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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. ...

Post-Installation Configuration Tasks for SCCM


The following tasks have to be completed to install & manage the clients successfully from the SCCM server. 


Here, the SCCM client agents are being installed using Client Push installation method and some of the below tasks like discovery is required only for Client push method.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb632409.aspx

1. Configure a management point.

2. Configure Site Boundaries.

3. Discover Resources using any of the 6 discovery methods available. 


4. Determine if you need a server locator point.

5. Configure fallback status point


6. Configure Reporting point. 

7. Configure Client Agent Settings.

8. Install SCCM 2007 Client Agents.

Reference: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb633240.aspx

The detailed steps on how to configure are available when you click on each of the tasks mentioned above.

Note that these simple tasks are for Mixed mode configuration whereas we require PKI infrastructure and other requirements mentioned in the above Technet link to implement Native mode configuration in SCCM.

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