This post illustrates how to use the Software Updates search feature in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (SCCM 2012) and System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager (SCCM 2012 R2). Obtaining just the updates that you need in a search result makes it easier to download, deploy or create a software update group.
Under Software Library>> Software Updates>> All Software Updates you see all software updates that you have configured SCCM to synchronize from Microsoft Updates (just the metadata not the actual files). If you don't see the updates that you need or any update see the troubleshooting section at the end.
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Let's pretend you need to have a software update group and/or software update deployment package for all security and critical updates released in 2013 for Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. To define our search, click on Add Criteria on the right of the search box and select the following fields: Date Released or Revised, Expired, Product, Superseded and Update Classification.
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Then click on Add Criteria again to add two more Product fields and one more Update Classification field. Then configure the values for each search field as indicated below.
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Now when you click on Search you'll get only the updates specified in the search criteria. You may want to save your search criteria so you don't have to repeat all your work. Click on Save Current Search and give your search criteria a name.
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The next time you want to search on the same criteria, click on Saved Searches, Manage Searches for Current Node (make sure All Software Updates is selected on the left pane) and select your saved search.
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You can select all the updates in the search result by using the keyboard key combination CTRL + A. Then you can right-click on the selected updates to perform the desired action. If you just want to select the updates for the current month to download them (perhaps into an existing deployment package) or add them to a software update group, then display the Date Released or Revised column by right-clicking on any header of the search result window and selecting it.
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You can then sort the results by the Date Released or Revised column to easily identify the latest updates, which you can select using the Shift and Ctrl keys.
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Troubleshooting
The software updates that you are able to manage are limited by the updates that you have indicated to the software update component that you want to work with. You configure the software update component by going to Administration>> Site Configuration>> Sites, select your site, click on Settings (in the ribbon), select Configure Site Components and click on Software Update Point.
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The Software Update Point configuration includes Sync Settings,
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Classifications,
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Products,
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and Sync Schedule.
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To see if synchronization with Microsoft Updates has occurred, check the status under Monitoring>> Software Update Point Synchronization Status.
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You can synchronize on-demand by right-clicking on All Software Updates and selecting Synchronize.
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If synchronization is not working look at the SMS_WSUS_SYNC_MANAGER component status messages and/or wsyncmgr.log file.
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For more information see
Under Software Library>> Software Updates>> All Software Updates you see all software updates that you have configured SCCM to synchronize from Microsoft Updates (just the metadata not the actual files). If you don't see the updates that you need or any update see the troubleshooting section at the end.
Let's pretend you need to have a software update group and/or software update deployment package for all security and critical updates released in 2013 for Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. To define our search, click on Add Criteria on the right of the search box and select the following fields: Date Released or Revised, Expired, Product, Superseded and Update Classification.
Then click on Add Criteria again to add two more Product fields and one more Update Classification field. Then configure the values for each search field as indicated below.
Now when you click on Search you'll get only the updates specified in the search criteria. You may want to save your search criteria so you don't have to repeat all your work. Click on Save Current Search and give your search criteria a name.
The next time you want to search on the same criteria, click on Saved Searches, Manage Searches for Current Node (make sure All Software Updates is selected on the left pane) and select your saved search.
You can select all the updates in the search result by using the keyboard key combination CTRL + A. Then you can right-click on the selected updates to perform the desired action. If you just want to select the updates for the current month to download them (perhaps into an existing deployment package) or add them to a software update group, then display the Date Released or Revised column by right-clicking on any header of the search result window and selecting it.
You can then sort the results by the Date Released or Revised column to easily identify the latest updates, which you can select using the Shift and Ctrl keys.
Troubleshooting
The software updates that you are able to manage are limited by the updates that you have indicated to the software update component that you want to work with. You configure the software update component by going to Administration>> Site Configuration>> Sites, select your site, click on Settings (in the ribbon), select Configure Site Components and click on Software Update Point.
The Software Update Point configuration includes Sync Settings,
Classifications,
Products,
and Sync Schedule.
To see if synchronization with Microsoft Updates has occurred, check the status under Monitoring>> Software Update Point Synchronization Status.
You can synchronize on-demand by right-clicking on All Software Updates and selecting Synchronize.
If synchronization is not working look at the SMS_WSUS_SYNC_MANAGER component status messages and/or wsyncmgr.log file.
For more information see
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