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System Center Updates Publisher: You can use System Center Updates Publisher to both download vendors’ catalog’s with updates like Adobe, HP, and Dell and to publish your own updates into the WSUS DB and deploy them as updates in Configuration Manager 2012.

It is possible to automatically approve updates, download them and distribute them to the DP’s automatically, just as you would in WSUS.

Automatic deployment rules: This isn’t really a benefit compared to WSUS, but as it is a new feature of Configuration Manager 2012 I will still add it to the list.

This means that you will not need a separate WSUS infrastructure and the updates are downloaded from the DP which minimizes the WAN impact for remote sites.

One Infrastructure: The actual software update files are downloaded from the local DP and not the WSUS/SUP server.

Scheduling: In Configuration Manager 2012 we have much more available options when it comes to scheduling an update and in combination with Maintenance Windows, it is truly powerful.

More information about Maintenance Windows.

This means that you deploy the update once and then based on Maintenance Windows the updates are installed and the servers are rebooted according to the deployment.

Maintenance Windows: Maintenance Windows can be used to control when changes are allowed to be made to a specific system.Unified Management / One console to rule them all: When using Configuration Manager 2012 for Software Updates as well as all other features in Configuration Manager 2012 like Application Management, OSD, Settings Management, inventory and now also Endpoint Protection you will have a single management console for your environment.The reports combined with all the other information ConfigMgr holds about your clients in your environment you can easily create really powerful and customized reports that you need in your environment. Reporting: There are many built-in reports for Software Update Compliance, troubleshooting and details.but I think is one of the most important one. When using a standalone WSUS the ConfigMgr client and WSUS client often tries to install software updates at the same time, which results in an error that is a hazard both for the end-user and to the IT department. When ConfigMgr installs a software update to a c client Software distribution is paused to avoid these situations. No more “Another installation is already running errors”. One Client: The ConfigMgr client controlling all installations on a computer, both software updates and application installations.