Client Notification option in SCCM to Download Computer Policies ASAP ConfigMgr

Client Notification option in SCCM to Download Computer Policies ASAP ConfigMgr. Another enhancement with ConfigMgr SCCM 2012 SP1 Beta. “Client Notification” Function in CM 2012 SP1 can be used to “Download Computer Policy”.

As Soon As Possible without using any third-party right-click tools. Obviously, you won’t get this option for “User Collections”.

Client Notification option in SCCM to Download Computer Policies ASAP ConfigMgr

Client Notification option in SCCM to Download Computer Policies ASAP ConfigMgr
Client Notification option in SCCM to Download Computer Policies ASAP ConfigMgr
Client Notification option in SCCM to Download Computer Policies ASAP ConfigMgr
Client Notification option in SCCM to Download Computer Policies ASAP ConfigMgr

“Client notification to start some client operations from the Configuration Manager console, which include downloading computer policy and initiating a malware scan to be performed as soon as possible, instead of during the normal client policy polling interval.” via TechNet Article.

When you click on “Download Computer Policy” it also provides a notification window which intern checks the availability of “ONLINE” Clients. I’m not sure, what is the process behind this check (inactive clients are treated as not online or it’s just a ping test?). Probably, I’ll explain that in some other future post.

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“0 out of the 27 clients in the collection are online and will be notified to update computer policy as soon as possible. Click OK to continue”. Client Notification option in SCCM to Download Computer Policies ASAP ConfigMgr.

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Client Notification option in SCCM to Download Computer Policies ASAP ConfigMgr

Update 13-Oct-2012! The product team has an excellent blog post on a similar topic and this was one day after I published this post! What timing !! #sccm #configmgr 2012 sp1 Client Notification, client policy download, etc https://blogs.technet.com/b/configmgrteam/archive/2012/09/27/fast-channel-for-system-management.aspx

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Anoop is Microsoft MVP! He is a Solution Architect in enterprise client management with more than 20 years of experience (calculation done in 2021) in IT. He is a blogger, Speaker, and Local User Group HTMD Community leader. His main focus is on Device Management technologies like SCCM 2012, Current Branch, and Intune. E writes about ConfigMgr, Windows 11, Windows 10, Azure AD, Microsoft Intune, Windows 365, AVD, etc…

3 thoughts on “Client Notification option in SCCM to Download Computer Policies ASAP ConfigMgr”

  1. Anoop, for a non Administrative Role what ‘rights’ should be added in order to take advantage of Client Notification? I saw one article saying that a user requires the “Deploy Configuration Items” to be able to use it. Can you confirm or point me in the right direction? Thanks!

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      • I know this is an old post, but this is exactly my issue right now. As a sysadmin that just lost admin rights on my default user account, I would like to easily execute client notification related tasks using my non-admin account. The alternative would be to give my 2nd admin account access within the console, but not something I really want to do for all support personnel.

        For now, I have just been launching PowerShell or “Client Center for Configuration Manager” as my admin account and executing it from there.
        Thanks,

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