Did You Know 1: Software Update Status

Everyday we read software updates report status, but have you ever thought, what does the status really means? Well, few days back a manager came by and ask me a question on the report status and it lead me think of giving "professional' answers that are published in technet: 

State	Description
Required	Specifies that the software update is applicable and required on the client computer. Any of the following conditions could be true when the software update state is Required: ·         The software update was not deployed to the client computer. ·         The software update was installed on the client computer. However, the most recent state message has not yet been inserted into the database on the site server. The client computer rescans for the update after the installation has finished. There might be a delay of up to two minutes before the client sends the updated state to the management point that then forwards the updated state to the site server. ·         The software update was installed on the client computer. However, the software update installation requires a computer restart before the update is completed. ·         The software update was deployed to the client computer but has not yet been installed.
Not Required	Specifies that the software update is not applicable on the client computer. Therefore, the software update is not required.
Installed	Specifies that the software update is applicable on the client computer and that the client computer already has the software update installed.
Unknown	Specifies that the site server has not received a state message from the client computer, typically because one of the following: ·         The client computer did not successfully scan for software updates compliance. ·         The scan finished successfully on the client computer. However, the state message has not yet been processed on the site server, possibly because of a state message backlog. ·         The scan finished successfully on the client computer, but the state message has not been received from the child site. ·         The scan finished successfully on the client computer, but the state message file was corrupted in some way and could not be processed.

Taken from: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg682168.aspx

I hope you find this useful! :) 

Happy reading! 

SY