Configuration Manager provides many ways to set up an update deployment. These sections reflect one way that I think should work well for many organizations. They will provide a good basis for understanding the process and make the alternative procedures clear. You should experiment in a lab setup to determine which is best for you.
The following steps create an Update List that is later used in one or more deployments. This procedure allows different individuals to select the updates to be applied, and also allows one Update List to be used in more than one deployment.
- Use Ctrl+click in a Search Folder to select the updates to be deployed, based on the previous analysis
- Right click and select Update List
- Select Create a new update list and enter the desired name, based on your naming standards
- Do not check the "Download the files..." box - that will be done as part of creating the deployment
- Update security permissions if needed, just as under SMS 2003
- A summary of the selected actions is displayed for your review - make sure it matches your intentions
- A final summary is displayed showing if the operation was successful - review any warnings or errors and correct as needed