Allow Products in System Center Configuration Manager

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Summary

Step-by-step guide to allow third-party product families in the System Center Configuration Manager.

Synopsis

This short guide describes how to allow products for Software Update points using the System Center Configuration Manager console. Once products are allowed, the applicable third-party patches that have been published to the Software Update point will appear in the Software Library after a Software Synchronization has taken place.

Discussion

1. Launch the System Center Configuration Manager Console

2. Start by running an initial Software Sync. This allows the SCCM Console to see that there is a Secunia/Flexera product waiting.
3. Once the sync is complete, navigate to Administration > Site Configuration > Sites

4. Right-click the Site and go to Configure Site Components > Software Update Point

 

5. Click the Products tab to view a listing of the current product categories (allowed products have check-marks). Here, you can allow packages you've published to the Software Update Point via the Software Vulnerability Manager interface. If you've enabled "Use Flexera Custom Naming" while creating your packages, you'll see a Secunia/Flexera company category showing up in the Product category window.

Additional Information

If you don't select allowed product categories in the SCCM administration console, then these updates will not be synchronized by SCCM and will not be displayed in the SCCM Console as available updates.

During patch creation, make sure to select 'Use Flexera Custom Naming' tick box to place all SVM packages under one category.