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grocadmin
Dec 09, 2025Copper Contributor
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...
Simone_Termine
Dec 16, 2025Copper Contributor
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.