Checking for Software in the Software Center

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Last updated: Dec 15, 2022 by Christian Bergeron
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Faculty and staff can manually sync policy for their workstations in the Software Center. Doing so will prompt the workstation to check for new software, thereby shortening the deployment time.

Software Center is a component of Microsoft’s Endpoint Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr), which enables Information Technology Services (ITS) to deploy and update applications, security updates, and operating systems for computers in the Managed Workstation Service. 

The computer must be connected via Ethernet to the UConn network, connected to UCONN-SECURE or on VPN, otherwise these steps will not work.

Accessing Software Center

Enter “Software Center” in the search bar at the bottom of the screen and select Open.

software center

Alternatively,

  1. Click Start.

  2. Select Microsoft Endpoint Manager.

  3. Click Software Center. 

Manually Syncing Policy

Faculty and Staff on University Managed workstations can force Software Center to check for software and other policy updates.

Manually Syncing Policy via Control Panel

  1. Open the Control Panel

    1. In Windows Search, enter “Control Panel” and click Open under the Control Panel app

      Shows Windows Search with Control Panel in the search bar and the Open button under the Control Panel app boxed

    2. Alternatively, Open the start menu, click Windows Tools, then an explorer window will open, click Control Panel.

  2. Click Systems and Security

  3. Click Configuration Manager

  4. A small window will appear

  5. Click the Actions tab

  6. Select Machine Policy Retrieval and Evaluation Cycle and click Run

  7. Select User Policy Retrieval and Evaluation Cycle and click Run

  8. Finally, select Application Deployment Evaluation Cycle and click Run

  9. Re-open Software Center

Manually Syncing Policy via Software Center

If you do not see the software you are looking for in Software Center, you can use the steps below to Sync Policy. This will check the servers for anything new, such as applications, software updates, or operating systems.

  1. Open Software Center.

  2. Click Options in the left-hand column.

  3. Click to expand the Computer Maintenance options. 

  4. Click Sync Policy.

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