Choose what updates to install?

Hi!
I have a problem that that when i deploy an operating system (SCCM2012) the computer must install lots of sotware updates which will take some time and what I need to do is to install the updates into the image. 
In my environment the computers are not fully patched yet for several reasons so I want to only install those updates I have already download and deploy to the other clients.
I could use SCCM 2012 new cool Offline Servicing feature but the problem with doing it offline is that you cant install .EXE-files which many updates include. Same problem with MDTs "Install Updates Offline"-step is that it uses the same technique
as offline servicing so newly installed computers would still need to install lots of updates on the first start.
I use pure MDT to create my images because I want the image to be as vanilla as possible but the problem with MDT is that I cant choose what updates to install. The best would be if there was a step "Install Updates Onlilne" and where i could choose
an update package. This way it would install all .EXE based updates and I could copy the updates from which I have download from SCCM.
Do you understand what I am trying to accomplish? Is there a way to do this? Should I start doing captures with SCCM instead?
Thanks

You say that MDT can not choose which Updates to Install. I don't understand where you are getting this assumption from. MDT can install any update you want, the only limitation is you.
Why would you want to limit yourself to installing "offline" updates, when you are *already* "online" during the creation of images.
The typical flow for creating images using MDT LiteTouch, is to Apply the OS, Install Applications, Install Updates/Patches, and then Sysprep and capture. The Install Applications/Updates steps are performed "online" while the OS is running, so there is
no artificial limitation that prevents you from running Exe updates. 
Keith Garner - keithga.wordpress.com

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