HOTFIX: Automatic Deployment Rules do not work when you use specific proxy authentication on a site server that is running Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager

Consider the following scenario:

- You have a primary site server that is running Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager.

- You configure the software update point and the Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) role on the site server.

- You set up a proxy server that requires a user account for authentication.

- You set up a user account in site system properties for proxy authentication.

- You create and run Automatic Deployment Rules (ADR).

In this scenario, the update cannot be downloaded successfully. Additionally, an error message that resembles the following is logged in the PatchDownloader.log file:

Downloading content for ContentID = number, FileName = filename.cab. Software Updates Patch Downloader datetime 3872 (0x0F20)
Try username domain\username Software Updates Patch Downloader datetime 3204 (0x0C84)
Proxy enabled proxy server IPaddress:port Software Updates Patch Downloader datetime 3204 (0x0C84)
HttpSendRequest failed HTTP_STATUS_PROXY_AUTH_REQ Software Updates Patch Downloader datetime 3204 (0x0C84)
Download http://wsus.ds.download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/crup/2013/09/filename.cab to C:\windows\TEMP\filename.tmp returns 407 Software Updates Patch Downloader datetime 3204 (0x0C84)
ERROR: DownloadContentFiles() failed with hr=0x80070197 Software Updates Patch Downloader datetime 3872 (0x0F20)

For additional details and a link to a ConfigMgr 2012 R2 hotfix that resolves this issue please see the following:

KB2916611 - Automatic Deployment Rules do not work when you use specific proxy authentication on a site server that is running Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2916611)

J.C. Hornbeck| Solution Asset PM | Microsoft GBS Management and Security Division

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