System Centre Config Manager - 1906

[NetworkNinja]

Good Morning,

 

Since our virus attack on our network we have had to rebuild everything. This included rebuilding our system center software which was done by a third party company.

 

I am now at the stage where I want software to be installed on computers. I can't seem to get the software to be installed automatically. I have 2 maintenance windows set up to install windows updates and another for all deployments.

 

What am I missing?

[ColonelPanic]

Simple (and possibly silly) question.

 

In the deployment properties, is the deployment purpose set to "Required" rather than "Available"?

 

Cheers,

CP

[NetworkNinja]

Its currently set to Available. Should I change this to Required?

 

Update - I have just redeployed the application and set it as required. Do I need to wait until the next Maintenance Windows to see whether it will install or not.

Edited September 19, 2019 by JJames

[CHiLL]

Its currently set to Available. Should I change this to Required?

 

Update - I have just redeployed the application and set it as required. Do I need to wait until the next Maintenance Windows to see whether it will install or not.

Available means it will appear in Software Center and the user can choose to install it, but it won't install itself.

Required means it will be forced to install when the installation deadline is met.

 

For app deployment, I set all almost all apps to install whether a user is logged on or not. For all non-instrusive applications/app that don't require a restart - I tend to set the installation deadline to as soon as possible and check the box for Software Installation under 'When installation deadline reached'. That way it will install that app as soon as possible, even if the user is on the machine. I also specify that the user notifications are set to 'Display in Software Center, and only show notifications for computer restarts'. The default option tends to be 'Display in Software Center and show all notifications', which means that the user gets a bunch of toast notifications that an app is installing. With it only showing restarts, it doesn't bother the user and they barely realise it's installing something whilst they're using it.

 

When I update an app like Chrome, Office or other apps that are used frequently by staff, I'll specify that the app isn't available until after the school day, so maybe 15.30. That way it doesn't force close an app that's in use to upgrade it during the day.

Edited September 19, 2019 by CHiLL

[NetworkNinja]

Thanks - That is very useful to know.

 

I have now redeployed my apps and set them as required. I will keep checking them throughout the day to ensure they are installing.

 

Still trying to get my head around using SCCM.

[NetworkNinja]

This Issue has now been solved by setting the to required instead of available.

 

Thank-you