System Center Update Publisher

One shortfall of Microsoft’s update catalog used by WSUS and ConfigMgr is that it does not contain any non-Microsoft updates. This isn’t Microsoft’s fault: How could they possibly keep up with or be responsible for tracking and providing the updates for the multitudes of other products used worldwide? However, Microsoft provides a great tool so that third parties including vendors and administrators can publish their own catalogs for use with ConfigMgr software updates—System Center Updates Publisher 2011.

SCUP is not actually included with ConfigMgr but is a separate and free download from Microsoft, available at http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=11940. Using this tool, you can import updates ...

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