Software update features

Managing deployment using ConfigMgr provides a number of features that are not available for the WSUS server alone. Additional available features are as follows:

• The outcome of update scanning can be used to deploy updates or used for other tasks, such as Compliance Settings
• An easy and straightforward way to install updates only on maintenance window for each collection separately
• Automatic deployment of updates that match the criteria set by the administrator
• Monitoring and reporting of scanning results as well as the deployment of updates based on data from the ConfigMgr server
• The capability to create your own reports related to update deployment
• The capability to use Wake On LAN and power plans for deployments
• Deployment of updates even on computers with no domain joined and working on the internet
• Deployment of updates using Windows Update for Business...