The amount of data that transfers daily on a corporate network is quite important. Once a month, Windows Update has quite an impact on that amount. SCCM along Delivery Optimization can help better manage that crazy amount of GB or even TB of content required to patch all computers. In an earlier post, we covered the topic to use with Intune and Windows Update for business In this post, we will detail how to use SCCM Delivery Optimization to deliver Windows Updates. Requirements Clients must be running Windows 10 ConfigMgr 1910 or higher to get all Network ports 7680 inbound to allow peers 80 to allow computer do download updates from Windows Update For more details, see Microsoft docs SCCM Delivery Optimization Using Delivery Optimization along ConfigMgr can be useful for the following reasons : Avoid hosting GBs of updates on-prem across many different distribution points/host/data center to support all … Read More
How to See and Control SCCM Content Deliveries in Real Time
SCCM is an amazing solution that has changed the face of systems management. Third party vendors have made Microsoft’s technology even better with improved content delivery, P2P infrastructure, networking developments, and other enhancements. One SCCM enhancement comes from Adaptiva Content Visibility and Control. Can you see where your content is while it is being transferred over the WAN? Can you pause, reprioritize it, or speed it up? Can you see where all global content resides at rest on disk in operation locations around the world? Without those capabilities, you’re flying blind and you may be at risk when dealing with zero-day security patches, requests from high profile users, mission-critical fixes, etc. See all Content in Transit With the latest release of Adaptiva OneSite, version 5.5, admins now have complete transparency into all WAN transfers worldwide through LiveFlow™. I’ve included some screenshots to give you a better feel for the technology. … Read More