Category: Software Updates

SCCM Configmgr SSRS Report Quick way to check if Clients are compliant or not for all the approved patches?

Posted on February 6, 2016 by | 56 Comments | 19,904 Views
Introduction: Software update compliance is a critical aspect of maintaining a secure and well-functioning IT environment. However, reporting the compliance status for a large number of clients can be time-consuming and challenging. In this blog post, we will explore an efficient method to quickly determine the compliance status of clients for specific software update groups.…
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SCCM Configmgr How to generate patch compliance report that shows all updates for specific collection ?

Posted on February 4, 2016 by | 24 Comments | 42,148 Views
There are couple of posts on TechNet blog and other forums asking for ‘Is there any report that list all updates with compliance status for specific collection’ ? Read it once again ,A software update compliance report that list all updates whether Targeted, Installed, Missing for specific Collection. A collection may contain X number of…
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SCCM Configmgr SSRS Report Get list of missing updates for client from specific Software update group

Posted on December 20, 2015 by | 5 Comments | 11,243 Views
Few months ago,I posted a blog on How to get list of missing/Required software updates for specific computer .This report basically helps to identify if the PC missing any patches to confirm the device is fully compliant or not. But this report is based on all the software updates available in the SCCM and whether…
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SCCM Configmgr 2012 Updated Patch Compliance reports for software update group and collection with patch progression

Posted on December 16, 2015 by | 40 Comments | 12,099 Views
  Few months ago,I blogged about  SCCM Configmgr 2012 SSRS Patch Compliance Report Per Collection Per Update Group .This report tells you ,how your specific software update group (list of patches) is performing on specific collection(list of computers). It has linked report to see what computers are non-compliant for troubleshooting with some additional client information…
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SCCM 2012 SQL Query count updates from Software update groups if they are bigger than hard limit 1000 or not

Posted on November 17, 2015 by | 0 Comments | 2,740 Views
In Configuration manager 2012,the update limit per update-deployment group has been increased (hard limit) to 1000 where was in Configmgr 2007,it was just 500 updates.More information about the hard limit and further questions ,worth reading the blog post by Kevin http://blogs.technet.com/b/server-cloud/archive/2012/02/20/managing-software-updates-in-configuration-manager-2012.aspx The hard limit is --the list of software updates what you see in software…
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sccm 2012 SQL Query Get software updates that are downloaded but not in any software update group

Posted on November 17, 2015 by | 1 Comment | 4,461 Views
Software update groups in Configmgr 2012 simplifies lot of administrative work ,which simply  contains list of updates (must be downloaded before you add any updates) merged to single deployment (can have multiple deployments for single software update group). Coming to the subject line, It is necessary (during cleanup activity) to find software updates that are…
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SCCM Configmgr Troubleshooting Client software update issues

Posted on April 7, 2015 by | 67 Comments | 217,604 Views
One of most important and critically used feature in configuration manager 2012 is  Software updates .It is always challenging and import task for any sccm administrator to achieve good patch compliance success rate within the given SLA(Service level agreement).Patch compliance success rate is depends mainly on heath of your SCCM clients and some times things…
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