Month: October 2014

New-CMSoftwareUpdateDeploymentPackage: Powershell Function

Published my first script on the TechNet Gallery today :). Have been working with Robert on getting the Automating System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 – Phasing Software Updates  step 1 and 2 into a fully scripted solution and needed a script for creating Software Update Deployment Packages so that the New-CMSoftwareUpdateAutomaticDeploymentRule had a package to use. https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/New-CMSoftwareUpdateDeploym-4cf3c878

System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 – Phasing Software Updates – Part 2

Following up from previous post, my colleague Rob has posted the first part to a script we worked on for Collection creation. Great for creating collections based on group members, OU and pulling back the users primary devices. http://scnuggets.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/system-center-configuration-manager.html Will be looking at bringing it all together this week hopefully. Working on automating the manual steps of […]

System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 – Phasing Software Updates

When it comes to patch management it can be a logistical nightmare. Dedicating the attention it deserves can be difficult at times. With System Center Configuration Manager 2012, utilising Software Update Groups and Automatic Deployment Rules can help but phasing updates can still require valuable time creating the additional deployments. But SCCM can be set to […]