)? Do you create one baseline for each OS? Also, what do your device collections look like? In other words do you apply the baseline on a per-OS basis, or do you follow a lifecycle of, say, “Lab –> test –> Production” on an OS by OS basis. Good article — appreciate it

By: Romain Serre

Romain Serre — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 16:26:44 +0000

Thank you I appreciate 🙂

By: santosh

santosh — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 11:45:59 +0000

Very useful information, thanks.