A software update has two parts: the software update file(s) and the metadata. The metadata is contained in the Configuration Manager database and provides information about the software update, including its name, description, products supported, update class, size, article ID, download URL, rules that apply, and so on.
Most important, the metadata for each software update defines what products are applicable to the update. A product (for example, Windows 7) is a specific edition of an OS or application. A product family (for example, Microsoft Windows) is a base OS or application from which single products come. You can select a product family or individual products when choosing what will be synced by Configuration Manager.
The metadata for each update also defines the update’s classification. This represents the type of software an update will modify on clients. There can be many different classifications for any given product family, which we will go over in the “Planning to Use Software Updates in Configuration Manager” section of this chapter. The metadata also defines what languages the update file is applicable to, and it provides a summary of the software update in one or more languages.
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