When you enable this setting, the management point creates a trigger for the distribution manager to distribute the content to all such distribution points when a client requests the content for the package and the content isn't available.
By default, the site sends packages with Medium priority.Įnable for on-demand distribution: Use this setting to enable on-demand content distribution to distribution points configured for this feature and in the client's current boundary group. If there's no backlog, the package processes immediately regardless of its priority. Packages with identical priorities are sent in the order in which they were created. Deployment packages are sent in priority order: high, medium, or low. The distribution priority applies when the deployment package is sent to distribution points at child sites. Specify the following settings:ĭistribution priority: Use this setting to specify the distribution priority for the deployment package.
#New windows software download update#
The Distribution Settings page is available only when you create a new software update deployment package. This page is available only when you create a new software update deployment package. For more information about distribution points, see Distribution point configurations. On the Distribution Points page, specify the distribution points or distribution point groups to host the software update files. For more information, see Binary differential replication. Binary differential replication (BDR) only updates the content that has changed in the package, instead of updating the entire package contents. This restriction reduces the risk of attackers tampering with the software update source files.Įnable binary differential replication: Enable this setting to minimize network traffic between sites.
#New windows software download download#
Restrict access to the download location. The computer account of the SMS Provider and the user that's running the wizard to download the software updates must both have Write permissions to the download location. If you do, first copy the content from the original package source to the new package source location.
You can change the package source location in the deployment package properties after Configuration Manager creates the deployment package. You can't use the specified location as the source of another software deployment package. Create the shared folder for the deployment package source files before you proceed to the next page. Type a network path for the source location, for example, \\server\sharename\path, or click Browse to find the network location. Package source: Specifies the location of the software update source files. The optional description is limited to 127 characters. It's limited to 50 characters.ĭescription: Specify a description that provides information about the deployment package. The package must have a unique name that briefly describes the package content. Name: Specifies the name of the deployment package. Software updates that the site has already downloaded to the selected deployment package won't be downloaded again.Ĭreate a new deployment package: Select this setting to create a new deployment package for the software updates in the deployment.