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On each Publishing Service sync, Patch My PC queries the SCCM DB to see what applications are installed on workstations. Can an option be added to "uncheck" updates from the list of updates and/or applications in the PMP Publishing Service settings that were originally enabled by the PMP auto-publishing rules so those applications and their updates are no longer published?
This will help prevent storage on the WSUS server and server/shares used for SCCM source content from being filled by updates and applications no longer needed. Additionally, since it would no longer be checked, it'd also reduce the time the Publishing Service sync takes to complete. As it stands now, we'd have to do a manual clean up to remove the configured updates/apps that are no longer necessary. This could possibly be ran when PMP runs the WSUS clean up actions.
| What Patch My PC product is this new application request for? | Patch My PC Enterprise |
Thank you for this suggestion. Since 2021, when this idea was submitted, we have expanded the Scan ConfigMgr functionality in Patch My PC Publisher.
Publisher can now query ConfigMgr hardware inventory, identify supported applications installed across your devices, display their device counts, and help you select the appropriate products for publishing. Auto-Publishing Rules can also automatically enable newly detected products once they meet a configured device threshold.
The remaining opportunity is the reverse lifecycle process: automatically identifying products that are no longer detected, disabling products previously enabled through auto-publishing, and optionally cleaning up the associated updates, applications, deployment packages, and content. Today, these retirement and cleanup activities still require administrative review and manual action.
We are keeping this idea open to track that remaining automation. More information about the support currently available can be found in our Scan ConfigMgr documentation.
Came across PATCHMYPC-I-1291 which has a similar idea plus additional features. Maybe PATCHMYPC-I-1291 could be combined with this one or vice versa?