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Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Advanced Deployment

You're reading from   Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Advanced Deployment Design, implement, and configure System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 with the help of real-world examples

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2014
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ISBN-13 9781782172086
Length 290 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Designing Complex Hierarchies FREE CHAPTER 2. Implementing Security with Certificates 3. Working with Inventory, Asset Intelligence, and Software Metering 4. Security with Endpoint Protection 5. Advanced Content Management 6. Application Deployment 7. Deploying Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 8. Deploying Security Updates 9. Advanced Reporting 10. Preventing Configuration Drift 11. Managing Bring Your Own Device and Mobility 12. Advanced Troubleshooting Index

Deploying endpoint protection definition updates


To successfully and efficiently protect your clients, you will also need to deploy the latest definition updates to your clients. Endpoint protection client definitions are similar to signature updates in other antivirus products. They are available via Windows Server Updates Services (WSUS) and can be downloaded and deployed using Configuration Manager.

In order to deploy the definition updates, you first need a software update point. This is actually a prerequisite for setting up the endpoint protection point anyway, so it should already be in place.

Setting up the software update point

Configuration Manager supports the deployment of definition updates just like any other update. They are treated the same as a regular security update for Windows or a critical update for Internet Explorer.

Ensure that in your software update point, component settings under the Sites node in the Administration workspace has the category Definition Updates and...

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