Deploy custom updates using Microsoft System Center Updates Publisher (SCUP). Once configured, custom updates are synchronized, downloaded, and deployed just like all other Microsoft updates with CM12. You will also find third-party catalogs from vendors such as Adobe, HP, and Dell. You can leverage these catalogs with SCUP to easily detect and deploy hardware (firmware, BIOS, and so on) and software updates.
To install custom updates, you must have a valid Software Update Point, as well as SCUP installed on either the server or your workstation. Search for the latest SCUP (current version is SCUP 2011) and download at http://www.microsoft.com/download.
After installing SCUP, follow the integrated help for assistance in preparing the environment – a signing certificate is required to publish and deploy custom updates, as well as a group policy update to allow locally signed updates to be deployed through WSUS. You also need to deploy the certificate to...