Use the SMS 2003 Settings tab in the Configuration Manager 2007 software update deployment template name properties dialog box to deploy software updates to SMS 2003 clients in the target collection. . If the Deploy software updates to SMS 2003 clients setting is enabled, this template can only be used to initiate deployments with software updates that are deployable to SMS 2003 clients. Software updates from the Microsoft Update catalog and synchronized using Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates catalog can be deployed to SMS 2003 clients.

The SMS 2003 Settings tab contains the following elements:

Deploy software updates to SMS 2003 clients

Specifies whether to deploy the software updates in the deployment to SMS 2003 clients that are in the target collection. A package, package instruction files, and advertisement are created and sent to child SMS 2003 sites to support the update installation on SMS 2003 clients. By default, this setting is not enabled.

Collect hardware inventory immediately

Specifies whether to collect hardware inventory on SMS 2003 clients immediately following software update installation. This increases reporting accuracy clients but might increase system activity on the SMS 2003 clients. By default, the check box is not selected and hardware inventory is collected during its scheduled hardware inventory cycle.

When a distribution point is available locally

Specifies that SMS 2003 clients handle software update installation when the updates are available on a local distribution point according to the following options:

• Run update installation from distribution point: Specifies that the software updates are installed from the distribution point. This is the default setting.
  
  
• Download updates from distribution point and then run installation: Specifies that the software updates are downloaded from the distribution point and then installed on the client.
  
  

  Caution
  When software updates are downloaded and then installed on SMS 2003 clients, all updates contained in the package are downloaded regardless of applicability for the client. When deployment packages contain a lot of updates that might not be applicable to the SMS 2003 client, you should consider whether to run the update installation directly from the distribution point.

When a client is connected within a slow or unreliable network boundary

Specifies that SMS 2003 clients handle software update installation when the updates are available only on remote distribution points according to the following options:

• Do not run update installation: Specifies that the software update installation will not run.
  
  
• Download updates from a remote distribution point prior to update installation: Specifies that the software updates are downloaded from the distribution point and then installed on the client.
  
  

  Caution
  When software updates are downloaded and then installed on SMS 2003 clients, all updates contained in the package are downloaded regardless of applicability for the client. When deployment packages contain a lot of updates that might not be applicable to the SMS 2003 client, you should consider whether to run the update installation directly from the distribution point.

• Run update installation from a remote distribution point: Specifies that the software updates are installed from the remote distribution point. This is the default setting.
  
  

OK

Saves the changes and exits the dialog box.

Cancel

Exits the dialog box without saving any changes.

Apply

Saves the changes and remains in the dialog box.

Help

Opens the help topic for this tab of the dialog box.

See Also

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