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Hi,

Can anyone assist with clarifying the benefit of using SCCM 2012 for server patching over WSUS. As far as
i understand SCCM can manage updates for third party applications if configured correctly. However if
this is the only benefit I cannot see a clear reason for using it.

Any information on the benefits of SCCM for server patching would be much appreciated.

Regards,

Michael.

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Hi,

There are many reasons to use SCCM for patching instead of WSUS, I wrote a blog post a while ago
listing 12 reasons why you should use it.

http://ccmexec.com/2012/08/top-11-reasons-why-you-should-use-configmgr-2012-for-managing-
software-updates/
I hope that helps!
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Jörgen

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 Hi Michael,

You post your question in the service manager forum. Please ask your question in the sccm forum:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-
us/home?category=systemcenter2012configurationmanager
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Dennis

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Hi,

There are many reasons to use SCCM for patching instead of WSUS, I wrote a blog post a while ago
listing 12 reasons why you should use it.

http://ccmexec.com/2012/08/top-11-reasons-why-you-should-use-configmgr-2012-for-managing-
software-updates/
I hope that helps!

Regards,
Jörgen

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Hi Jorgen, That is brilliant, exactly what I was looking for. Thank you for the assistance, and the quick
response. Regards, Michael.

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Jorgen: I just happened upon your reply on this thread when looking for a SCCM vs WSUS argument,
and your blog post helped push me to start the process of moving from WSUS to SCCM updates.

Do you possibly have a post or know of a good walk-through for setting this up in configuration
manager (preferably 1602) ?

Thanks for your constant help in the forums, it really does help us out!

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Jon,

There are a few good resources that we used to get SCCM up and running. The two best ones that I
found besides MS Tech Net articles were:

https://www.systemcenterdudes.com/step-by-step-sccm-1511-installation/
http://jimmoldenhauer.blogspot.com/2016/05/sccm-1511-installation.html

They get you up to the point where you can install the 1602 update. Both sites include commentary
about updating it once you have installed 1511.