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Software Update Management- SCCM 2012

The below post explains the end to end process of software updates management in SCCM 2012 Pre-requisites: 1.  WSUS Server (WSUS 3.0 SP2 ) should be installed on the SCCM site server or if you want to install WSUS on another server, it is important that you install WSUS administration console as the SCCM Server uses API. This  link explains the step by step procedure to install WSUS 3.0 SP2 2. Install SUP-Software Update Point on the SCCM Server . 3. Reporting Services Point: Install reporting services point role as described in this link . 4. Client agent: The software update client agent should be enabled(will be enabled by default) and the settings have to specified as per the requirement. On SCCM console, go to Administration>Site Configuration>Client settings>Right click on Default client settings> Click on Properties. If required, we can create custom client settings and then enable client settings for that settings. Unde

Enable WebDAV and create an Authoring Rule



Use the following procedure to enable WebDAV and create an Authoring Rule for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2:
Navigate to Start / All Programs / Administrative Tools / Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager to start Internet Information Services 7 Application Server Manager.
a) In the Connections pane, expand the Sites node, and then click Default Web Site if you are using the default Web site for the site system or SMSWEB if you are using a custom Web site for the site system.
b) In the Features View, double-click WebDAV Authoring Rules.
c) With the WebDAV Authoring Rules page displayed, in the Actions pane, click Enable WebDAV.
d) In the Actions pane, click Add Authoring Rule.
e) In the Add Authoring Rule dialog box, for Allow access to, select All content.
f) For Allow access to this content to, select All users.
g) For Permissions, select Read, and then click OK.

Use the following procedure to change the property behavior of WebDAV on Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2:
a) In the WebDAV Authoring Rules page, in the Actions pane, click WebDAV Settings.
b) In the WebDAV Settings page, for Property Behavior, set Allow anonymous property queries to True.
c) Set Allow Custom Properties to False.
d) Set Allow property queries with infinite depth to True.
e) For a distribution point that is enabled for Allow clients to transfer content from this distribution point using BITS, HTTP, and HTTPS, for WebDAV Behavior, setAllow hidden files to be listed to True.
f) In the Action pane, click Apply.
g) Close Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.

Below are the screenshots for WEBDAV Configuration in Windows Server 2008 R2.WEBDAV enabled and authoring rule added.










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