How to Configure Automatic Approvals to Support Deadlines in Essentials
Applies To: System Center Essentials 2010
In addition to configuring System Center Essentials 2010 to automatically approve critical and security updates, you can set a deadline so that users are offered a specified time to install the required updates themselves, otherwise the packages will be automatically installed when the deadline has been reached. Use the following procedure to configure a deadline for update installation.
To configure automatic approvals to support deadlines
In the Essentials console, click the Updates button and then click Configure Auto-Approvals in the Actions list.
On the Approvals tab, click Yes, I want to approve synchronized updates according to the following rules if it is not selected already, and then click Add.
When the Add Approval Rule dialog box opens, type a rule name in the text box and then select one or more criteria from the list to apply to approvals. In the Criteria description box, click the underlined text to edit the values.
Deploy to specified computer groups— Select one or more computer groups and click OK.
Within specified update classifications— Select one or update classifications from the list of available types and click OK.
For specified products— Select the Microsoft software you want to update from the list of available products and click OK.
When updates arrive at the client computer, begin installing them after a specified time— Select either to install updates immediately or install them after a specified interval. If you select to install after an interval, select the number of days to wait before automatically installing, select the time of day to automatically install, and then click OK.
Tip
If the update is not installed on a given computer by the specified deadline, it will be automatically installed at the end of this interval.
Click OK after completing the configuration for the selected criteria. After the new rule has been created, you will be returned to the list of automatic approval rules. Click Run Rule Now to apply the new rule immediately.
To configure additional automatic approval settings
On the Revisions tab, choose to automatically approve the latest revision to an update or continue using the older version of an update that will continue to be approved, and then click Apply.
On the Updates to Essentials tab, select the check box to automatically approve updates to System Center Essentials, and then click Apply.