this might give you some ideas and there's a powershell script to create collections with maintenance windows too, you can adjust the values in the scripts xml file to 'set your own' mw's
http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/6799-using-system-center-2012-configuration-manager-part-9-deploying-monthly-updates/ On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 9:52 PM, Beardsley, James <[email protected] > wrote: > For the past several years, I’ve only managed the PC environment and so > I’ve never really had a reason to use maintenance windows. We just push out > updates and they get installed as soon as possible. I’d like for that > process to change but that’s the way we’ve always done it. However, I’m now > going to be taking over the responsibility for updating servers as well – > which were previously done with plain ol’ WSUS and they were all done at > once on a Sunday morning. I’ve got the SCCM client loaded on some test > servers and I’m looking into setting up some MW’s for testing. Does anyone > have a good guide on the recommended way of 1) setting up the collections > and 2) setting MW’s on those collections? Is there a certain structure I > should use? I’m sure there are many different ways to do it but just > curious what others are doing. > > > > Thanks, > > James > ------------------------------ > > *Confidentiality Notice:* This e-mail is intended only for the addressee > named above. It contains information that is privileged, confidential or > otherwise protected from use and disclosure. If you are not the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, disclosure, copying, or > dissemination of this transmission, or taking of any action in reliance on > its contents, or other use is strictly prohibited. If you have received > this transmission in error, please reply to the sender listed above > immediately and permanently delete this message from your inbox. Thank you > for your cooperation. > >
