Downloading Updates

It is possible for an update download from Microsoft to fail. Recall WSUS does not download the updates in ConfigMgr; you must manually initiate download of all updates when not using ADRs. This is an interactive process; the ConfigMgr console initiates a connection to the Microsoft download servers using the credentials of the user currently logged in to the console. You can easily test connectivity for the current user by opening Internet Explorer and navigating to http://www.microsoft.com/downloads. (If a proxy server is required to connect to the Internet, configure the settings in Internet Explorer.) If the logged-in user does not have permission to perform the action, the download will not take place.

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