A critical part of systems management and an important part of any systems management strategy is the ability to manage and deploy security updates on managed devices. Configuration Manager has the ability to deploy and manage security updates on devices and also introduces functionality such as maintenance windows and some advanced settings to control the patching cycle on your devices.

In this chapter, we will look at the design of an update infrastructure as well as looking at sample scenarios to manage your updates on both servers and workstations. We will cover: