You can now use the new SMSTSSoftwareUpdateScanTimeout Task Sequence variable to specify a timeout value to control how long the update scan should run.
Improvements to Install Software Updates Task Sequence step for Software Update Scans To do this select the new Evaluate software updates from cached scan results checkbox which is part of the Install Software Updates step. Or, if your image is relatively up-to-date, you can now use a cached set of scan results to limit which software updates are installed thus speeding up your deployments.
Full scan or use Cached Scan Results for Software Updatesĭuring an Operating System Deployment (OSD) of an image you now have the ability to either perform a full scan for software updates if your image is out-of-date. You can now customise these settings through new RamDiskTFTPBlockSize and RamDiskTFTPWindowSize Registry keys which should resolve issues with timeout errors. Ability to customise RamDISK TFTP block size and window size for PXE-enabled DPs When a user enrolls a device they can choose the category or you can specify rules on your Collections so when a device in enrolled it is assigned to a certain category. You can now create various categories for your MDM enrolled devices. Device Categories for MDM enrolled devices If you are running ConfigMgr 1606 and Windows 10 Anniversary edition PCs, you can now have multiple on-premise Mobile Device Management (MDM) Device Management Points. Multiple Device Management Points for On-Premise Mobile Device Management This has been changed in 1606 to take you to the status for the relevant piece of content. Previously whenever you viewed a piece of content and you wanted to know its status, and clicked on the Content Status link, it took you to the Content Status node showing the status of all content-not just the specific piece of content you are interested in. Now in 1606 if you know a SUP has failed you can right click on a Collection containing the affected clients, select Client Notification then click on the new Switch to next Software Update Point action to tell these clients to use the next SUP in their list of SUPs. If the SUP the client is using fails, the client retries the failed SUP for up to two hours. You maybe have multiple Software Update Points (SUPs) in your environment. On Demand Switching of Software Update Points This also means you can apply these settings globally by modifying the default client settings, or you can create customised client settings that you apply to different Collections to meet your needs. A good example is whether to use the Client Cache and its maximum size (either in MB or as a percentage of disk space), via the Client Cache Settings group in Client Settings. In 1606 you now have the ability to centrally control settings.
Prior to 1606 if you wanted to control the Client Cache you had to append various switches to the ccmsetupcommand line. Client Cache Settings can be configured via Client Settings
Multi-select Software Updates – You can now multi-select the software updates you want to install plus there is a new Install AllĢ.Separate tabs for Applications, Operating Systems and Updates – These provide easy segregation of the different types of software rather than everything being lumped in together.