Moving Devices into an Advanced Software Management Approval Group

Moving Devices into an Advanced Software Management Approval Group

Devices can only belong to the All Computers approval group and one other approval group.

What If...

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What If...

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A device is moved into an approval group

The device will end up with all the approved updates for that group. If they are installed, they do not need to be re-installed. If they are still needed, they will be installed. 

A device is moved into an approval group that does not allow installs for a patch it already has

No updates are uninstalled.

  1. In Service Center, click Patch Management > Settings > Approval Groups.

  2. From the Approval Group list, select the approval group that contains the devices you want to move.

  3. Do one of the following:

    • To select one device at a time, select the check box that corresponds with each device you want to add to the approval group.

    • To select all the check boxes at once, select the check box at the top of the column.

  4. Click Move selected devices.

  5. From the drop-down list, select the approval group to which you want to move the devices.

  6. Click OK.