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Hi,<br />
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We are using SCCM 2012 R2 SP1 to deploy software updates campus wide. We also do have bunch of domain-joined laptops that users take home at end of the day. We are making sure that all laptops should have SCCM client. Now, all other desktops can be restarted in the maintenance windows but laptops are becoming our nightmare. We can't restart them during day and once they leave the campus, they won't connect to our VPN so that SCCM client can work. We are not planning for Intunes as well.<br />
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Now, what's the best strategy to resolve this issue. What I want, if laptops can download the updates during the time when they are on campus and get the notification that updates are ready to install, it would be awesome. Is it possible in our current SCCM 2012 setup?
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Hi,

We are using SCCM 2012 R2 SP1 to deploy software updates campus wide. We also do have bunch of domain-joined laptops that users take home at end of the day. We are making sure that all laptops should have SCCM client. Now, all other desktops can be restarted in the maintenance windows but laptops are becoming our nightmare. We can't restart them during day and once they leave the campus, they won't connect to our VPN so that SCCM client can work. We are not planning for Intunes as well.

Now, what's the best strategy to resolve this issue. What I want, if laptops can download the updates during the time when they are on campus and get the notification that updates are ready to install, it would be awesome. Is it possible in our current SCCM 2012 setup?

Microsoft Updates via SCCM 2012 R2:  What is the best strategy for domain-joined roaming laptops?

Systems Center Configuration Manager (SCCM, formerly known as Systems Management Server) is Microsoft’s system software for managing large groups of not only Microsoft computers, but those running other operating systems, such as Linux, OS-X, and various mobile technologies.

SCCM

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.

Windows Server 2012

A server is a computer program or a machine that waits for requests from other machines or software (clients) and responds to them. This architecture is called the client–server model. The clients may run on the same computer or may connect to the server over a network. The purpose of a server is to share data or hardware and software resources among clients. Typical computing servers are database servers, file servers, mail servers, print servers, web servers, game servers, and application servers.