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When the catalog has loaded, you can review the list of all importable and

non-importable packages and see details about what each package

contains. When you have finished reviewing the update details, click

Import

On the

Import the Catalog

page, a progress bar is displayed while

Essentials imports the updates. When all the updates are imported, click

Finish

The new view you created in the wizard is displayed. The view you create

for software and updates from third-party catalogs provides the same level

of detail as displayed for Microsoft updates, including deployment status

reports.

NOTE: For more information about Update Management with Essentials 2010,

see the “Update Management in Essentials” section in System Center Essentials

2010 Operation Guide available at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-

us/library/ff603598.aspx.

Software Deployment from Software Console of

Essentials 2010

Essentials 2010 allows you to centrally deploy software to your managed

computers. Using Essentials 2010, you package the software for deployment,

use computer groups to specify on which computers you want to install the

software, and then run reports to monitor the deployment status. You can

download Software packages from the Dell Support website at

support.dell.com.

Essentials 2010 supports software deployment with .msi and .exe file

extensions.

To deploy software, you need to open Software pane by clicking the Software

button in the Essentials console.

Deploying software to managed computers consists of the following phases:

Create a software deployment package

: You must specify the software

source files that are needed for the deployment, the command line that

installs the software, and other general information required for the

software deployment.

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