Software Update Groups

Software Update Groups New in Configuration Manager 2012 are the software update groups; these replace the update lists that were available in Configuration Manager 2007. When you want to organize your software updates in your environment effectively, you need to use software update groups. With automatic deployment rules you can add new updates automatically, or you can add them yourself manually. The deployment of software update groups can also be done automatically or manually.

With software update groups you are also able to retrieve compliance information from devices for the software updates without deploying them.