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We’re Extending Subscriptions for Customers as a Result of COVID-19
We wanted to share an update on some changes we are making to help ensure our customers don’t lose access to our services as a result of COVID-19. We know there are a lot of challenges our...
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Now Available: Automatically Create and Deploy Applications in Microsoft Intune
How to Automatically Create Applications in Microsoft Intune One of our most popular UserVoice requests was to create and manage third-party applications in Intune automatically. The ability...
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Aligning to Microsoft Standards for Update Classifications
We heard your feedback. In this blog post, we want to cover some changes to the way we set update classifications in our third-party software update catalog and why we decided to make these changes...
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How to Create a PKI Based WSUS Signing Certificate Using (AD CS)
You can create a PKI-based WSUS signing certificate from a local PKI such as Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) or even use a public certificate authority such as DigiCert for...
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How to Use Automatic Deployment Rules (ADRs) with Patch My PC Updates
Setting up Automatic Deployment Rules (ADRs) for Patch My PC updates is simple. In the guide below, we will review the basics of ADR’s for Patch My PC updates and how you can include or exclude...
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Selectively Choose Products to Publish – Patch My PC Update Catalog
Important Changes: Due to improvements in Configuration Manager 1910, this method will no longer be supported after January 1, 2020. Please see this updated guide on the improved categories...
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Introducing A Preview Of Our Third-Party Update Publishing Service for SCCM
We are happy to announce a public preview of our new publishing service that automates the publishing of third-party updates from our update catalog to WSUS. When combined with automatic...
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System Center Updates Publisher (SCUP) Update Released – March 2018
System Center Updates Publisher (SCUP) Update Released – March 2018 In case you missed the announcement, Microsoft just released a new version of System Center Updates Publisher (6.0.278.0)...