Deploying lots of Windows updates with SCCM 2012 SP1
I'm wondering if I should use WSUS, or SCCM 2012 SP1 for deploying updates to Windows 7 laptops.
The problem is that it appears most of the laptops probably haven't had Windows updates run since release of Win 7 SP1.
What I don't like about SCCM 2012 is that it uploads to laptops all of the updates without first checking to see if all of those updates are really necessary. Is that true?
Is it efficient to create a Software update package of all Windows 7 products/classifications to then deploy to the laptops?
Or would a stand-alone WSUS server better at handling that kind of job?
What I don't like about SCCM 2012 is that it uploads to laptops all of the updates without first checking to see if all of those updates are really necessary. Is that true?
The problem is that it appears most of the laptops probably haven't had Windows updates run since release of Win 7 SP1.
What I don't like about SCCM 2012 is that it uploads to laptops all of the updates without first checking to see if all of those updates are really necessary. Is that true?
Is it efficient to create a Software update package of all Windows 7 products/classifications to then deploy to the laptops?
Or would a stand-alone WSUS server better at handling that kind of job?
What I don't like about SCCM 2012 is that it uploads to laptops all of the updates without first checking to see if all of those updates are really necessary. Is that true?
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How would you tell the client to download all Windows 7 updates prior to 2 weeks ago then?
Wouldn't you have to create a criteria search for any updates prior than 2 weeks ago, then create a package out of all those downloads and deploy them to a collection?
Wouldn't you have to create a criteria search for any updates prior than 2 weeks ago, then create a package out of all those downloads and deploy them to a collection?
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So if there are 100 updates in that result, one client may need all 100 of those updates, another client may only need 2, right?
So when group of updates deploy, the client that only needs 2 of those updates will only download and install those 2 updates from the server, instead of downloading all 100 but then only installing 2 of them?
So when group of updates deploy, the client that only needs 2 of those updates will only download and install those 2 updates from the server, instead of downloading all 100 but then only installing 2 of them?
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