Enabling Third-Party Software Update Catalogs in Microsoft SCCM

Overview

In this video guide, we will be covering how to configure the third-party software update catalogs feature added in SCCM 1806. This video guide covers enabling your software update point for third-party software updates, setting Configuration Manager to manage the certificate, enabling the client setting to enable third-party software updates and configuring the Patch My PC Update Catalog in the third-party software update catalog node of SCCM.

Video Guide

Topics in Video

• Enable the "Enable third-party software updates" in the "Third Party Updates" tab of the Software Update Point - https://youtu.be/rBdmWbf5Vgg?t=41
• Configure Configuration Manager to manage the WSUS signing certificate - https://youtu.be/rBdmWbf5Vgg?t=68
• Enable the client setting "Enable third party software updates" - https://youtu.be/rBdmWbf5Vgg?t=190
• Review the process of Configuration Manager creating the code-signing certificate for WSUS - https://youtu.be/rBdmWbf5Vgg?t=222
• Enable Patch My PC Trial Catalog as a Custom Catalog - https://youtu.be/rBdmWbf5Vgg?t=305
• Review the SMS_ISVUPDATES_SYNCAGENT.log to see the catalog being published - https://youtu.be/rBdmWbf5Vgg?t=387
• Sync the SUP and Enable Patch My PC updates in the Products tab of the SUP - https://youtu.be/rBdmWbf5Vgg?t=428
• Enable Patch My PC Catalog for a Specific Product (Oracle Java Only) - https://youtu.be/rBdmWbf5Vgg?t=485
• Enable Patch My PC Full Catalog for Publishing - https://youtu.be/rBdmWbf5Vgg?t=629
• Publish Third-Party Update Content from the SCCM Console - https://youtu.be/rBdmWbf5Vgg?t=755
• Review SCCM Third-Party Update Catalogs compared to our automated publishing service - https://youtu.be/rBdmWbf5Vgg?t=854
• Deploy the third-party software updates using an automatic deployment rule - https://youtu.be/rBdmWbf5Vgg?t=962
• Review client and verify it received the WSUS certificate and third-party update policy - https://youtu.be/rBdmWbf5Vgg?t=1042
• Verify client updates Java 8 Update 171 to Java 8 Update 181 - https://youtu.be/rBdmWbf5Vgg?t=1100

Topics Mentioned in Video

• Patch My PC Third-Party Update Catalog - https://patchmypc.net/third-party-patch-management-sccm-scup-catalog
• Trial Catalog Overview: https://patchmypc.net/scup-catalog-trial
• Trial Catalog Download URL for SCCM Catalog: https://patchmypc.net/trial-catalog-download
• Selectively Choose Products to Import Using Patch My PC Update Catalog: https://patchmypc.net/selectively-choose-products-to-publish-patch-my-pc-update-catalog
• Patch My PC Update Catalog Supported Products: https://patchmypc.net/supported-products-scup-catalog

Helpful Resources:

• Enable third-party updates - /en-us/sccm/sum/deploy-use/third-party-software-updates
• Prerequisites to Enable third-party updates  - /en-us/sccm/sum/deploy-use/third-party-software-updates#prerequisites
• Additional requirements when the SUP is remote from the top-level site server - /en-us/sccm/sum/deploy-use/third-party-software-updates#additional-requirements-when-the-sup-is-remote-from-the-top-level-site-server
• Enable third-party updates on the SUP - /en-us/sccm/sum/deploy-use/third-party-software-updates#enable-third-party-updates-on-the-sup
• Configure the WSUS signing certificate - /en-us/sccm/sum/deploy-use/third-party-software-updates#configure-the-wsus-signing-certificate
• Enable third-party updates on the clients - /en-us/sccm/sum/deploy-use/third-party-software-updates#enable-third-party-updates-on-the-clients
• Add a custom third-party software update catalog - /en-us/sccm/sum/deploy-use/third-party-software-updates#add-a-custom-catalog
• Subscribe to a third-party catalog and sync updates - /en-us/sccm/sum/deploy-use/third-party-software-updates#subscribe-to-a-third-party-catalog-and-sync-updates
• Publish and deploy third-party software updates - /en-us/sccm/sum/deploy-use/third-party-software-updates#publish-and-deploy-third-party-software-updates
• Monitoring progress of third-party software updates - /en-us/sccm/sum/deploy-use/third-party-software-updates#monitoring-progress-of-third-party-software-updates
• Known issues - /en-us/sccm/sum/deploy-use/third-party-software-updates#known-issues
• Status messages for third-party software updates in SCCM - /en-us/sccm/sum/deploy-use/third-party-software-updates#status-messages