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FIGURE 5-27
Update classifications
Once you have configured the Software Update point, you can trigger a manual synchro-
nization by performing the following steps:
1.
In the Software Library workspace of the Configuration Manager console, click All Soft-
ware Updates under Software Updates.
On the ribbon, click Synchronize Software Updates. You can view the status of the
synchronization by checking the SMS_WSUS_SYNC_MANAGER segment in the Compo-
nent Status node of the Monitoring workspace.
2.
Software update groups
Software update groups allow you to collect together updates. You can add software updates
to software update groups manually, or automatically configure new software updates to be
added to a software update group through an automatic deployment rule. You can deploy
software update groups to Configuration Manager collections. Configuration Manager col-
lections are groups of configuration manager clients or users, though you can only deploy
software updates to client collections. You can deploy software update groups to collections
either manually, or automatically through an automatic deployment rule. When you deploy a
