Have clients download updates from MS

[meofcourse]

I am still in a 100% testing environment (nothing in production yet) as far as SCCM goes. I am wondering if I can have the clients look to the SUP for update information while having them download the updates from Microsoft rather than the SUP. Since we have approximately 250 desktops off site and only about 20 on site, the goal would be saving on bandwidth, with the added benefit of less storage requirements on the SUP. Is this possible with a SUP or would I need to manage the updates separately from SCCM using WSUS?

Thanks.

[Peter van der Woude]

That's not possible. Using a Software Update Point is a "total package".

 

It is possible to create a local (Branch) Distribution Point for those clients and push your Software Update Package to that Distribution Point too. In that way the clients check with the Software Update Point and download from the local (Branch) Distribution Point.

[meofcourse]

Thanks for the reply Peter. Most of our Desktops are 1 Desktop per site, so deploying branch distribution points wouldn't accomplish much in those sites, but that would be helpful for the handful of other sites that have around 20+ desktops in.

 

Thanks again for the help.