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I found many times I needed to force a computer or a user policy refresh for the SCCM client to avoid having to wait to test updates and packages. Having to visit the client and enter to configuration manager settings in control panel can be time consuming and disruptive if someone is currently using the computer. There is a quick and easy way to download the machine or user policy remotely for a computer or a collection of computers using the Systems Center Configuration Console.<\/p>\n
In this example I will be downloading the computer policy for the \u201cComputers\u201d collection. If you wanted to refresh the machine policy for a single computer, just choose the individual device and follow these instructions.<\/p>\n
Open the SCCM console and navigate to the \u201cAssets and Compliance\u201d node. Right click the collection group or the individual computer for which you would like to refresh the policy. Choose \u201cClient Notification\u201d then \u201cDownload Computer Policy\u201d as shown below. <\/p>\n
You will receive an informational message, Click \u201cOK\u201d as shown below.![\"\"](\"https:\/\/pipe2text.com\/wp-content\/plugins..\/..\/uploads\/media\/forcing-a-machine-or-user-policy-refrech-remotely-using-the-sccm-2012-console\/image2.png\")
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To see the progress of the update, navigate to the \u201cMonitoring\u201d node, then highlight \u201cClient Operations\u201d on the left pane. You will see the status on the right side. To move things along, you can click \u201cRun Summarization on the top of the screen. As you can see below, 5 clients downloaded the policy successfully and one was offline.<\/p>\n
NOTE: You may need to click on another node and then back to \u201cClient Operations\u201d to get the status refresh to display. For example click \u201cDeployments\u201d and then back to \u201cClient Operations\u201d to see the refresh.<\/p>\n
Hope this helps.\u00a0\u00a0If you have any questions or feedback, please leave a comment.<\/p>\n Related Links:<\/p>\n Enabling the Automatic Client Upgrade feature in Systems Center Configuration Manager 2012<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n Add or Remove Updates for an Existing Software Update Group in SCCM 2012<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hi All, I found many times I needed to force a computer or a user policy refresh for the SCCM client to avoid having to wait to test updates and packages. Having to visit the client and enter to configuration … Continue reading ![\"DowloadSccmPolicy\"](\"https:\/\/pipe2text.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DowloadSccmPolicy.png\")
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