Configuring SCCM 2012 SP1 - Part 4

If you haven't installed SCCM yet you can check my first post in this series HERE.
Also you can check Configuring SCCM 2012 SP1 - Part 1 HERE.
Also you can check Configuring SCCM 2012 SP1 - Part 2 HERE.
Also you can check Configuring SCCM 2012 SP1 - Part 2 HERE.

In this post I will demonstrate how to manage the SCCM SUP, creating deployment groups, deployment packages and deploying updates.

The last step in my last post was to synchronize the Software Update Catalog. Once the synchronization is finished you can see the list of updates and whether they are already installed, if they are required or not, etc.

Now let's filter the results go get only Windows 8 updates that are required, not installed, not expired and not superseded. So go ahead and add the criteria.

In my case as you can see there are only 2 updates which match that criteria. Select the list of updates, right click and select Create Software Update Group or click on the Create Software Update Group button from the ribbon.

Give it name and click on Create.

Now we can deploy the updates that are part of that group. Right click and click on Deploy or click on the Deploy button from the Ribbon.

Give it a name and select the collection which the updates will be deployed to.

Click on Next.

Specify a deadline if required and click on Next.

Hide it from the Software Center, select the deadline behaviour, whether or not to supress restarts and click on Next.

Click on Next.

Specify download settings of this deployment according to your requirements. Click on Next.

Now we have to create a new deployment package. Give it a name and specify a location where the downloads will be downloaded to. Click on Next.

Add the distribution points to add the updates to. Click on Next.

Specify where to download the updates from. Click on Next.

Specify the updates language. Click on Next.

Click on Next.

And now you have a new deployment package. If you check the update group created before you can see that now the updates show as downloaded and deployed.

Now let's check the second method of deploying updates. Click on Automatic Deployment Rules and click on Create Automatic Deployment Rule from the ribbon. Give it a name and select the collection which the updates will be deployed to. Now you have two options, the Add to an existing Software Update Group will create a new Software Update Group once it runs and will add new updates to the same group every time it runs and finds new updates. The other option is to create a new Software Update Group every time it finds new updates. Click on Next.

Click on Next.

Select the filters to use. In this case I want all required Windows 8 updates. Click on Next.

Specify the synchronization schedule and click on Next.

Configure the Deployment Schedule and click on Next.

Specify whether to hide it in the Software Center, behaviour on deadline, supress of restarts and click on Next.

Click on Next.

Specify the behaviour for client on slow site boundaries and click on Next.

Now let's create a new Deployment Package. Give it name and specify the destination where the updates will be downloaded to. Click on Next.

 

Add which Distribution Points to add the content to. Click on Next.

Specify where to download the updates from and click on Next.

Select the language and click on Next.

Note that in this screen you have the chance to save all the settings you have selected to a new template so it can be used next time you are creating a new Automatic Deployment Rule. Click on Next.

 

 Click on Close.

That's it. Now you should know how to create Software Update Groups, how to create Deployment Packages, how to manually and automatically deploy them.