This is actually not a new thing, it was available for download since last year. But with the upcoming of many product updates, it will be pretty tough for administrators to keep up with the pace, so this nice little extension tool comes in handy to check on the latest news for SCCM.
The tool can be downloaded from here. It is free of course. And there is the page long user guide over here. Installation process is very straightforward, you need a few clicks and you are good to go. Since the application will be installed in the SCCM console, you could installed in your client machine console instead of your production server console.
Below screenshots were take from Windows 7 machine:
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| Go to Administration pane, and you will see "Site Servicing", you will see recent news about SCCM. By the you will need internet connection to see all this news feeds. |
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Releases field will let you see what are the latest releases of CU and SP
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Site versions will be helpful as it translate the base version of your SCCM to "readable" format. Sometimes you see "Access Denied" in the fields, you could actually overcome the issues by running the console as administrator to resolve this issue.
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| Client targeting particularly useful as it helps you to create a query base on the latest CU or SP news. |
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Click on 'Create Query' base on the KB article as shown above.
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Go to Monitor pane, and you should see your query created, this actually helps you to ensure that your environment clients are patched with the latest SCCM updates.
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Then of course, who can miss the technical blog from SCCM team? :)
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Hope you guys find this tool useful! :)
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