Deploying custom updates

Deploy custom updates using Microsoft System Center Updates Publisher (SCUP). Once configured, custom updates are synchronized, downloaded, and deployed just like all other Microsoft updates with CM. You will also find third-party catalogs from vendors like Adobe, HP, and Dell. You can leverage these catalogs with SCUP to easily detect and deploy hardware (firmware, BIOS, and so on) and software updates.

Note

So far, there is no official statement from Microsoft on the supportability of SCUP with CM current branch. But, there is a lot of feedback that SCUP works fine with CM.

Getting ready

To install custom updates, you must have a valid SoftwareUpdatePoint, as well as SCUP installed on either the server or your workstation. Search for the latest SCUP (current version is SCUP 2011) and download at: http://www.microsoft.com/download.

After installing SCUP, follow the integrated help for assistance in preparing the environment - a signing certificate is required to publish...