The Search Folders that come with the software update point role in SCCM, provide an easy  and comfortable way to keep track of you’re update deployment status.

I personally use 3 folders to keep track of my updates status “All Updates”, “Deployed Updates” and “New Updates” , In this post I’ll show you how you can create them yourself.

Creating a search folder is very easy, just right click the “Search Folder” node and select “New Search Folder”, Now all you have to do is give it a name and specify it’s criteria:

1. “All Updates” – This will give you a view of all the the updates that are listed in your repository.

Criteria:

Update Classification – Choose all

Expired – Choose “No”

Mark the “Search all folders under this feature” checkbox

2. “Deployed Updates” – This will give you an idea of what updates are currently included in your software update deployment.

Criteria:

Update Classification – Choose all (or what interest you)

Deployed – Choose “Yes”

Mark the “Search all folders under this feature” checkbox

3. “New Updates” – This will give you an idea of what new updates were released and are not yet included in your software update deployment.

Criteria:

Update Classification – Choose all (or what interest you)

Deployed – Choose “No”

Expired – Choose “No”

Mark the “Search all folders under this feature” checkbox

That’s all there is to it. Enjoy!