How to Synchronize with the Software Update Point

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10/10/2022

You synchronize the software update point, in Configuration Manager SP1, by calling the SyncNow method.

To synchronize the software update point

Set up a connection to the SMS Provider.
Create an instance of the SMS_SoftwareUpdate Server WMI Class class.
Create and populate the method parameter value fullSync.
Call the SyncNow Method in Class SMS_SoftwareUpdate method, passing in the method parameter value.

Example

The following example method shows how to synchronize the software update point by calling the SyncNow Method in Class SMS_SoftwareUpdate method.

For information about calling the sample code, see Calling Configuration Manager Code Snippets.


public void SynchronizeSoftwareUpdatePoint(WqlConnectionManager connection)   
{  
    try  
    {  

        // Create the new SMS_SoftwareUpdate object.   
        IResultObject newSoftwareUpdate = connection.CreateInstance("SMS_SoftwareUpdate");  

        // Create dictionary object to pass parameters to the SyncNow method.   
        Dictionary<string, object> inParams = new Dictionary<string, object>();  
        inParams["fullSync"] = true;   

        // Initialize the outParams object.   
        IResultObject outParams = null;   
        // Call SyncNow method to initiate synchronization.   
        outParams = connection.ExecuteMethod("SMS_SoftwareUpdate", "SyncNow", inParams);   

    }  
    catch (SmsException ex)   
    {  
        Console.WriteLine("Failed. Error: " + ex.InnerException.Message);   
    }  
}

The example method has the following parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
`connection`	- Managed: `WqlConnectionManager`	A valid connection to the SMS Provider.

Compiling the Code

The C# example has the following compilation requirements:

Namespaces

System

System.Collections.Generic

System.Text

Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ManagementProvider

Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ManagementProvider.WqlQueryEngine

Assembly

adminui.wqlqueryengine

microsoft.configurationmanagement.managementprovider

Robust Programming

For more information about error handling, see About Configuration Manager Errors.

.NET Framework Security

For more information about securing Configuration Manager applications, see Configuration Manager role-based administration.

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