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Configuration Manager ADR for Windows Servers Not Deploying Updates
Hi everyone, We recently deployed Configuration Manager 2503 in our environment. The environment consists of the following: 1 Primary Site Server including Distribution Point role in head offic...
Hi @grocadmin,
when ADRs don’t seem to deploy updates to servers, it’s usually not one big mysterious problem, but one of a few “broken links in the chain”. The chain is basically:
- is the ADR actually producing something?
- are your ADR filters really matching “Windows Server” updates?
- even if the deployment exists, is content actually available on your DPs?
- are the servers scanning and reporting compliance?
If you want a fast diagnosis trick: pick one recent update and do a manual deployment to a tiny test collection (1–2 servers).
- If manual deployment works, the core infra is fine and the ADR criteria/content workflow is the issue.
- If manual deployment fails too, then it’s boundaries/content/client scanning.
If you can share just these 3 pieces, it becomes very easy to pinpoint:
- After running the ADR, does the Software Update Group contain updates or is it empty?
- Do you see the ADR-created deployment under Monitoring > Deployments?
- On one affected server, does compliance show “Required” updates or mostly “Unknown”?
With that, we can usually identify the exact broken link without guessing.