However, I'm experiencing quite the opposite of what I was expecting: as soon as the new updates are processed by the ADRs, they get automatically installed on all systems by the Software Center, and the computers are subsequently restarted. I created some Automatic Deployment Rules to automatically download and deploy critical updates, and to have an installation dealine of 'as soon as possible' but then, I've also configured those rules to not do anything when the deadline is reached, and to not perform system restarts even if needed:Īlso, I've configured the device collections to where those rules deploy updates to not have any valid maintencance window. I'm using System Center Configuration Manager 2012 with the Software Update Point feature however, in this environment patching has to be strictly manual, because server reboots need to be approved and scheduled by different people thus, I need to use ConfigMgr's SUP like I would use a plain WSUS server with auto-approval but with manual installation.

Execmgr Auto Install Is Set To False