The deployment of software updates is critical to maintaining efficiency and security as well as stability in an enterprise environment. Due to the nature of technology and its ever-changing landscape, the threats associated with this are also changing constantly. An effective software update process requires consistent and continual attention.

Making sure you design a software update infrastructure within Configuration Manager that is fit for purpose is also an important part of ensuring that you are able to deliver updates to clients in a manner that is efficient, protects your environment as quickly as possible, and more importantly, does not disrupt usual business activities.

One of the biggest complaints about IT departments is that when patches are deployed, the need to reboot is often forced upon the user.