I think the best thing you can do is keep your image up to date. The software 
updates step will fly though in no time.

Mike

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On 
Behalf Of Stephen Owen
Sent: Monday, June 1, 2015 10:57 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [mssms] Tips on speeding up Software Updates during TS?

Hi guys,

  I saw this interesting blog post today, titled 'Why do Software Updates take 
so long' which was pretty great!

  http://www.kraftkennedy.com/why-do-software-updates-take-so-long/

  Here's the core takeaway:

In the screenshots above we see that the Windows Update Agent handler starts at 
2:01 and doesn’t finish its scan until 16 mins later. It is during this time 
that the task sequence step ‘Install Software Updates’ appears to hang or 
freeze. After this scan completes you then see any updates that need to be 
downloaded and installed. Doesn’t matter if there is 1 or  100.  The delay 
before downloading is approximately the same, while the Windows update agent is 
properly initialized and configured to work for software updates in a task 
sequence.

  Now, I've definitely seen this before, where the Task Sequence freezes at 
'Install Software Updates' for about 15 minutes, and it doesn't seem to matter 
when in the TS I add the Software Updates step.  I've just completed offline 
servicing too, so I'm kind of perplexed as to why updates would even be 
available again.

  Do you guys have any tips on this point?  How do you tend to handle Updates?  
Should I just built and capture once a month?


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